Many personal qualifications and qualities are required to become a landscape architect. Creative ability, appreciation of nature, talent in art and design, and the ability to work in detail are important. Physically, the career of a landscape architect is not very demanding. Advantages of being a landscape architect are working indoors and outdoors, traveling, working on a variety of projects, and good employment opportunities. They may also work for federal, state, and local governments or they may also be self-employed.
Landscape architects spend most of their time indoors in offices.
The remainder of their time is spent outdoors at the sites. Those who work in large firms may spend more time out of the office because of travel to sites outside the local area. The job market for landscape architects is large but is expecting to increase. The federal government employs them in the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, and Interior. A few are employed by landscape contractors.