Landscape Architects

Landscape architects design external spaces applying an aesthetic sense and a practical knowledge of the environment to the spacial and visual expression of human activities. Landscape architects are trained in design using technical skills from the fields of planning, horticulture, construction and ecology as part of a wider knowledge of the biological and physical environment.

They also prepare planning submissions and arrange for the implementation of landscape works for a client through to the administration of contracts. Landscape architects often work with other professionals such as engineers, architects or surveyors, landscape managers and scientists in multi-disciplinary teams.

Landscape Managers

Landscape managers are concerned with the long term care and development of new and existing landscapes. They draw on a broad training in horticulture and ecology to provide detailed advice on the management and maintenance of external spaces often in the form of management plans. The Landscape manager co-ordinates manpower, machinery and materials to match financial resources and management objectives.

Landscape Scientists

Landscape scientists apply a detailed knowledge of physical and biological principles to assess the impact of new developments and to help resolve the practical problems of environmental design.

Many are specialists in the fields of ecology, biology, soil science, geology and hydrology. Landscape scientists will report on environmental matters directly for a client or in association with other landscape professionals.

The East Anglian Landscape

East Anglia is a region rich in fine landscapes; the peaty fields and panoramic skies of the Fens, the sandy Brecks with their gnarled pines, the rolling landscapes of rural Suffolk and the intricate waterways of the Broads. These characteristic landscapes are often required to accommodate residential, commercial and tourist developments, improvements in transport routes and changing patterns of farming.

About eabli

The East Anglian Branch of the Landscape Institute (eabli) represents members of the Landscape Institute at a local level. The branch seeks to bring together all those concerned with guiding the future development of the East Anglian landscape. It provides a professional forum for exchanging ideas and information and also for evaluating policy. To see the feature on eabli in Landscape Design "Connections" click here.

The EABLI Constitution can be seen here

Landscape Advice in East Anglia

Members of the Landscape Institute provide a broad range of services and work at many different levels from strategic studies and plans for extensive tracts of countryside to city centre redevelopment schemes to the design of small private gardens.

As landscape consultants they can advise on the renovation of historic landscapes, derelict land reclamation, and offer guidance on sources of grant aid. In every case the work is based on a thorough site appraisal. This increases the long term flexibility and viability of a landscape and often also provides a range of site-specific solutions.

Landscape advice is particularly important in the development process; at strategic and local plan levels, for environmental assessment of large scale developments and for the submission and approval of landscape schemes upon which planning permissions are so often conditional.

Landscape consultants also prepare and present evidence at public enquiries.

Where developments are likely to have an environmental impact, early contact with a landscape professional is recommended to provide general guidance both on the project itself and on further sources of information and advice.
This can be obtained from the registered practices listed here, and from members of the Landscape Institute working as sole practitioners, as employees of multi-disciplinary consultancies or as officers of District or County Councils within the region.