With their 'green thumbs' landscape gardeners can turn a yard full of mud and weeds into a beautiful lawn with trees, shrubs, flowers and even ponds. This takes careful planning both the building and the surrounding trees, gardens, and lawn to make a home truly wondrous. It is where the skills of a landscape gardener are needed. - Landscape gardeners are the individuals who work to restore those muddy fields, and create beautiful gardens full of flowers and plants. These people work on private properties, public grounds, golf courses, greenhouses, and indoor gardens to create and maintain inspiring flower beds, lawns, and trees. - Specially trained, they use their knowledge of botany, landscape installation, plant materials, soil science, and pest and disease identification and treatment, to work alongside landscape architects, nursery and garden workers, fulfilling the wishes of their clients. - They prepare the ground for planting, transplant nursery plants, use fertilizers and pesticides, seed and sod lawns, trim and prune hedges, trees, and shrubs, install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, retaining walls, fences, and planters, and advise clients on plant care. - Gardeners often work with tools ranging from small trowels to large ride-on mowers, tractors, and loaders, depending on the clients' needs. It means the landscape gardener also needs to be able to make some small engine repairs. - Landscape gardeners don't just putter around in sun hats, pulling weeds and planting bulbs. - Landscape gardening is a tough job, involving elements of science and creativity in creating beautiful, functional gardens for all to enjoy.
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