Values & Aims

These are the values shared by Landscape Institute members, staff and volunteers:
  • Inclusiveness – we work collaboratively, seeking consensus, solving problems and conflicts, and respecting a broad range of views and contributions.
  • Inspiration – we encourage our members to create inspirational landscapes that bring joy, optimism, well-being and environmental gain.
  • Passion – we are passionate champions of the life-enhancing character of high quality landscapes and take a lead in communicating the importance of landscape.
  • Empowerment – we seek to empower the communities we work with by actively engaging with them and understanding their needs and values.
  • Professionalism – we take responsibility for high standards in our approach to work and endeavour to be fair, equitable and transparent in the conduct of our affairs.


    • DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2007 – 2012

    STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

    The Landscape Institute will:

    • 1. Develop a growth strategy for membership, providing a responsive service to members.
    • 2. Effectively promote landscape architecture as “The Environment and Design Profession” to the public, government, media, potential clients and other built environment professions and partners in the UK.
    • 3. Develop clear and relevant policies that protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment, and respond accordingly to public consultations.
    • 4. Uphold and advance standards of excellence in professional education, practice and development.
    • 5. Establish excellent operational mechanisms and performance through the governance framework.

    PRIORITIES 2007 – 8

    1. Develop a growth strategy for membership, providing a responsive service to members.

    Landscape architects draw on a great diversity of skills and knowledge to plan, design and manage landscapes that are sustainable, aesthetically pleasing and engender an enhanced quality of life. The Landscape Institute will ensure that all appropriately qualified people are able to access Landscape Institute membership grades. In 2007 - 08 the Landscape Institute will:

    • 1.1 Provide appropriate services to the membership arising from robust information and analysis of member needs and preferences.
    • 1.2 Carry out a review of Membership and make changes as necessary in relation to the grades, entry requirements and progression, in order to more effectively meet the objectives set out in the Royal Charter.
    • 1.3 Improve communication with and between Secretariat, Honorary Officers and members via the Landscape Institute branches and other channels.
    • 1.4 Work with branches, practices, accredited schools, Student Landscape Institute Council (SLIC) and others to introduce the profession to secondary schools, students and potential career changers.
    • 1.5 Continue our work in the Higher Education sector to increase numbers of accredited landscape courses and student members.

    2. Effectively promote landscape architecture as “The Environment and Design Profession” to government, media, potential clients and other built environment professions and partners in the UK.

    There has never been a more important time to promote the role of landscape architecture because of growing social, political and economic concern over the use of our natural resources and development of sustainable communities. Landscape architecture is the profession best able to provide a holistic approach to creating places where people want to live and work both now and in the future. The Landscape Institute will promote landscape architecture as the profession that works with communities to create places that respect their environmental context and contribute to a high quality of life working with other bodies if collaborations progress our strategic objectives. In 2007/08 the Landscape Institute will:

    • 2.1 Develop and deliver a comprehensive communications plan.
    • 2.2 Work with other professional bodies, umbrella groups and agencies, where appropriate, to develop policies and projects that promote the objectives of the Institute.
    • 2.3 Seek external funding to ensure landscape architecture is effectively promoted.

    3. Develop clear and relevant policies that protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment, and respond accordingly to public consultations.

    The government’s signing of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) has provided the impetus for placing landscape at the centre of all work being carried out within the natural and built environment; every landscape forms the setting for the lives of the community concerned and the quality of those landscapes effects everyone’s lives. The Landscape Institute will seek to ensure that all relevant government policies take account of the four general measures set out in the ELC to:

    • recognise landscapes in law
    • establish and implement landscape protection, management and planning policies
    • establish procedures for public participation
    • integrate landscape into regional and town planning policies as well as any other policies with a possible impact on landscape

    The Landscape Institute will also develop policies to demonstrate the profession’s ability to intervene in the public interest on key issues such as sustainability and climate change. In 2007 - 08 the Landscape Institute will:

    • 3.1 Identify public champions to promote the objectives of the Landscape Institute
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    • 3.2 Establish a robust and targeted policy making process.
    • 3.3 Support members, practices and branches in engaging with policy issues at a national, regional and local level.
    • 3.4 Develop a policy on climate change.

    4. Uphold and advance standards of excellence in professional education, practice and development.

    We aim to identify, promote and encourage excellence in the practice and teaching of and research into landscape architecture, as well as in the professional standing, ability, performance and knowledge of the members of the Landscape Institute and their Continuing Professional Development (CPD). In 2007 - 08 the Landscape Institute will:

    • 4.1 Review and update technical and professional guidance and promote new standards where appropriate.
    • 4.2 Review the Institute’s current system of CPD and make recommendations for provision, monitoring and review of CPD to encourage structured learning and a culture of lifelong learning across the profession.
    • 4.3 Implement, in partnership with branches, professional bodies and agencies as appropriate, a rich and relevant programme of CPD and learning and development opportunities for LI members.
    • 4.4 Monitor, review and develop the Pathway to Chartership programme.

    5. Establish excellent operational mechanisms and performance through the governance framework.

    In 2007-2008 the Landscape Institute will:

    • 5.1 Develop a robust plan to secure income growth and diversification, manage risk, and establish excellent standards of business management.
    • 5.2 Strive for the highest professional standards in employment, deployment and development of salaried staff, trustees and volunteers.
    • 5.3 Ensure exemplary decision-making and accountability by establishing clear roles for all those involved, appropriate delegations and a culture of team working.