Landscape architecture encompasses the analysis, planning, design, management, and stewardship of the natural and built environments.

Types of projects include: residential; parks and recreation; monuments; urban design; streetscapes and public spaces; transportation corridors and facilities; gardens and arboreta; security design; hospitality and resorts; institutional; academic campuses; therapeutic gardens; historic preservation and restoration; reclamation; conservation; corporate and commercial; landscape art and earth sculpture; interior landscapes; and more.

Landscape architects have advanced education and professional training and must be licensed in 48 states.