Landscape projects involve both design and construction, each with its own specialist field and focus.
Landscape designers meet clients, measure and draft plans, and design and construct everything outside, from outdoor rooms to pools, playgrounds, plants, and places — all to provide people leading busy lives with a beautiful, sustainable environment to escape to.
As a landscape designer, you can expect to manage the installation or garden designs, liaise with landscape contractors, and make on-site decisions. Designers may also source plants from nurseries and select the best specimens while supervising the layout of plants prior to contractors planting.
Landscape construction involves the practical installation of a landscape design and requires a wide range of specialist construction skills. These include laying paving and concrete, as well as building retaining walls, decks, steps, pergolas and other structures. In addition, landscape contractors also have the know-how to prepare soil and install planting.
The Wintec landscape design and construction programmes are project-based, meaning students will work with real clients on real projects, putting what they learn into practice.