Landscape Architecture

Join a widely recognized and vital profession that engages a broad range of complex and far-reaching issues. UC Berkeley Extension offers comprehensive, high-quality education culminating in certificates in either Landscape Architecture or Garden Design.

Featured Courses

New! Community Design & Internship offers advanced students the opportunity to develop their skills as community designers, working within a professional environment with design professionals in this nine-week internship course sponsored by Urban Ecology.
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One-Day Portfolio Workshop is a catalyst to begin your portfolio or refine your existing portfolio.
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Studio L5: Site Planning Practicum provides detailed guidance on the preparation of comprehensive set of contract documents for a site planning project.
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Studio L1: Environmental Design provides an introduction to site-specific design projects, with emphasis on both small and large-scale projects.
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Summer Plants and Applications introduces approximately 125 species of trees, shrubs, and ground covers commonly used in landscaping in Northern California.
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Principles and Elements of Design provides an opportunity to explore and develop your creativity in a studio course.
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Featured Certificate

Landscape Architecture Certificate Program Take advantage of the numerous and varied professional opportunities in landscape architecture.

If you already have an undergraduate degree, you will, upon completing this program, receive the same educational credit (4 credits) that you would upon receiving a masters degree in Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.).
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Subject Areas

Landscape Architecture

Garden Design

Areas of Related Interest

Art & Design

Environmental Management

Certificates & Series


Landscape Architecture

Sustainable Design

Sustainable Environmental Design and Stewardship (discontinued)

Featured Sustainable Environmental Design Course

Free Public Lecture
Urban Permaculture: An Ethical, Eco-Social Design Response to Climate Change and Peak Everything presents a system of assembling all the important components of our habitat in an integral organic pattern that benefits humans, animals, and plants in a particular region.
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