Go to a completed landscape project that a landscape architect has designed. Before you visit the site, obtain a plan of the design from the landscape architect if one is available. After completing requirement 1, discuss the following with your merit badge counselor: a. Tell whether the design had separate spaces, a clear path system, and sun and shade variety. b. Discuss how the designated seating, eating, or parking area suited the overall design. c. Explain how the design reflected consideration for the comfort, shelter, and security of the users. d. Discuss how the choice of trees, shrubs, and ground covers used in the project contributed to its appeal and function. Identify five shrubs, five trees, and one ground cover, being sure that you select examples of different shapes, sizes, and textures. With the help of your counselor or a local nursery, choose plants that will grow in your area. Bring pictures of the different planting materials or, if possible, examples of their branches, leaves, or flowers to a troop meeting. Be prepared to tell how you might use each in the design of a landscape. Look at and study a place of worship or school grounds to find the place where most people arrive by bus or car. Show you can do the following: a. Using a measuring tape, measure and draw the entry and its nearby area using a scale of 1/8 inch equal to 1 foot on an 11-by-17 inch piece of paper. Be sure to include the driveway and the wall and door where people enter the school or place of worship. b. Indicate any sidewalks, structures, trees, and plants within the study area. Make a copy of this plan to save the original, then do 4b and 4c using the copies. c. On one copy, use directional arrows to indicate where the water drains across the site, where ditches occur, and where water stands for a longer period of time. Decide how you can make the place safer and more comfortable for those using it. Redesign the area on another copy of the plan. You may want to include new walks, covered waiting areas, benches, space-defining plantings of trees and shrubs, and drainage structures. Find out about three career opportunities in landscape architecture. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you. The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator. Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.

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Kate Orff: "SCAPE"
Architecture Fall 2013 Lecture Series - October 15, 2013 at Slocum Hall. Kate Orff is a registered landscape architect and the founding principal of SCAPE, a...

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The mission of the Mississippi State Board of Architecture is to protect the publics life, health and property through the regulation of the professions of architecture, landscape architecture and certified interior design.

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Verify licensure and application status, or search for license holders by city or name, through the Find a Licensee link. Licensure verification serves to protect you, as the consumer.Any person providing or advertising architectural, landscape architectural or certified interior design services and any person using these titles must be licensed or certified by the Board.

The State of Mississippi has authorized the Board to regulate, enforce and investigate alleged violations of its laws and rules by those practicing architecture, landscape architecture and certified interior design. Any person may file a complaint with the Board for an alleged violation.

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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Symposium: Inspirations for the 21st Century: Laurie Olin
Laurie Olin, FASLA, landscape architect, discussed examples of current landscape architecture practice and the curricula and political jousting in academia a...

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Aesthetic mathematical world: Ningyi Zhou at TEDxBiMBA
Ningyi started his career as a landscape architect and has since transformed himself into diverse challenges by becoming a parametric building designer and l...

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OLIN BIOGRAPHY 11: Reflections by Olin Partners
"Lessons from Laurie" are revealed. This clip is part of a series of richly illustrated interviews with landscape architect Laurie Olin, offering intriguing ...

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Timothy Davis: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Park System of the Nation #39;s Capital
Timothy Davis, PhD, Lead Historian for Park Historic Structures Cultural Landscapes Program, U.S. National Park Service Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. #39;s associa...

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OLIN PROJECTS 01: University of Pennsylvania Campus
Challenged to alter the landscape, the faculty #39;s landscape plan from 1976 still shines today. This clip is part of a series of richly illustrated interviews ...

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OLIN DESIGN 03: Design Philosophy behind Hanna/Olin #39;s Work
Learn about Hanna/Olin #39;s site-specific design approach. This clip is part of a series of richly illustrated interviews with landscape architect Laurie Olin, ...

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"Airport Landscape: Urban Ecologies in the Aerial Age" - Keynote
Airport Landscape claims the airport as a site of and for landscape. Airports have never been more central to the life of cities, yet they remain peripheral ...

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