In this article, we will discuss the various professionals who work in landscaping, that is, the layouts and designs of your outdoor spaces. For your gardens, your terraces, your balconies, your parks, your green spaces, you have to rely on professionals who can be:a landscaper, a landscape architect or even a landscape designer.
Although all of them are experts in their trade, what are the differences between them?
For all the places to be fitted out, whether it's a balcony, a terrace, a garden, professionals have the best ideas, so it would be a shame not to take advantage of them, to save time, to save money, for easier garden maintenance. Want to know a little more? Follow the guide!
In the landscaping sector, in fact, there are different actors who all have skills, experiences and sometimes slightly different know-how, even if the basic sector of activity remains the same. The training varies, and each of these experts can thus, according to their abilities and desire, become a gardener, a landscape architect, a landscape architect, a landscape engineer or a landscape designer. All these professionals work either on their own account, in firms or design offices, in companies or as craftsmen.
The landscaper can actually have different skills and he can also be or become a landscape architect, a landscape designer or simply a landscape gardener. The statutes therefore vary according to studies, training, knowledge, according to skills and according to experience. The landscaper is thus able to arrange balconies, terraces, gardens, he studies all the possibilities according to his own desires and especially according to the expectations of the customers. He offers his quotes, all the configurations he envisages according to the spaces to be fitted out, he considers the plants, the materials, the decoration, i.e. all the general aesthetics of the places. It respects the harmony with the existing property or renovates and improves existing spaces as well, according to all desires.
Generally, as part of a future construction, we contact him beforehand in order to best consider a global project, always according to the wishes and budgets of the future owners, or confirmed owners.
The landscape architect has the training of architect in addition to that of landscape, his knowledge and skills are thus broader. The landscape designer is also an architect and also an engineer in the landscape sector, here again the basic training differs according to different levels and therefore different baccalaureates between Bac +3 or Bac +5.
The landscaper who can also be a gardener often has a less demanding basic training, it often starts with a CAP. However, he remains a field professional who knows his field of activity well. The intervention budgets often vary and also according to the status of the outdoor space professional hired. The owners make their choice in this way and also according to the budgets they wish to allocate to this very specific work.
For more details, we will therefore see these different professionals in the development of outdoor spaces. Let's start with the landscape architect.
The landscape architect is trained in a large school, he knows perfectly all the palettes which are represented by the soils, the plants, the buildings, the exhibitions, the climate, the fields of sustainable development and respect for the environment, knowledge therefore on ecology, biodiversity and everything related to all this.
The landscape designer often concerns a landscape engineer or also a landscape architect, the profiles vary according to the training courses followed, most often they are graduates between Bac +3 and Bac +5. They most often work within the framework of cabinets, design offices which work for all the work of external installations by also considering all the ecological aspects, they conceive, follow and thus offer external spaces in conformity with all the standards in force. and guidelines according to regions and municipalities.
The landscaper remains the man in the field who also has useful skills for the gardening profession. Most often he is a graduate of a CAP but he can also reach the level of engineer and therefore increase his skills. Thus, that is why, we distinguish these three professionals who all have the same sector of activity, except that according to the experiences and knowledge, the interventions in the field are different.
People who wish to call on these professionals often refer first and foremost to the reputations of these various professionals. Indeed, some are known in their town, in their region. Some landscaping professionals thus have a strong reputation, others stand out for particular specificities that appeal to some owners who have had the opportunity to discover certain projects implemented.
Very often, a person who wishes to develop his outdoor space calls on several professionals to obtain different quotes. This also makes it possible to judge during the meetings of the different investments and different skills of the professionals. This is the best way to go.
For very beautiful results that can change over time and according to the seasons, to have beautiful and very well structured gardens, it is therefore advisable to rely on a true professional in outdoor spaces.
