What’s the difference between a landscape architect and a landscape contractor?
Landscape architects, whether in private practice or the government’s employ, design, document and oversee the implementation of landscaping projects. To become a landscape architect, one must complete a four-year degree at an accredited university. The majority of landscape architects are members of a professional body that has established standards of entry and codes of professional conduct. Landscape contractors in general have completed a landscape apprenticeship that has trained them to properly install and maintain landscapes. Landscape contractors tend to or implement the landscape plans that landscape architects produce.
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