ABSTRACT

Landscape design is an unusual profession, mixing as it does both the arts and the sciences. Landscape designers are holistic. eir work involves both poles of our culture: the practical and analytical at one end and the artistic and innovative at the other. e potential is there for the profession to be considered an art form (with all the creative inspiration and thinking that is therefore implied) and possibly equal to the ne arts themselves but perhaps with an even greater impact. After all, landscape is an art form brought to people, those who live and work in and around these landscapes and townscapes. e landscape has the potential to be an actual sculpture – a functioning, lived in sculpture – whereas in the case of the ne arts, people need to visit a gallery, listen to a disc or iPod, or read a book to be able to experience the art.