Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

Designing park sculptures that couple as gym equipment for office workers on their lunch breaks was just one of the projects I tackled as part of my degree in Landscape Management.

Landscape management is a broad term to describe the management of open spaces. Career options range from working with mining companies to design rehabilitation areas that can be accessed and used by the general public through to managing the design and landscaping of urban parks.

I was among the first group of graduates from the Landscape Management degree that began in 2000. Local government organisations are keen to take on the new graduates who have accrued considerable skills in the management and use of native flora in public open spaces.

Majoring in landscape design meant I shared my time between the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

The design units were very creative and challenging. We were given assignments to redevelop Cottesloe beach with a shark-safe swimming area through to turning a disused warehouse into a gallery for Rodin’s sculptures.