Landscape Gardeners and Irrigation Technicians

Tasks

There are many tasks done by landscape gardeners and irrigation technicians. A few are listed below:

• preparing plans and drawings, selecting materials and plants, and scheduling landscape construction
• setting out and installing hardscape and softscape structures
• constructing gravel and paved areas, walls, fences, trellises, pergolas, ponds, barbecues and garden furniture
• preparing seedbeds and growing sites
• planting trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs
• preparing lawn areas by spreading topsoil and planting grass, and by laying instant turf
• determining irrigation system hydraulic parameters
• installing irrigation systems including pumps and meters
• testing, maintaining, and repairing irrigation systems.

Specific occupations

• Landscape Gardener
• Irrigation Technician