Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
On the job, you would:
- Prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.
- Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
- Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.
If this career interests you Monroe Career and Technical Institute offers Horticulture (Floriculture & Landscaping).
This instructional program is a combination of organized subject matter and practical experiences that generally prepares individuals to produce, process, and market plants, shrubs, and trees used principally for ornamental, recreational and aesthetic purposes and to establish, maintain and manage horticultural enterprises. Instruction emphasizes knowledge, understanding, and application important to establishing, maintaining, and managing horticultural enterprises such as arboriculture, floriculture, greenhouse operation, and management, landscaping, nursery operation, and management and turf management.
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