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CAREER FILE
Landscape Architecture:
Bridging People and Nature
BY BILL SLOAN
To the casual glance, it may look a lot like plain old "yard work,"
but it's actually much more.
The truth is, those outdoor projects with which most of us get in-
volved—digging out a space for a new flower bed, planting a tree,
edging the lawn, trimming the hedge, or building a rock garden—are
actually the "seeds" of a fast-growing profession.
If you have the right blend of ar-
tistic temperament, appreciation of
the delicate relationship between
human beings and nature, and love
the land and open spaces, you may
want to consider a career as a land-
scape architect.
Thomas Jefferson, our country's
third President, was one of the ear-
liest practitioners of this profession,
even before it was recognized as
such. And Frederick Law Olmstead,
the far-sighted visionary who trans-
formed a massive garbage dump into
New York's world-famous Central
Park, is often referred to as the
"father of landscape architecture."
A bountiful landscape has always
been part of America's heritage and
a major attraction to those who im-
migrated from other countries. But
as our population grew, our re-
sources were often exploited through
the process of cutting, plowing,
draining, filling, and building.
Gradually, it became apparent that
we must protect our land resources
by designing, planning, and manag-
ing them as carefully as we designed,
planned, and managed our factories,
skyscrapers, and subdivisions. To-
day, this is the primary job of the
landscape architect.
Regardless of where you live, large
and small examples of the landscape
architect's work are all around you.
They range from the small green
oasis of a "pocket park" in an urban
neighborhood to the water hazards
and fairways of a golf course, from
the colorful gardens and ornamental
trees that enhance office buildings
and shopping malls to the rolling
carpets of wild flowers along a major
highway or the carefully nurtured
"wilderness" of a national forest.
In fact, some landscape archi-
tects' accomplishments so closely
resemble the very best of Mother
Nature's handiwork that it's hard to
believe human hands and minds had
anything to do with them.
"We're stewards of the land, and
we specialize in problem solving at
every level," says Patrick Moore,
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