Landscaping is new trand to decorate the area around temples, palaces, offices, public areas and around private homes with natural envieonment. Landscaping is a profession which involves manipulating the natural environment in an area to make it look a certain way. This profession often related with gardening but landscaping also involves meny other thins with it. There main reasons to practice landscaping is desire to make an area look attractive. This profession is also an art so it takes a good eye to think about how to best manipulate the natural environment. The landscaper can add shrubs, trees, plants, and so forth to create a desired look.
Courses
- Advanced Diploma in Horticulture – Landscaping.
- Advanced Diploma in
- Graduate degree programs.
- Master of Landscape Architecture.
- Master of Landscape.
- MA/MS in Landscape Architecture.
Qualification
10+2 in science stream is minimum qualification for B.Arch., B.Arch is minimum qualification for M.Arch. For diploma courses not any special qualification is required.
Career Objects
Landscape architecture is a demanding profession in the field of environment designing and conservation. A landscape designer designs gardens, public parks, zoos, residential areas, urban plazas, golf courses, mountain resorts, office buildings, and school and college campuses. One can work as Landscaping Technician, Landscaping Supervisor, Landscape Manager, Landscape Scientist, and Landscape Assessor. A landscape architect can work in historic preservation and restoring wetlands, mining sites, forests, and other disturbed areas, environmentalists, surveyors, foresters, and engineers to design the best landscape. One can also work in real estate firms, site development projects, and other municipality construction projects like constructing airports etc.
Pay/ Earnings
A fresher can get a starting salary between Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 60,000 per month. In the government sector, the salary of diploma holders is between Rs.2 5,000 to Rs. 50,000 per month. With more experience and an established independent consultant can earn anywhere between Rs 80,000 to Rs 1,00,000 per month.
Institutes
- CEPT Ahmedabad cept.ac.in
- School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi spa.ac.in
- Punjab Agriculture University Ldhiyana pau.edu
- YSP Institute of Horticulture and Forestry Solan (HP) yspuniversity.ac.in
- Bhanuben Nanawati College of Architecture for Women Pune www.bnca.ac.in
- Yaswanrao Chauhan Maharastra Open University Nasik ycmou.ac.in
Foreign Institutes
- Academy of Arts USA academyart.edu
- Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama aubum.edu
- University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota umn.edu
- University of Washington in Seattle, Washington washington.edu
- Cornell University in Ithaca, New York cornell.edu
- Florida International University in Miami, Florida fiu.edu
- Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania temple.edu
- University of California in Berkeley, California berkeley.edu
- Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts harvard.edu
- Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa iastate.edu
- University of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia uga.edu