The Landscape Architect:
Landscape Architects typically work on new and larger scale
projects of landscapes more than that of gardens. This would
involve environmental research planning and design, more
detailed construction knowledge and light engineering,
quantification and cost calculations, contracts and law, spatial
and detail design, large scale plant knowledge, storm water and
waste management and ecology.
Landscape Designers should not work in the fields of the
Landscape Architect, but a Landscape Architect may work in the
fields of both Designer and Landscape Architect. Landscape
Designers may also not call themselves Landscape Architects.
Currently South Africa and the world is in desperate need of
more Landscape Architects. This identified need makes working
in almost any country particularly appealing. Landscape
Architects also register with SACLAP (The South African Council
Landscape Architectural Professions) and other international
councils, and may submit landscape plans to municipalities. It is
a career closely associated with Architecture but applied in the
landscape. Landscape Architects seldom work in isolation and
mostly form part of a team involving Engineers, Quantity
Surveyors, Architects, Horticulturists, and Installers etc.
The Horticulturist:
Horticulture refers to the science or
the art of cultivating plants, and
understanding plant societies and their
environments. Both the Landscape
Designer as well as the Landscape
Architect need a basic understanding
of Horticulture, but are not proficient
enough in the field to call themselves a
Horticulturist. Horticulturists should in
the same way refrain from design
unless they have done appropriate
studies as mentioned
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