LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Landscape Designer Job Description and Duties:

What Landscape Designer could help You the Homeowner with:
Landscape Design is a design and art in one and it brings together landscape architecture and garden design. Landscape Design involves landscape planning and specific garden design of the domestic property and garden design of landscape and plants within. Generally, there are two elements of Landscape Design which is divided on the following -hardscape design -softscape design. Landscape designers often are skilled in related trades like architecture, civil engineering. Soils, surveying, artisan specialties and botany. Most design projects involve two different professional roles as landscape architecture and Landscape Design. Landscape Design typically comprises of artistic composition and artisanship, horticultural finesse and expertise, and emphasis on involvement from design stage through to final construction project. Landscape architecture deals with planning, city and regional parks, civic and corporate landscapes, and pass it to landscape contractors after completing designs. There is a overlap of skills between the Landscape Design and landscape architecture, depending on the education, licensing, and experience of landscape designing contractor. Specialists in in landscape design are skilled in ornamental horticulture and environmental design, horticultural botany, natural resources, landscape engineering and construction management. Usually, hand made drawings are produces for the design and feature position for the construction, or Landscape Design software is used to create visual representation of Landscape Design. Most landscape design contractors are involved with landscape gardening at some stage of their professional work. There is always an overlap between the work of Landscape Designer and landscape gardener.