Have you met any landscape architects who got their start much later in life? I’m nearly 40 and considering a complete 180 from my current career in healthcare. Since I’ve been learning more about LA, I’ve become mildly obsessed. I would have to go back to school and start from square one and I don’t know if my brain has the ability to take it on. But I would love to know if any success stories out there.

Thanks Carter, great video on our profession. I'm in my 47th year as a licensed landscape architect and I honestly don't regret any of those years spent designing the man-made environment. After graduation (WVU) and working in a design build firm, I was blessed to start my career with the US Army Corps of Engineers in WV working across 5 states and eventually in many areas of our great nation. The Corps had about 90 LA's on its national team. Landscape architecture is a wonderful pathway to express your God-given talents and love for nature and your fellow man. I was fortunate to add a MS in Urban and Environmental Planning at UVA in 1979 and integrate that added knowledge into my LA background. I highly recommend Carter's videos on the profession. Outside of my professors at WVU and UVA and several fellow LA's, Carter brings one of the best arguments for entering this profession and striving to make a future landscape where man and nature can live and flourish together. Try it, you'll like it.

❤❤❤❤LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE!!!Do not limit yourself to any discipline study all design discipline!Science,Arts, Architecture,,thanks for sharing 👍

Dude, phenomenal video. I am actually mainly looking to enter the Landscape Architecture field for environmental impact reasons. I'm about to finish up a bachelors in Organic Regenerative Agriculture and Permaculture Design, planning on heading straight into a Master's level LARC program after graduating. There's this kind of symbiosis I can see happening with those two skillsets - the design degree will professionalize my permaculture focus, and the grounding in regenerative agriculture and permaculture will "environmentalize" my work as a landscape architect.The way I see it the next evolution of all of our design fields is to become more environmentally focused - how can we design this space so nature and humans thrive, how does this material impact water systems, can we incorporate pollinator habitats etc.

I'm working over five years as landscape designer though my bachelor is in engineering field. After watching videos of professional landscape architects across on KZfaq including you, I'm planning to join the university again to enhance my carrier. Thanks for the video, you all inspired me a lot.

Thank you so much for making videos like this! I just found this field a couple months ago and now it all I can see myself doing after high school, thanks to you i've fallen in love with the idea of landscape architecture. Very much appreciated :)

This is 100% the impression I'm getting from degree, MS Ecological Design. I'm thinking about continuing into an MLA. Thanks for the confidence booster

Just stumbled on your video today through my google search to know more about landscaping. Thanks for making this video. While making my research I became kinda confused because instead of seeing landscape designer, I saw landscape architect. Please I would like you to be patient with me as I ask some questions that will help me navigate my career path. 1. Is there a difference between a landscape designer and landscape architect? 2. I have a background in aquaculture/fisheries but I have always have a flare for aesthetic designs as concerning plants and our environment. Till today, I still love watching reality tv shows that are into gardening/garden design, patio, wildlife reserve/ conservation etc. I honestly never knew one could study this in school if not, this would have been my choice of study during my undergrad. I even went into graphic design just to see if my flare would be abated but I never found satisfaction. I really want to work with my hands and on the field. I know this can be alot of hardwork but I don't mind as long as I like what I am doing, Infact I currently work in a greenhouse here in my home country Nigeria and I have been looking for options to further on until I found your video. My question is how do I go about it as this course is not being offered in my country except just architecture. Should I go for a postgraduate diploma or something???? Thanks for your patience. I would love to hear from you soon 😊

Thank you so much this is so inspiring!! And I definitely felt like it’s my kinda job

Thanks for this video! It was informative and inspiring.

You've convinced me, I'm gonna apply!

Ive trained as a high level Horticulturalist in the UK. I have recently become obsessed with the idea of landscape architecture and I'm now considering doing a degree in my early 30s after I finish my current course. Will my background in Horticulture be useful as a landscape architect? Im assuming it will, as I have built up an extensive plant knowledge and understanding of gardens. I'm just worried if a career change is a good idea after I've spent so much time developing my current path, but Landscape architecture seems to build on what I've already learnt and I'm really interested in the field.

Thank you, your videos are helpful.

This is awesome! I do wonder as some of you are commenting. Would I need to go back to School and take BA or MA in my early 30s? I have a degree in Graphic Design, past years worked as Product Design, Designer in general. Would it be enough to up-skill through courser or better take full route and commit to University? I always loved Landscape design but for some reason were fearing of it, haha. With tech industry going bananas, I feel I want to connect to something diverse but stable enough.

Just started studying BLa in sri lanka. Best motivation. Thanks for the content 🤩🤩

Ive applied for a bachelor in something called "Landscape planning with landscape architecture". The bachelor focuses on ecology, knowlegde about nature and planning. If i finish this bachelor i can go in three directions. 1. spatial-planner (e.g. planning how a park should be formed and placed), 2. Landscapearchitect (needs a master) or 3. nature management (working as the countrys eyes and observer in nature being outdoors alot). Wondering if this is gonna be the right choice for me. I enjoy hiking and nature and i feel like im quite creative. My friends tell me so and i scored high on creative professions on a type of career-test. Might be hard for you to know but i just wanted to get some thoughts out and hear your opinion.

Hey Carter, I am currently a high school teacher (not reflected in this OLD photo of me lmao)…I am currently working on a M.S. in agroforestry at Mizzou. However, I am interested in incorporating edible landscaping into native ecosystems in urban areas to increase community resilience to climate change. However, I am torn between finishing my current master’s, finishing the “grad certificate”, or transferring to a landscape architecture program entirely. My reasoning for transferring to a MLA program is exactly as you said it - using the current infrastructure to heal our ecosystems AND integrate food production for vulnerable communities. Currently, I design small scale “permaculture-esque” projects for friends and residential clients; however, I believe we need to make sweeping changes to larger spaces. Do you think I would have more “success” in the mainstream landscape architecture world, or would I benefit from finishing my current program and working toward larger clients as a landscape “designer”? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Cheers and thank you for creating AWESOME videos.

New to the channel and I really appreciate your coverage on this profession. May I ask what school you attended and what degrees do you hold? Thank you.

I rlly want to study landscape arch, but is really underrated in my country (lack of job opportunities in that field) what should I do? nice video btw

my school doesn't offer landscape architecture as a major, do you think majoring in environmental science is beneficial and then pursuing a master's in landscape architecture, or would transferring be my best option.

Diversification is later, To study landscape architecture the priority should be landscape architecture.