There is increasing demand for landscape architects as more clients (private & public) engage landscape architects to undertake masterplans, infill development, upgrade city centres, infrastructure, climate change adaptation and many other projects. At the same time, many leave the industry as they reach retirement age or seek to change careers. Therefore, the profession needs to look to attract more people to the profession.
Early education
Landscape architects need to attract people to the profession at an early age. This requires landscape architects, associations and universities to attend schools and career days to provide lectures and information about the profession and its wide variety of streams and specialisations.
There is increasing demand for landscape architects as more clients (private & public) engage landscape architects to undertake masterplans, infill development, upgrade city centres, infrastructure, climate change adaptation and many other projects. At the same time, many leave the industry as they
reach retirement age or seek to change careers. Therefore, the profession needs to look to attract more people to the profession.
Template for queries
Many design firms and landscape architects receive queries about how to become a landscape architect?or what is landscape architecture? and having a standard short email or attachment (from your local institute or association) ready to respond with takes out a lot of the time and work in responding to queries but also provides a quick response that maintains the person’s interest.
Alternative Pathways
Many landscape architects have reached the profession through alternate pathways either at university or whilst working with landscape architects as clients or allied professionals. Engineers, Architects, Ecologists, Graphic Designers and many other professions are drawn to landscape architecture as they see that our profession can influence communities and the environment through each one of our projects.