Question to USA and UK Landscape Architects

[Griffin]

I work in Queensland Australia where the profession still has a low
profile. Some friends and I (also Landscape Archs) were wondering if the
same problems exist over there, or if Australia is just a crappy place to
work.

This discussion started after an article in the institute's newsletter "is
Landscape Architecture sexy". The discussion goes something like this:-
You're at a party and chatting someone up.
Stranger at a party – " what do you do for a living"
Myself - "I'm a Landscape Architect"
Stranger at party – "Oh, your a gardener that's nice, I must get another
drink"

Is this (a) a universal reaction. (b) My personality. (c) What you would
expect in Queensland Australia.
All comments welcome but keep them clean I'm using someone else's computer.

Cheers
Chris from Australia

[Starbuck]

>>>. This discussion started after an article in the institute's newsletter

"is
Landscape Architecture sexy". The discussion goes something like this:-
You're at a party and chatting someone up.
Stranger at a party – " what do you do for a living"
Myself - "I'm a Landscape Architect"
Stranger at party – "Oh, your a gardener that's nice, I must get another
drink"

Is this (a) a universal reaction. (b) My personality. (c) What you would
expect in Queensland Australia.
All comments welcome but keep them clean I'm using someone else's
computer.<<<

It's just you, of course. You're over-sensitive. (grin)

Have you by any chance run into James Sinatra down under there? I had him
for my first planting design class at Iowa State University, and the last I
heard went to teach at the University of Melbourne.

Most of the poeple that I know need a bit of education about the profession.
I usually explain that "I prepare landscape plans" or "I prepare site
plans".

Most persons in the US don't have a clue what a landscape architect is or
does, and only by focusing on function rather than title am I truly
communicating with them. On the other hand, most engineers, land
developers, and architects do understand...and don't require the same level
of "hand-holding" or education.

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[Sam Hassall]

In my opinion:-
A good Architect has the noble profession of gardener at his or her core. I
often tell people that I am a gardener and some times I wish I was one. The
good gardeners that I happen to meet in the course of my professional work
certainly get my respect.

Starbuck <pmdla...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> >>>. This discussion started after an article in the institute's
newsletter
> "is
> Landscape Architecture sexy". The discussion goes something like this:-
> You're at a party and chatting someone up.

> Stranger at a party - " what do you do for a living"

> Myself - "I'm a Landscape Architect"

> Stranger at party - "Oh, your a gardener that's nice, I must get another