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Skills

  • Equipment maintenance
  • Data-driven horticultural decision-making
  • Eco-friendly landscaping solutions
  • Budget forecasting and cost control
  • Team leadership and supervision
  • Business operations
  • Partnerships with organic suppliers
  • Business Strategy
  • Forklift trained
  • Floral displays creation

Work Experiences

  • Operated small and large landscaping equipment like Workday, Microsoft Excel, and Salesforce in a safe manner.
  • Installed underground sprinkler systems to ensure that grass and greenery received enough water.
  • Consulted with clients to develop tailored landscape designs, increasing their home resale value by an average of $12.
  • Adapted garden maintenance schedules.
  • Ordered supplies, restocked supplies, and merchandised products for customers to purchase.
  • Boosted public garden visitation by 39% over 8 months.
  • Went to continuing education seminars and workshops to learn the most up-to-date gardening and horticulture techniques.
  • Was in charge of inventory management and delegated replenishment to team members.
  • Inspected ongoing and completed procedure projects for customer requirements, worker safety, and best-in-class final results.
  • Applied practices across 17 lawns.

Summaries

  • Maintaining tight schedules and meeting all customer needs requires a service-oriented and dependable attitude.
  • Gardening and Horticulture Professional with 18 years of experience in team leadership.
  • Achieved timely delivery of over 14 orders.
  • Motivated individual.
  • Deadline-driven
  • Gardener with experience designing and maintaining landscaping projects for a variety of clients.
  • Traditional and organic methods for propagating all types of plants are familiar.
  • Community-oriented manager hosting over 6 educational tours annually, promoting greenhouse sustainability and community engagement.
  • Pragmatic
  • Maintains perennial beds, vegetable gardens, and container gardens.

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with landscape architects to refine garden design plans, achieving the desired aesthetic and botanical goals across 5 resident gardens.
  • Reduced maintenance downtime by implementing preventative garden care techniques, cutting repair costs by $16 monthly.
  • Managed the care of historic gardens, ensuring preservation of rare plant species and maintaining certification from Ironclad Systems.
  • Sourced and integrated native plant species which improved biodiversity in gardens by 35%, enhancing overall ecosystem health.
  • Managed commercial landscape maintenance projects across Portland, ensuring the timely completion of tasks and client satisfaction.
  • Provided seasonal pruning and shaping services for high-end residential clients, maintaining gardens in top condition year-round.
  • Successfully grew and nurtured more than 10 unique plant species using vertical gardening techniques in urban environments.
  • Generated cost savings by negotiating supplier contracts and reducing input prices by $2 annually.
  • Led a team of 6 gardeners to implement eco-friendly landscaping across commercial properties resulting in a 67% reduction in chemical fertilizer usage.
  • Diagnosed plant diseases and recommended treatment plans that restored 79% of affected plants back to full health.

Affiliations

  • Association of Professional Garden Consultants
  • Society of Human Resource Management
  • Landscape Architecture Foundation
  • US Composting Council (USCC)
  • European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA)
  • Greenhouse Canada Growers Forum
  • Society of Garden Designers (SGD)
  • Plant Conservation Alliance
  • Certified Irrigation Designer (CID) certification through Irrigation Association
  • Organic Farming Research Foundation for sustainable, pesticide-free landscape practices

Certifications

  • Certified Plant Healthcare Technician, Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA)
  • Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) by Northwind
  • Landscape Project Management Certification (LPMC) - Northwind
  • ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) - 2021
  • Certified Landscape Architect, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)
  • Organic Gardener Certification, Organic Land Care Program
  • Advanced Pollinator Habitat Certification - The Xerces Society
  • Landscape Technician Certification by National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)
  • Certified Turfgrass Professional
  • Irrigation Technician Certification - procedure

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