Your Path to Landscape Architecture

Will I Need a License?

All 50 states license landscape architects.

There are two different types of mandated licensing known as "title acts" and "practice acts." In states with "title acts," no one without a license may call themselves a landscape architect. Under the provisions of "practice acts," no one without a license may perform the work of a landscape architect. Each state sets its own requirements for registration, but all require candidates to pass a national examination, called the Landscape Architect Registration Examination, or LARE.

Many states also require candidates to have completed an approved program of professional education and to practice for a time under the supervision of a licensed landscape architect.

The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) develops and administers the LARE, and also maintains current information on the various states' licensing requirements.