Why a Landscape Designer and not a Landscape Architect?
Both Landscape Designers and Landscape Architects can, and do, provide services for residential garden design. Both receive training in design and horticulture. Both professions also bring a wealth of education and experience to a project and seek to realize the client’s vision. The most obvious difference is that Landscape Architects are registered by the State of California. Many Landscape Architects practice in multi-dimensional fields where residential design is a part of, not the focus of, a larger practice. Many Architects focus primarily on communication through the use of construction plans with limited services in the field during construction. Landscape Designers have a hands-on approach, not just completing plans, but working closely with Contractors and Suppliers to insure the garden is properly installed. Due to their on-site experience, Landscape Designers tend to have a more extensive knowledge of plants and what actually works in our Bay Area micro-climates. Landscape D
