Landscape Architecture
Resources
- Landscape Architecture Workbook
- Scoutmaster Bucky's Merit Badge Advancement Quick Reference
- Scoutmaster Bucky's Acknowledgement Form
Landscape Architecture Requirements Current Scouts BSA requirements
as of March 8, 2025
as of March 8, 2025
1.
Go to a completed landscape project that a landscape architect has
designed. Before you visit the site, obtain a plan of the design from the
landscape architect if one is available.
2.
After completing requirement 1, discuss the following with your counselor:
a.
Tell whether the design had separate spaces, a defined point of entry,
a clear path system, and sun and shade variety.
b.
Discuss how any structures, the designated seating, eating, or parking
areas suited the overall design.
c.
Explain how the design reflected consideration for the comfort,
shelter, and security of the users.
d.
Discuss how the choice of trees, shrubs, and ground covers used in
the project contributed to its appeal and function.
3.
Identify five shrubs, five trees, and one ground cover, being sure that you
select examples of different shapes, sizes, and textures. With the help of
your counselor or a local nursery, choose plants that will grow in your
area. Bring pictures of the different planting materials or, if possible,
examples of their branches, leaves, or flowers to a group such as your
troop or class at school. Be prepared to tell how you might use each in the
design of a landscape and the maintenance that would follow.
4.
After obtaining permission from the appropriate authority, look at and
study a place of worship, school grounds, or a public building and identify
where most people arrive by bus or car. Then do the following:
a.
Using a measuring tape, measure and draw the main site entry and its
nearby area. Define the scale of your drawing. Be sure to include the
driveway and sidewalk or path that leads to the building's main entry.
Indicate any sidewalks, structures, trees and plants, lights, drains,
utilities, or other site furnishings within the study area. Make two
copies of this plan and save the original, then do 4b and 4c using the
copies.
b.
On one copy of your site plan, use directional arrows to indicate where
the water drains across the site, where ditches occur, and where water
stands for a longer period of time.
c.
Decide how you can make the place safer and more comfortable for those
using it. Redesign the area on another copy of the plan. You may want
to include new walks, covered waiting areas, benches, space-defining
plantings of trees and shrubs, and drainage structures.
5.
Identify three career opportunities that would use skills and knowledge in
landscape architecture. Pick one and research the training, education,
certification requirements, experience, and expenses associated with
entering the field. Research the prospects for employment, starting
salary, advancement opportunities and career goals associated with this
career. Discuss what you learned with your counselor and whether you might
be interested in this career.
