The discipline of landscape architecture in our university originated from the botanical garden and herbarium of the college of agriculture of national sun yat-sen university established in 1927. After unremitting efforts, to 1985 gradually developed into shape, the establishment of south China's first landscape undergraduate major. Since then, the discipline development has been carried out in an orderly manner. In 2010, it was approved as the provincial characteristic specialty construction point by guangdong province. Began in 1999 in botany recruit professional graduate student of garden plants and ornamental horticulture direction, in 2003 with a master's degree authorization centers, garden plants and ornamental horticulture in 2005 to become the national first batch of landscape architecture, a master's degree authorization centers, 2011 approved by the ministry of education will be garden plants and ornamental horticulture majors) adjust the master's degree program is upgraded to the level 1 discipline of landscape architecture science, presently is equipped with a subordinate Yu Linxue discipline doctoral degree of garden plants and ornamental gardening level of discipline.
After decades of development, the subject of landscape architecture in our school has formed its unique features and advantages. Under the guidance of academician Chen huanyong, a pioneer in plant taxonomy, our university has formed its own advantages and characteristics in the collection of germplasm resources of zonal plants and the application of garden. And give full play to the advantages of comprehensive subjects, combined with ecology and agriculture, to form a unique landscape planning and ecological restoration discipline direction. Under the leadership of professor luo tongjian and professor kong xianming, the third generation successor of lingnan painting school, etc., lingnan traditional culture and lingnan aesthetics were integrated to form the history and theoretical system of landscape architecture with lingnan characteristics. Professor wang shaozeng, former chief editor of Chinese garden, took yingjing science as the core, and systematically constructed the design theory system of landscape architecture with Chinese characteristics, which established the position of our university in the field of landscape architecture. In addition, many graduates of our school have served as senior executives or even presidents of four listed landscape companies in south China, which is unique in China. And through the alliance with the listed companies, we form a unique model of industry-university-research education. At the same time, the landscape architecture discipline of our university has given full play to its geographical advantages and vigorously carried out international education activities. The sino-australian international class has been established to explore the way of interdisciplinary international training of landscape architecture and architecture.