Landscape Design & Construction Concentration We crave beautiful landscapes...the kind of exquisite, balanced, varied design that is Nature. When we carve out of natural landscapes places for us to live, work, drive and play -- well, we miss the original beauty. So it is with a great sense of rightness and harmony that we strive to recreate in our cities and towns a pretty landscape, blending rocks, water and plants of all colors, sizes and kinds. And it's not just an issue of "pretty"; creative landscaping can enhance emotional and physical health, preserve ecological and biological diversity, and help mitigate the harmful effects of global climate changes. Examples of jobs obtained by our graduates In the landscape design and construction concentration, we focus on plants and landscape materials: plant identification and culture, irrigation systems, mulches, materials for constructing walkways, gazebos, planters. We learn to design landscapes, install plantings and steward our creations. Ours are "green" endeavors, melding art, science, and business into creative acts of beautifying and conserving our surroundings. We may encourage native plants, for their vigor, minimal maintenance and "in- tune-ness" with a geographical area. We may incorporate exotics, for their vivid blooms or unusual bark or appropriate landscape textures. We experiment with and teach a lot of things.... Landscape designers create aesthetic concepts and practical plans for improved outdoor living. Landscape construction and maintenance professionals care for landscapes. Our students study fundamental and advanced landscape design, landscape design graphics, computer aided landscape design, surveying, art, socio-economic impact of plants, field botany, professional practices, basic woody plant identification, landscape construction and maintenance methods. Upon graduation, students in this concentration are prepared to: Design residential landscapes Select proper woody and herbaceous plant materials for specific sites Specify specialty components dealing with landscape construction (irrigation, lighting, water features) Prepare materials lists and cost estimates for landscape installations Manage landscape crews January 2008: The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that the demand for landscape architecture services will grow by an astonishing 16% by the year 2016—making this profession the fastest growing of all the design professions.  Almost half of all landscape architecture firms added staff positions in 2007 and firm principals tell us that they are concerned about the lack of qualified candidates.  To meet this demand, the number of graduates of landscape architcture programs needs to grow by at least 6% per year.   - Our new MLA program Curriculum (year-by-year listing of courses in this concentration for freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years) College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources section of the UT Undergraduate Catalog; the Department of Plant Sciences is the last department listed in this pdf document (scroll down). Thanks for visiting our website. Landscape Design & Construction | Public Horticulture | Turfgrass Science & Management Horticulture Science & Production | Bioenergy | Biotechnology