I have been asked many times in my career, "What do you do?"  When you tell them,

the general response is "Oh, a job outside", or something about mowing grass.  In thinking

about this, I wanted to share some of my thoughts, and definitions.

Landscape Architecture is a profession that means a great deal.  To me, it is passion to

see that the environment, and the ways that we interact with it on a grand scale are carried out

with the utmost reverance to maintaining our natural assets, and resources.

It is the ability to provide the most intimate settings for people to take full advantage of the

shortened trelaxation time that we have in their own backyards.

It is the chance to affect children's futures with outdoor experiences outside of the classrooms

and at their homes with "hands-on" experiences, and unique garden experiences.

It is the way that our buildings that we work in can have a lesser impact on our

plantet, and its resouces.

It is utilizing our water resources in a way that minimizes, or eliminates waste with smart irrigation

techniques.

It is beauty at its finest!

It is stopping to hear the waves crashing along our shores.

It is listening to the nd of birds on a mountain camping trip.

It is watching the windblow through the treetops on a sunlight dappled

afternoon on a hike through the forest.

It is the excitement of my children as they pull the first ripe tomto off a plant

they planted and cared for.

It is thinking about how one path affects the arrival to a spot set aside for an

evening fire, and wondering what is around the hidden bend and if there are

other suprises.

All these tings go into what Landscape Architects do when designing a project

of any scale, or scope.  Landscape Architecture is so wonderfully diverse, that it

allows for so much imagination.  This field is one that is typically under appreciated

and misunderstood.  Landscape Architects are the people who draw and create these

ideas giving a guide for others to implement.  Landscape Architects are very important

to our sense of nature, plants, and how we use and relate to them.