Landscape Gardener
What the work is
Interprets plans and drawings to construct garden landscapes, hardscape structures and garden beds.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Interprets plans and drawings to construct garden landscapes
- Constructs hardscape structures such as gravel and paved walking areas, walls, fences, pergolas, ponds, barbecues and garden furniture
- Prepares seedbeds and growing sites for planting of softscapes such as tree plants, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs
- Plants trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs
- Prepares lawn areas by spreading topsoil and planting grass or by laying instant turf
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a landscaping and irrigation business working on suburban gardens and a small orchard in a fictional dry-climate district. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A bare backyard becomes a garden with paths, a pergola and plants that will grow for years
- You switch on a new irrigation system and every sprinkler works first time
- A client walks out in the evening with a drink, looking at a place they love
Hard days
- A trench full of old pipes, tree roots and a hidden cable that is not on the plan
- Hot sun, heavy pavers and a job that is behind because of a delivery
- A client who changes their mind halfway through and wants the layout redone
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 342432, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.