Landscape designers may be called for to have a license, contingent on the level and particular in the design plan, besides the location. Landscape design landscape planning is occupied with small and large scale projects (Jeff Zima).

The establishment of landscape plants over a time period isn't landscape design, but is considered "landscape management" (Goodway Landscape).

Landscape design is almost similar tp garden design. Landscape architecture and landscape design can, and had better, adopt landscape urbanism, landscape management, landscape planning, landscape detailing, garden design, landscape assessment and landscape engineering (Goodway Landscape).