How does one qualify to be a Licensed Landscape Architect vs. a Garden Designer?
“In order to practice Landscape Architecture in California individuals must be licensed by the state. Licensure requires six years of combined education and experience in the field of landscape architecture and demonstrating competency by passing the licensing examination.” A Garden designer can be anyone with or without an education and does not have license to practice landscape architecture. You may need a Landscape Architect because they have some of the additional technical competency required for irrigation, drainage, erosion control, electrical lighting, and retaining walls and some structural engineering. The new Assembly Bill No. 1881 will require anyone pulling permits for new construction or a remodel to submit a “Water Efficient Landscape Worksheet,” a “soil management report,” a landscape plan that contains a “statement of compliance” with the State and City’s criteria regarding the efficient use of water, an “irrigation design plan” that meets the State and City’s criteri
