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Graduate programme 2027

Learn landscape by building one.

Two years, three studios and one real project from brief to opening day. Paid, mentored and open to graduates of any design discipline.

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Opens
2 March 2027
Places
Six
Salary
£31,000

The programme

Three rotations, each with a partner as your mentor.

  1. 01 / Months 1 to 8

    Survey and brief

    Join an engagement team. Walk sites, run workshops and write the brief with residents.

  2. 02 / Months 9 to 16

    Design

    Develop a scheme from concept to technical drawings, with ecologists and engineers alongside.

  3. 03 / Months 17 to 24

    On site

    Follow your project into construction. Stand in the park on the day it opens.

Graduates reviewing drawings at the studio table

Support

Chartership, paid for and planned in.

We cover Landscape Institute fees, give you ten study days a year and pair you with a chartership mentor outside your team.

  • LI fees paid
  • 10 study days
  • External mentor
  • Hybrid working

Graduates

In their words.

  • I drew the planting plan for a park I now walk through on my way to work. Nothing prepares you for that.

    Priya Nair2024 cohort, now Landscape Architect

  • The engagement rotation changed how I design. I listen first now, and sketch second.

    Tom Adeyemi2023 cohort, now Associate

  • Having an ecologist on the next desk meant my questions got answered the same day.

    Hannah Blake2025 cohort

  • Site visits every fortnight, in every weather. You learn what actually survives.

    Luis Moreno2024 cohort, now Landscape Architect

  • My mentor still reviews my drawings, three years on. That tells you something about the studio.

    Grace Chen2022 cohort, now Senior

Questions

Before you apply.

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Do I need a landscape degree?

No. We welcome graduates of architecture, urban design, geography, ecology and fine art. Show us how you look at places.

Is the role based in Bristol or Glasgow?

Both. You choose a home studio and spend at least one rotation in the other. We pay travel and accommodation.

What happens after two years?

Every graduate from the last four cohorts has been offered a permanent role. There is no obligation to stay.

What does the application involve?

A short form, a portfolio of up to ten pages and a walk with two of us around a public space of your choice.

Hear when applications open.

One email in March. Nothing else.