Whereas over the past 20 years analysis of public policies on landscape and landscaping action has tended to favour a theory of culturalist landscape (Roger, 1995), this communication explores recent research on theorization of social space (Levy, Lussault). Viewing landscape in terms of active processes through this analytical framework makes it possible to link two concepts (space/landscape) that in recent years researchers and landscape practitioners have usually considered as distinctly opposing notions. The hypothesis advanced is the reverse of that view: linking the two brings new light to contemporary landscaping practice and policies.