Landscape Design
Career Diploma
Career Profile
The Landscape Design School at Ashworth College is designed to help you acquire the skills and knowledge you need to enjoy a successful career in landscape designing.
Landscape designers have the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors while enhancing the beauty of nature. Their work is filled with variety - every project has its own challenges. Responsibilities may include:
- Meeting clients
- Evaluating a site's natural features
- Drawing plans
- Selecting plants
- Working with crews and suppliers
- Budgeting materials
- Planning hardscapes
- Supervising installation
Consumers spend more than $37 billion annually on professional landscape, lawn and tree care services. Residential landscape design is booming as homeowners improve their outdoor environments. Many landscape designers work from home. Others may find job options in a variety of places such as:
- Landscape contracting firms
- Retail garden centers
- Wholesale greenhouses and nurseries
- Interiorscape companies
- Golf courses and resorts
- Public gardens
Ready to enroll in the Landscape Design School? Enroll Now or call 1-800-957-5412 to speak to an Admission Advisor!
