A very interesting day yesterday at Alexandra Palace, when I and my friend Karolina wore our Ambassador hats and promoted our profession to a careers fair for A-Level students.
It is important that people are informed about what landscape architecture is and how it can influence and shape the future of our cities. Landscape architects have a holistic knowledge of science and art, a combination of skills that is unique in the construction industry. A landscape architect is asked to design a space with ecology, art, biology, horticulture, architecture and urban planning in mind.
We had some very good candidates at the fair, who asked for more in-depth information about the profession and the differences between being an architect and a landscape architect. As a general observation, I noticed that many people seemed to confuse landscape architecture with gardening or horticulture, and were surprised to hear that as landscape architects we spend most of our time indoors designing and sketching. The reality is that we would give anything to spend some time outdoors planting and digging!
Highlight of the day? Nearly all the mums wished they were landscape architects: a new target group to promote our profession to!
