LANDSCAPE DESIGN:
Students selecting the Landscape Design concentration have the ability to pursue a wide variety of academic and professional opportunities. The question often arises “what is the difference between landscape architecture and landscape design?”

Landscape Architecture is a regulated and licensed profession focusing on a wide variety of scales from residential design to large scale master planning and land use studies. In the State of Tennessee one must possess a degree from an accredited program, work under the supervision of a licensed landscape architect for two years, and then pass the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Board exam before being able to use the title “Landscape Architect”.

Landscape Design provides opportunities to perform work more related to garden design through residential-scale studies and involving detailed horticultural expertise. Additional amenities such as water features and garden ponds, patios, outdoor lighting, irrigation design, and planting design are but a few of the components involved when a student chooses Landscape Design as a concentration. Students with a bachelor’s degree in Plant Sciences – Landscape Design concentration also find themselves perfectly trained to continue to pursue a Master Degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA) should they choose to do so. More information about the MLA may be found under that tab on this site.

The Department of Plant Sciences in The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources also offers the following undergraduate concentrations:

Agronomy
Biotechnology
Crop Physiology / Ecology
Production Horticulture
Public Horticulture
Turfgrass Management

More information about all concentrations may be found at:
http://plantsciences.utk.edu/default.html

 

Contact: Garry Menendez

Associate Professor
Plant Sciences & Landscape Design
Phone: (865) 974-0216
Email: menendez@utk.edu