Plan: Plan
an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective (Webster's Dictionary)
Planning is an important first step in making land use decisions that will affect not only clients or communities, but also future users of our resources. Students learn to critically dissect design decisions and their implication for future development.
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Design: Design
to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan (Webster's Dictionary)
The design process allows students to develop the ability to create environmental sensitive and aesthetically pleasing places for people to live, work, and play. A major emphasis is the creation of place achieved through the careful investigation of local culture, climate, and materials.
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Build: Build
to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole (Webster's Dictionary)
Students become better designers and contractors through direct experience with building materials, equipment, and construction processes. Service learning, the act of providing built spaces for communities, is a major component of all majors.
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Manage: Manage
to handle or direct with a degree of skill (Webster's Dictionary)
Students learn to effectively manage companies and ecosystems. Economic and social systems depend on ecosystem services for their productivity. Students receive a foundation of ecological principles on which to base choices with regard to ecosystem and business management.
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Regenerative Communities: Regenerative Communities
renewal or restoration after injury or as a normal process (Webster's Dictionary)
Students learn to restore neighborhoods, communities, cities and regions by helping stakeholders rediscover the social, economic, and ecological identity of their surroundings. Students also learn sustainable principles to make wise use of the available resources.
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Landscape Architecture

The Department of Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State University has pledged to "foster the will and ability to plan, design, build, and manage regenerative communities" through our mission statement. We believe that the professions of Landscape Architecture and Landscape Contracting should strive to connect art, culture, and the environment to provide society with places that people love and that are cognizant of a holistic, ecological model of design. Our students explore subjects such as the design process, storm water design, energy flow, native landscapes and plant materials, green infrastructure, sustainability, community planning, and regional planning.

Faculty Project

Survey reveals growing niche for native plants

The Southeast has an opportunity to capitalize on the green movement, according to a Mississippi State University consumer survey. Interest in using or selling native plants, however, has increased considerably in recent years among the three groups surveyed.

Forested Stream Exhibit at the Crosby Arboretum

Duane Dietz and Karen Smith from Jones and Jones, Seattle joined Bob Brzuszek's graduate class to assist with a design charette for a Forested Stream Exhibit at the Crosby Arboretum, MSUES.