What's the difference between gardening and landscape architecture?

Although there is only one word difference between gardening and landscape architecture, they are two completely different majors. Landscape architecture is a major to train landscape architects. The job of a landscape architect is to create a pleasant green space with plants and create a beautiful environment with scenery in four seasons and flowers in three seasons.

Gardening majors train gardeners. It is required to master the basic knowledge and theory of agricultural biological science, and master the basic theories and skills of high-yield and high-quality cultivation techniques, facility design and maintenance, improved seed breeding, pest control, garden design and greening of horticultural plants.

Gardening is about the planting and management of plants, and the maintenance and pruning of some trees and flowers. But gardens include many aspects, such as garden engineering, which involves some garden construction, such as rockery construction, garden road construction, garden sketch construction and so on.

On the other hand, gardens also include garden design. First of all, we should practice hand painting, which plays an important role in landscape design. Secondly, we should know some practical software, such as CAD. 3D PHOTOSHOP, we must master them well to make a better design.

Introduction to horticulture:

Horticulture majors train senior scientific and technological talents with basic theories, knowledge and skills in biology and horticulture, who can engage in horticultural science-related technology and design, promotion and development, operation and management, teaching and research in agriculture, commerce, landscape management and other fields and departments.

Second, the employment prospects of horticulture:

1. Vegetable direction: breeding companies, vegetable planting technology research and development, large vegetable bases around the country, and vegetable quality inspectors.

2. Flower direction: (ornamental gardening direction)

Flowers and trees companies, parks, botanical gardens, horticultural products circulation associations or self-operated flower shops.

3. You can also go to agricultural research institutes and other research institutions to carry out scientific research projects, or conduct teaching or research in institutions of higher learning. The administrative organ shall examine the civil servants. Note: This column requires higher academic qualifications.

4. Colleges and construction companies: (that is, the direction of plant configuration) require excellent professional knowledge, and some people can recommend it.

Three. Brief introduction of landscape architecture:

The major of landscape architecture mainly trains senior compound scientific and technological talents who are engaged in the breeding, maintenance management and application of garden plants, the planning and design of various urban and rural garden green spaces, and the organization and management of garden construction.

Four, landscape architecture professional employment prospects:

After graduation, students can engage in the breeding, cultivation, conservation and management, planting design of garden plants, as well as the planning and design, construction management, education and scientific research of various garden green spaces and garden buildings in urban and rural areas.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia gardening major