Landscape Architect Business Cards for ASLA and CLARB Licensed Practice

Landscape architects design the outdoor environments where people live, work, play, and move — from residential garden design and commercial entry plazas to urban parks, campuses, streetscapes, greenways, transit corridors, ecological restoration projects, and large-scale master planned communities. Landscape architecture is a licensed profession in all 50 US states: practitioners must complete an accredited degree program, pass the LARE (Landscape Architect Registration Examination) administered by CLARB, and maintain ongoing continuing education.

What Landscape Architect Cards Include

Your Credentials

• RLA (Registered Landscape Architect) — the primary licensure title used in most US states; post-name credential after passing LARE and meeting state requirements
• LA (Landscape Architect) — used in some states (check state-specific requirements)
• CLARB certified — Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards; passed LARE; CLARB certificate allows reciprocal licensure across states
• ASLA member — American Society of Landscape Architects; the primary professional association
• FASLA (Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects) — honorary recognition for distinguished contribution
• LEED AP (multiple disciplines) — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional; common for landscape architects focused on sustainable design

Other credentials:

• SITES AP (Sustainable SITES Initiative Accredited Professional) — sustainable landscape/site design certification (similar to LEED but site-focused)
• ISA certified arborist — International Society of Arboriculture; for landscape architects with tree expertise
• AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) — for landscape architects also practicing land use planning
• CNU-A (Charter of New Urbanism Accredited) — for urban design/new urbanism practitioners

Your License and Registration States

Landscape architects are licensed state-by-state:

• "Licensed: CA, NY, TX, WA, OR, FL" (etc.)
• CLARB certified enables faster multi-state licensure

Your Project Specialties

Residential design:

• Custom residential garden design
• Pool and outdoor living design
• Front yard and back yard planting design
• Irrigation design
• Outdoor kitchen and entertainment design
• Water features and pondless waterfalls
• Native plant and habitat gardens
• Fire-resistant landscaping (WUI — wildland-urban interface)

Commercial and institutional:

• Corporate campus design
• Retail center and mixed-use streetscape
• Restaurant and hospitality outdoor design
• Office building entries and plazas
• Hospital and healthcare healing gardens
• Educational facility landscape

Urban design and planning:

• Streetscape design
• Plaza and public gathering space
• Urban greenway and trail design
• Transit-oriented development (TOD) landscape
• New urbanism master planning

Parks and open space:

• Community park design
• Athletic field and sports park
• Pocket park and urban infill
• Regional park master planning
• Passive recreation design

Ecological restoration:

• Wetland restoration
• Riparian buffer planting
• Native plant restoration
• Stormwater management — bioswales, rain gardens, green infrastructure
• LEED/SITES sustainable site design

Site engineering integration:

• Grading and drainage plans
• Stormwater management plans (SWPPP)
• Cut and fill calculations
• ADA accessible path and ramp design
• Hardscape design (retaining walls, paving, stairs)

Your Software

• AutoCAD (2D drafting)
• Civil 3D (grading and drainage)
• Revit (BIM for landscape)
• Lumion / Enscape / D5 (3D visualization)
• SketchUp (3D massing)
• Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator (presentation)
• Land F/X (planting plans and irrigation in AutoCAD)

Design for Landscape Architects

Natural, Sophisticated, Site-Connected

Landscape architect card design:

• Natural material aesthetic — think plants, stone, water, landscape
• Site and landscape photography from portfolio
• Professional authority balanced with design creativity

Color palette:

• Sage green + white: natural and ecological
• Warm earth tones + white: residential garden
• Navy + white: urban design / professional authority
• Dark green + gold: distinguished botanical / horticultural

Back of Card

1. "Landscape Architect | RLA | CLARB Certified | ASLA | Licensed: [States]"
2. "[Specialty: Residential | Commercial | Urban design | Ecological restoration | SITES]"
3. "Residential gardens | Commercial plazas | Parks | Streetscape | Green infrastructure | Restoration"
4. "LEED AP | SITES AP | AutoCAD | Civil 3D | Lumion | Planting | Grading | Drainage"
5. "Portfolio: [QR] | [email] | [website] | [phone] | [City office]"

Checklist

• [ ] RLA credential (or state equivalent)
• [ ] CLARB certification
• [ ] ASLA membership
• [ ] FASLA (if applicable)
• [ ] License states
• [ ] LEED AP / SITES AP (if sustainability focus)
• [ ] ISA arborist (if tree expertise)
• [ ] Project specialties (residential, commercial, parks, ecological)
• [ ] Software (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Lumion, Revit)
• [ ] Stormwater and green infrastructure
• [ ] Portfolio QR
• [ ] Instagram or Houzz (residential design clients)
• [ ] Natural, site-connected design