Skip to content
COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
  • UC Berkeley logo
    • About CED
    • Academics
    • For Students
    • CED
      • About CED
        • Community + Values
        • People at CED
        • Meet CED Alums
        • Our Spaces
        • Our History
        • Work at CED
        • Giving
        • Contact Us
      • Academics
        • Undergraduate Majors + Minors
        • Graduate Programs
        • Concurrent Graduate Degrees
        • Certificates
        • Summer Programs
        • Study Abroad
      • Admissions
        • Undergraduate Admissions
        • Graduate Admissions
        • Fees + Financial Aid
      • Undergraduate Advising
        • Newly Admitted Students
        • Forms + Policies
        • Major + Minor Requirements
        • Prepare for Graduation
        • Academic Progress Report
      • News + Events
        • News
        • Events
      • Research + Design
        • Affiliated Research Centers
        • Climate Solutions
        • Equity + Social Justice
        • Technology + Material Innovations
        • Design Excellence
        • Publications
        • Environmental Design Archives
        • Student Work
      • Student Resources
        • Student Organizations
        • Student Support
        • Awards, Scholarships, Fellowships
        • Academic Student Employment
        • Student Fees and Waivers
        • IT + Computing
        • Fabrication + Materials
        • Environmental Design Library
        • Building Safety
        • Facility Services
        • Careers + Opportunities
    • ARCH
      • About Architecture
        • Commitment to Diversity
        • Accreditation and Licensure
      • People
      • Degrees + Admissions
        • Master of Architecture (MArch)
        • Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD)
        • Master of Science in Architecture
        • PhD in Architecture
        • Bachelor of Arts
        • Minors
      • Gallery
      • Courses
      • Advising
    • LAND
      • About LAEP
      • People
      • Degrees + Admissions
        • Master of Landscape Architecture
        • PhD
        • Bachelor of Arts
        • Minor in Landscape Architecture
      • Gallery
      • Advising
    • CITY
      • About DCRP
      • People
      • Degrees + Admissions
        • Master of City Planning
        • PhD
        • Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies
        • Minor in City Planning
        • Minor in Geospatial Information Science & Technology
      • Gallery
      • Advising
    • IURD
      • About IURD
      • People
      • IURD Research Projects
      • Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design (MRED+D)
        • About Abbey MRED+D
        • Abbey MRED+D Admissions
        • Abbey MRED+D Courses
        • People
      • Master of Urban Design (MUD)
        • People
      • BA in Sustainable Environmental Design
      • Advising
  • CED
    • About CED
      • Community + Values
      • People at CED
      • Meet CED Alums
      • Our Spaces
      • Our History
      • Work at CED
      • Giving
      • Contact Us
    • Academics
      • Undergraduate Majors + Minors
      • Graduate Programs
      • Concurrent Graduate Degrees
      • Certificates
      • Summer Programs
      • Study Abroad
    • Admissions
      • Undergraduate Admissions
      • Graduate Admissions
      • Fees + Financial Aid
    • Undergraduate Advising
      • Newly Admitted Students
      • Forms + Policies
      • Major + Minor Requirements
      • Prepare for Graduation
      • Academic Progress Report
    • News + Events
      • News
      • Events
    • Research + Design
      • Affiliated Research Centers
      • Climate Solutions
      • Equity + Social Justice
      • Technology + Material Innovations
      • Design Excellence
      • Publications
      • Environmental Design Archives
      • Student Work
    • Student Resources
      • Student Organizations
      • Student Support
      • Awards, Scholarships, Fellowships
      • Academic Student Employment
      • Student Fees and Waivers
      • IT + Computing
      • Fabrication + Materials
      • Environmental Design Library
      • Building Safety
      • Facility Services
      • Careers + Opportunities
  • ARCH
    • About Architecture
      • Commitment to Diversity
      • Accreditation and Licensure
    • People
    • Degrees + Admissions
      • Master of Architecture (MArch)
      • Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD)
      • Master of Science in Architecture
      • PhD in Architecture
      • Bachelor of Arts
      • Minors
    • Gallery
    • Courses
    • Advising
  • LAND
    • About LAEP
    • People
    • Degrees + Admissions
      • Master of Landscape Architecture
      • PhD
      • Bachelor of Arts
      • Minor in Landscape Architecture
    • Gallery
    • Advising
  • CITY
    • About DCRP
    • People
    • Degrees + Admissions
      • Master of City Planning
      • PhD
      • Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies
      • Minor in City Planning
      • Minor in Geospatial Information Science & Technology
    • Gallery
    • Advising
  • IURD
    • About IURD
    • People
    • IURD Research Projects
    • Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design (MRED+D)
      • About Abbey MRED+D
      • Abbey MRED+D Admissions
      • Abbey MRED+D Courses
      • People
    • Master of Urban Design (MUD)
      • People
    • BA in Sustainable Environmental Design
    • Advising
  • About CED
  • Academics
  • For Students
UC Berkeley logo
  • About CED
  • Academics
  • For Students

About the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

  • LAND
    • About LAEP
    • People
    • Degrees + Admissions
    • Gallery
    • Advising
  • LAND
    • About LAEP
    • People
    • Degrees + Admissions
    • Gallery
    • Advising

Our mission is to engage in research and teaching that will inspire and inform our profession through innovative design and planning.

Acoustic Refuge project site plan

Berkeley’s Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning is known for the design of compelling landscapes that promote ecological integrity and social equity.

We emphasize critical thinking about the ecological, social, cultural, and visual performance of landscape spaces and systems. Our research, practice, and curricula set high standards for analytical ability, creativity, aesthetics, and practical understanding. As a result, our graduates are prepared to serve as national and international landscape design and planning leaders, building thriving communities in a world of rapid political, economic, and environmental change.

Student in hat drawing on tablet

The department faculty engages in research and teaching across a range of landscape scales from downtown plazas to wilderness areas to build inclusive, vibrant cities, construct resilient metropolitan ecologies, restore degraded ecosystems, and meet the challenge of climate change. The department particularly emphasizes the application of social and ecological science in the design and planning process, with the intent of building landscapes that responsibly serve both society and the environment in the long term.

Field studies complements our classroom teaching, and thus our students attend community meetings, wade through streams, survey urban vegetation, observe construction sites, construct pilot projects, and sketch Bay Area landscapes. With the aid of research and endowment funds, our student participate in projects throughout California and the U.S., Mexico, Egypt, France, Portugal, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Ecuador, Italy, and China.

Within the rich resources of the Berkeley campus as a whole, our multidisciplinary faculty have expertise in design, planning, urbanism, history, sustainability, hydrology, ecology, geographic information science, landscape modeling, and social practices. The depth and reach of our pedagogy well prepares students to join design and planning consulting firms, public agencies, and non-profit organizations as well as to hold teaching positions at leading institutions around the world.

Established in 1913, our department benefits from a compelling legacy of excellence and we look forward to the next century of inspiration and innovation.

Blake Garden

Group in circle at Blake Garden overlooking SF bay

Blake Garden, a 10.6 acre public garden with stunning views of the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate, supports teaching and research in the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning. Located four miles north of the Berkeley campus in the town of Kensington, Blake Garden encourages the understanding and appreciation of nature in a garden environment. The garden is planted with a diversity of plant materials that grow in our Mediterranean climate and includes new and historic garden designs and structures designed and built by CED professors and students and the garden’s staff. Learn more>

Spacing: medium

Contact

Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
University of California, Berkeley
202 Bauer Wurster Hall # 2000
Berkeley, CA 94720-2000
510.642.2962 Phone 711 CA Relay
510.643.6166 Fax

Graduate advising: laepgrad@berkeley.edu
Undergraduate advising; 250 Bauer Wurster Hall; cedadvising@berkeley.edu; 510.642.4943 711 CA Relay

Photo Modal

Berkeley home page

230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820 Berkeley, CA 94720-1820

230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820 | Berkeley, CA 94720-1820

  • Contact
  • Work at CED
  • Faculty + Staff
  • Linkedin
  • Accessibility
  • Land Acknowledgment
  • Privacy
  • Nondiscrimination
  • Credits

© 2025 UC Regents; all rights reserved.

    • DONATE NOW
    • ARCH
    • CITY
    • LAND
    • IURD
Berkeley home page
  • ARCH
  • CITY
  • LAND
  • IURD
  • DONATE NOW
  • Contact
  • Work at CED
  • Faculty + Staff

230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820 Berkeley, CA 94720-1820

  • Accessibility
  • Land Acknowledgment
  • Privacy
  • Nondiscrimination
  • Credits

© 2025 UC Regents; all rights reserved.