Landscape as a noun is, "a branch of art dealing with the representation of scenery." The word landscape as a verb means, "to adorn or improve (a section of ground) by contouring and by planting flowers, shrubs, or trees” (“Landscape”1). Landscaping is a profession that rearranges and maintains the natural environment to make nature more appealing to the eye. Landscaping is my dream profession because of the different variety of jobs, the amount of education needed, and the typical day on the job.
A landscape architect is someone who rearranges the natural environment to make it visually and physically more enjoyable. Landscape architects design places like parks, golf courses, gardens, and other outdoor places. They make it visually appealing
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For instance, to become a landscaper or groundskeeper it only requires a high school diploma. If you want to run your own landscaping or grounds keeping business, it would be good to go to college in order to become successful business owner but is not required. Some of the landscaping jobs that need a college degree are jobs such as landscape architect, landscape contractor, and landscape designer (“Groundskeeper and Maintenance Worker “4). There are some licenses need for a groundskeeper. They are sometimes needed depending on the laws of the area being worked on. An example of a license needed is for the use of pesticides. To obtain a license, you will be tested on how to properly go about using these dangerous chemicals such as insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. There is also a little training needed when it comes to grounds keeping. Most of the training is done on the job. Training mainly consists of learning how to plant and maintain areas. Also learning to uses such tools as lawn mowers, blowers, trimers, and small trackers (“Groundskeeper and Maintenance Worker “4). When becoming a landscape architect there is a lot more education and training that is required. To become a landscape contractor there is no education requirements but many landscape contractors that are good at their job have an associate’s or bachelor’s degree. Many landscape contractors get their degrees in landscape …show more content…
Most of the injuries that occur on the landscaping job as a groundskeeper come from equipment use. A lot of the time on the job is spent using dangerous equipment such as lawn mowers, chain saws, and weed whackers. Often landscapers are working at great heights when dealing with cutting tress. It is important, when working up high that safety measures are used to decrease the risk of injury. While mostly working outside, you are also at a higher risk of getting sick. Not properly dispensing chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers can cause illness. When these chemicals come in contact with your eyes, skin, nose or mouth, there can be serious reactions. It is important when using these chemicals, that proper protection such as eye wear, protective clothing and a mask be used to reduce the possibility of harm. When it comes to being a landscape architect there is not much of a risk of injury or illness. When you are on the work site with all the equipment, it is always good to be careful. Landscape contractors are at the most risk of injury. Landscape contractors tend to work with large equipment like tractors and bull
Landscape architecture has been around since the beginning of time, but it was not until Frederick Law Olmsted came along that the idea of integrating design into the landscape with plants, water, and structures that it turned into a thriving profession. To many, Olmsted is considered “a pioneer in the profession of landscape architecture, an urban planner, and a social philosopher, one of the first theoreticians and activists behind the national park and conservation movements” (Kalfus 1). Growing up, he did not ever graduate from formal schooling and just sat in on a few classes while at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. Instead, he acquired his education from being out in the world through traveling and reading. He had a hard childhood. His mother died when he was just four years old and on his journeys around the world to Europe and China, he became sickly with seasickness, paralysis of the arm, typhoid fever, apoplexy, sumac poisoning, and at times suffered from depression. For many years he went on a journey within himself to find out whom he really was and what he wanted to do with his life, career wise. Frederick had one brother, John Hull, who died in 1857. This left Olmsted feeling empty and at loss of what to do. That was when Calvert Vaux came and filled the space in Olmsted’s life that his brother left. Vaux convinced Olmsted to enter the Central Park Commissioner’s design competition with their design entitled the “Greensward Plan.” With the success in that project, Olmsted figured out what he wanted to do with the rest of his life, which was to become a landscape architect. Olmsted practiced from the years of 1857 up until he retired in 1895. Olmsted’s two boys, adopted son John Charles and biological son Frederick La...
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“America’s great pioneer landscape architect” that is what Frederick Law Olmsted was called. His paper encouraged three great moral vitalities: the first being public health; by having trees to purify the air and to reduce water pollution, the second is fighting urban wrongdoing especially among poor children, the last was improving the purpose of civilisation by providing services and resources that are available to all. He also focuses on the relationship between the built environment and the natural one.
Landscape is significant in shaping identity. In a political sense, it draws boundaries of where a new country begins. Socially it draws boundaries to the living space of different cultures and languages. In the case of white Zimbabwean, they interfered in preexisting culture, thus there was going to be cultural clash. However in order to identify themselves as Zimbabweans and african. landscape defined as solely geographical was a way to gain their identity.
…Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not landscape be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but experiments?
Joe operates a successful commercial landscaping and tree trimming business, and client's keeps his operation extremely busy. Although Joe employees at least 50 workers, with landscaping being seasonal, he experiences a high turnover. In addition to landscaping and tree trimming, equipment rental is also available to the clients, which adds an additional division to the business. With $250,000 of capital, and past year's revenues of $500,000, Joe is looking for guidance to take his business to the next level.
How to create an environment suitable for human living when resources are limited is a challenging problem for modern society. My strong interest in photography and art has compelled me to become especially observant toward the relationship between human beings and the environment. I have come to realize that the environment we live in has suffered much damage from pollution and lacks competent planning, making it difficult to find beautiful scenery to photograph or sketch. I began to think that I could make use of my artistic gift, concern about, and interest in the environment by entering the field of landscape design and putting my effort into beautifying our surroundings. Therefore, after graduating from high school, I entered the Department of Landscape Architecture at ABC University.
Does your home have a yard that you feel is on the small side? If so, you may feel limited to what you can do when it comes to landscaping. Since you can’t easily buy more land, your next best option is to use the land you have in more creative ways. Consider these tips that will make a small yard look large.
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Landscape may also signify to an image of the land. Other dictionaries refer to landscape as a “ ‘scenery’ and that it is not just land itself, but the land as seen from a particular point of view” (Wylie, 2007). In Fine Art, the term landscape defines a piece of land, it portrays a scenic view or views such as seascapes, rivers, forests, mountains, meadows, and hills and so on. This so called landscape may be of a real place or landscape or an imaginary or idealised scene
This chapter explores the idea of landscape in an anthropological construct. Hirsch aims to move away from the western ideals of understanding of landscape, and deconstruct it in an attempt to understand the local interoperation of landscape to prove it is part of a cultural process. Landscape has been used as a “standard framing device” (p1) by those looking from the outside in across anthropological history. Hirsch is looking to explore the landscape through the cultural understandings of the local people. (p1-5)
A city has to be beautiful, though the definition of “beauty” is so vague. The beauty can be physical, such as enjoyable parks, streetscapes, architectural facades, the sky fragment through freeways and trees; or it can be the beauty of livelihood, people, and history. As landscape architects, we are creating beautiful things or turning the unpleasant memorial.
Landscapes are a reflection of the ideology at the centre. Simon Schama argues in Landscapes and Memory, "Landscapes are culture before they are nature; constructs of the imagination projected onto wood, and water and rock" (61). The real world exists but because we can never unproblematically engage with reality, we make it over, re-present it as landscape. In this way, landscape is ideological, is a cultural construct draped over reality. As Wordsworth writes in Tintern, the perceptions of the eye and ear are "both what they half-create and what perceive" (107-108). According to Wordsworth, nature has become the "anchor" (110) of his thoughts, the tether that restrains his creative imagination. But because landscape is based on the real, it can also be used to express an alternate ideology.
When many people hear about the term “landscape”, they immediately think that it means “nature”. The natural landscape does play an important role in our society but what is more important is the landscape that we make and occupy. So, what exactly is “landscape”? The term can be illiterate in many ways but the definition given by the European Landscape Convention is perhaps the most useful and widely agreed one. It states that a landscape is ‘an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and human factors.’ This definition captures both the idea of landscape being physical like a tract of land, but also something that is mind and social shared, something that is perceived by the people. When it comes to Landscape Architecture, the International Federation of Landscape Architects says that ‘Landscape Architect conduct research and advise on planning, design, and stewardship of the outdoor environment and spaces, both within and beyond the built environment, and its
Every person with a job, no matter what occupation, makes an impact on society in some way, shape, or form. Some people leave their legacy by defending people in court, some saving lives in a hospital, and others planning and building works of construction. These planners have a large-scale effect on everybody in society and have an eye for detail, as well as enjoy using mathematics to ensure proper construction. That is why I have chosen architecture to be my career. An architect is a person who designs buildings and supervises their construction. A broader view of an architect is a person who is responsible for inventing or realizing a particular idea or project. Architecture varies from the pillars of the Greek Parthenon, to peoples’ homes. I often find myself marveling over the design of large-scale building projects such as the skyscrapers of New York City. Most of these buildings belong to a myriad of well-known companies such as Chase and Toshiba. That is why I have particularly chosen to become a commercial architect.