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Become a Landscape Architect
A central spot for exploring education, careers, and professional pathways in landscape architecture.
Landscape architects bring together ecology, design, and technology to create places that are healthy beautiful, and built to last. ... We collaborate with communities, engineers, architects, and policymakers to deliver nature-based solutions that reduce risk, improve public health, and expand access to high-quality outdoor spaces for everyone.
Brad McCauley, FASLA, PLA ASLA President
Landscape architecture combines art and science. It is a STEM-based profession that shapes land through creative vision, ecological understanding, and technical precision. Landscape architects design places that perform in the real world and endure over time.
Start Here: Your Path to Landscape Architecture
If you’re new to landscape architecture, start here. This overview walks through what landscape architects do, the skills and education involved, career options, and licensure—presented as a clear, chronological journey.
Explore Education and Preparation
Resources to help you understand academic programs, accreditation, and what it takes to prepare for professional practice.
Find Landscape Architecture Programs & Student Chapters
Search accredited undergraduate and graduate landscape architecture programs as well as ASLA Student Chapters, which are housed at schools
Landscape Architecture as a STEM Profession
Learn why landscape architecture is officially recognized as a STEM discipline and how science, technology, engineering, and math are embedded in the field.
Accreditation and LAAB
Understand the role of the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) and how accreditation ensures programs meet national standards for educational quality and professional readiness.
Getting Licensed
Licensure is required to practice landscape architecture in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It ensures that landscape architects meet rigorous professional standards that protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare.
Resources for Educators and Early Learners
Tools designed to support K–12 teachers, counselors, and others introducing students to landscape architecture. Classroom-ready resources that introduce landscape architecture as a career option and connect learning to real-world applications.