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Horticulture
Horticulturist
Managed all retail sales and perennial bed maintenance on a 2 acre farm.
- Created custom container gardens for existing customers using annual, perennial, succulent, and edible plant stock.
- Managed a team of three employees to oversee projects on the farm.
- Organized and led public events including plant workshops and seminars.
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Horticulture
Master of Arts
Horticulturist
Managed watering and fertilizing programs to grow and maintain approximately 500,000 plants
- Scouted for and monitored pests and diseases throughout 16 acre nursery
- Controlled pests and diseases according to IPM principles using chemical or biological controls
- Proactively aided in the improvement and development of operations and production process
- Managed 1-4 employees for specific tasks or projects
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Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Horticulturist
Responsible for design, purchasing, installation and maintenance of ornamental plantings on the grounds of an upscale country club.
- Coordinated with other departments to provide additional displays, both indoors and out for year-round, holiday, seasonal and special events.
- Mentored and taught horticulture to students from Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
- Designed and installed many hardscape features including paths, walls and raised beds using reclaimed indigenous stone.
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Horticulturist
Completed on-the-job training in cultivating and maintaining lawns and gardens in city parks and greenhouses
- Constructed flower beds; supply water and administer fertilizers
- Pruned shrubs and trees; dispose of branches via wood chipper; recycle wood chips for establishing gardens
- Responsible for the maintenance of assigned parks and playgrounds in Brooklyn
- Inspected playground equipment to ensure a safe environment.
- Swept and raked leaves, collected and disposed of litter and debris
- Operated weed whacker, leaf blower and lawn mower to taper lawns and clear walkways
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Business Administration And Landscape Design
Environmental Management
Horticulturist
- Created and maintained plant database for 275-acre cemetery.
- Managed and recorded planting of 20,000 Begonias for 800-1000 client accounts.
- Supervised planting of approximately 1000 trees and shrubs.
- Placed over 700 Chrysanthemums and Christmas wreaths.
- Conducted annual spring planting of over 200 individual ground cover beds.
- Landscaped, maintained lawns, spring and fall clean up, and snow removal.
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Horticulture
Senior Horticulturist
Managed 30 acres of landscaping and 120 acres of native woodlands and trails
- Managed 7 acres of St. Augustine turf
- Maintained and programmed over 300 irrigation zones
- Reviewed contracts, coordinated and supervised all outside contractors and vendors
- Maintained and inventoried all tools, power equipment, vehicles and heavy machinery
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Horticulture Technology
Horticulturist
Initially hired as Retail Salesperson progressively advanced within the company and was promoted to Design in 1997 and Irrigation Foreman in 2001.
- Experienced in inventory control greenhouse/nursery/business management.
- Interacted with customers to promote positive customer relations in sales at multimillion dollar nursery.
- Skilled at operating skid steer loaders, forklifts, tractors, and ordering parts for maintenance of equipment.
- Supervised crews of up to 10 people and trained new employees.
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Certificate
Horticulturist
- Maintained assigned commercial properties for curb appeal by providing landscaping services and post-storm cleanup
- Assisted maintenance personnel with job requests at apartment complexes and local businesses
- Provided city snow removal during winter months
- Drove an F550 non-CDL bucket truck and a 1-ton stake bed truck carrying a 1200 gallon water tank
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Automotive Technology
Design
Business & Finance
Horticulturist/consultant and Sales Manager
Designs, sells, and implements commercial and residential landscaping services
- Develops and implements Tree and Shrub training program for employees
- Manages company Tree and Shrub program
- Defined and implemented material cost savings, achieved $50K in 2008
- Created marketing strategies and set goals for sales growth of 10-15% per year
- Achieved an industry- high 50% + closing rate on all sales
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Psychology
Senior Horticulturist
Maintained sixteen specialty gardens with staff and volunteers
- Supervised and trained volunteers for the horticulture department
- Contributed articles to the Gardens' newsletter and The Desert Leaf
- Provided plant and gardening information to visitors to the grounds
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Agriculture
Lawn and Garden Department Manager, Salesperson, and Horticulturist
Served as salesperson of inside-store merchandise and outside-store (plant nursery) soft good sales
- Performed cashier / point-of-sale duties as needed
- Managed Lawn & Garden staff consisting of 3-5 employees and was responsible for training and scheduling staff as necessary
- Responsible for merchandise and product ordering, inventory management, and stocking of hard and soft goods
- Performed oversight of plant nursery maintenance
- Served as Horticultural advisor to customers in regard to plant material, chemicals, fertilizers, soil amendments, and irrigation systems
- Served as sales floor "Floor Captain" as needed. Responsibilities included serving as the decision making person in regard to customer service, directing of customers to appropriate sale staff for assistance, answering phone sales calls, and supervision of all store employees
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Applied Science
Elementary Education
Head Horticulturist
- Managed plant orders
- Created, and maintained plant database
- Negotiated contract with affiliated landscaping company
- Worked cooperatively with city employees on maintenance and new projects
- Scheduled seasonal tasks while training and supervising horticulture interns and volunteers
- Attended and participated in weekly staff meetings
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Associate of Applied Science
Plant, Soil And Environmental Science
Horticulturist
- Established a nursery with over 100 trees
- Designed and installed multiple flowerbeds and irrigation systems
- Developed weed management, fertilizer and pest management plans
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Horticulture Program
Horticulturist
Gardening and landscaping of golf course.
- Drove tractors and trucks to load and unload landscaping/construction materials.
- Propagated, cultivated, fertilized, pruned, arranged, displayed and transplanted various plant materials.
- Prepared soil mixtures.
- Labeled, mapped and took inventory of various plant collections.
- Maintained floral arrangements and displays.
- Maintained all horticultural equipment.
- Developed and conducted educational displays, tours and programs.
- Effected pest control by pruning and spraying insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and applied growth regulators.
- Presented presentations on plant care.
- Performed other duties as assigned.
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Ornamental Horticulture
Horticulturist
Created landscape layouts
- Consulted with branch employees and customers on insecticide identification
- Sold and serviced fertilizer applications
- Performed horticultural oil treatments and pesticide applications to residential and commercial landscapes Performed mechanical and preventative maintenance on branch equipment
- Managed customer complaints for the Field Manager
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Associate of Science
Nursing
Botany
Horticulturist
- All aspects of garden maintenance
- Design of annual and perennial displays
- Planned garden projects
- Trained and supervised seasonal and garden volunteers
- Maintained, repaired, and scheduled irrigation system
- Plant pest identification and control
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Forestry Curriculum
Horticulturist 1
Responsible for complete nursery operations at a 17 acre nursery/tree farm.
- Performed chemical applications to treat insect and disease problems to plant material.
- Supervised and transported day workers from county jail.
- Kept accurate and detailed records of inventory and spray applications, equipment service logs, and employee performance and worker protection standards.
- Attended supervisory workshops and managerial courses.
- Utilized safety equipment in every instance.
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Horticulture And Environmental Science
Horticulture / Conservation Biology
Landscape Horticulture/botany
Horticulturist/arborist/subcontract of Botanica
Subcontracted horticulturist and arborist services for commercial and residential accounts.
- Designed, grew, installed, and maintained plant material, landscapes, and hardscapes.
- Used hand and power tools and equipment including chippers, chainsaws, sprayers, and mowers.
- Provided routine and specialty Arborist services including pruning, chipping, hauling, mulching.
- Worked as a supervisor and/or on a team and/or independently.
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Horticulture
Agriculture
Customer Service Associate/ Horticulturist
- Assisted customers with questions and requests
- Performed sales transactions in a quick and courteous manner
- Set up merchandise displays, maintained inventory and overall maintenance chores
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Horticulturist
Managed nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research.
- Identified plants as well as problems such as diseases, weeds, and insect pests.
- Tour work areas to observe work being done, to inspect crops, and to evaluate plant and soil conditions.
- Assign work schedules and duties to nursery or greenhouse staff, and supervise their work.
- Determine plant growing conditions, such as greenhouses, hydroponics, or natural settings, and set planting and care schedules.
- Apply pesticides and fertilizers to plants.
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Plant Sciences
Horticulturist
Working directly under Manager of Grounds to improve aesthetics, bolster sustainable horticulture practices, plan daily work activities for groundskeepers and foreman, and work with other entities within the university to examine and plan construction projects.
- Managing crews of up to 20 groundskeepers for standard campus maintenance and large projects.
- Planning, drafting, and creating plans for future garden restoration and renovation projects.
- Ensuring the satisfaction of the campus community, stakeholders, and alumni through new and innovative gardening projects and sustainable initiatives.
- Provide horticultural expertise and advice to student groups in charge of urban gardening initiatives.
- Creating a comprehensive plan for current and future plantings at the university, with an eye for preserving existing, culturally significant plant material, while creating a uniform, focused vision for the appearance of campus.
- Reviewing third party submitted landscape plans to ensure proper plant selection, media selection, and planting procedures.
- Caring for the President of GWU's house on campus, utilizing my experience in fine gardening to create an oasis in the middle of the city.
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Sociology
Horticulturist
- Knowledgeable in floriculture to assist clients on assorted undertakings
- Fashioned displays to showcase inventory in a stylish form
- Conceptualized then designed marketing and signage materials
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Floral Design
Floral Design
Plant Science
Horticulturist
- Worked as a Lead manager for weekend crew.
- Managed and completed deadline projects every month.
- Provided customer service, managed and maintained all Disney Hotels interior landscape.
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Horticulture
Agriculture
Horticulturist - Directorate of Fruit Development
- Worked as a National Coordinator for National Citrus Development Program (Nepal).
- Involved in planning, implementing and monitoring of citrus development projects
- Prepared reports of surveying and monitoring citrus decline status and citrus decline management activities.
- Managed training on citrus cultivation practices for field extension workers and farmers.
- Supervised staff, farm resources and laborers.
- Collaborated with different stakeholders (government agencies, growers, and industries).
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Environmental Studies
Conservation Horticulturist
Responsible for propagating and growing all plants used in conservation, research, and reintroduction activities for the South Florida Rare Plant Conservation Program at Fairchild Garden.
- Manage nursery collection of over 100 species, nearly 2000 individual plants.
- Create and update nursery accessions using BG Base software.
- Lead and train volunteers and interns to carry out weekly maintenance of nursery plants.
- Management of living collections in the pine rockland display plot in the Main Garden at Fairchild.
- Nursery pest identification and management.
- Developed multi-species sod and wildflower mixes for use in restoration of Miami-Dade County natural areas.
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Bachelor of Science
Master of Arts
Urban Horticulturist
Utilized integrated pest management programs and plant health care techniques
- Conducted soil classification and plant identification
- Designed installations of perennials and annuals
- Worked independently, to manage large and small residential properties
- Cultivated client relationships
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Education / Certification
Horticulturist and Grounds Manager
Provide horticulture, landscaping and grounds management services to residential customers.
- Grounds Management: Responsible for townhouse development, including lawn, beds, trees, shrubs, and wooded areas; Inspect grounds to determine maintenance needs and ensure overall property appeal.
- Manage grounds and landscaping contractors and vendors; supervise part-time gardener;
- Solicit bids for additional services. Support budget preparation for landscaping and grounds projects and successfully work within budgetary constraints.
- Prepare monthly written reports to Home Owner Association (HOA) and attend HOA meetings.
- Flower and Plant Management: Produce and prepare soil, fertilizers and chemicals needed to properly grow and maintain flowers and plants. Apply IPM which includes monitoring, diagnosing and treating trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.
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Medical Service Specialist
Horticulturist/small Engine Mechanic
Built greenhouses; planted, propagated, tilled and landscaped
- Responsible for all maintenance and welding duties
- Responsible for installing sprinkler systems
- Managed shop; serviced and repaired 2 & 4-cycle engines, i.e. lawnmowers, tillers, weed eaters, riding lawnmowers, etc.
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Landscape Gardening O
Regional Horticulturist
Responsibilities included the following: client retention, customer relations, budgeting, financial reporting, HR support, and cost analysis of perspective accounts.
- Manage all aspects of landscape for 20 accounts across 9 states
- Provide technical consultation to the Regional Vice President of Operations
- Develop and implement budgets, cultural calendars, and landscape and irrigation design
- Direct 250 hourly employees and 10 salaried managers
- Responsible for over 3,000 acres of landscape including athletic fields, plant material, hardscapes, irrigation, drainage, and turf grass
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Associate of Applied Science
Horticulture
Head Horticulturist
Work closely with the Golf Course Superintendent to develop a landscaping maintenance plan for the Blessings Golf Course on an annual basis and execute with professionalism.
- Manage landscape staff.
- Maintain communication channels with the Course Superintendent on a regular basis for job location and completion periods.
- Ensure all safety clothing and equipment is being worn for landscape projects.
- Ensure the golf course is cleaned from unnecessary debris on a daily basis (including leaf and litter drop)
- Ensure the irrigation system for garden areas is working efficiently and that any irrigation issue is brought to the attention of the Course Superintendent for action.
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College Prep
Horticulture
Tech II Horticulturist
Create and implement fertilization and disease management plan for all trees, shrubs, lawns and flower beds on Airport grounds
- Operate street sweeper to maintain clean roadways and parking garage
- Operate mobile paint sprayer to maintain highly visible road signage
- Maintain quality of all water features including two large ponds and taxi lagoon
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Horticulture Production And Management
Horticulturist II
Oversee the maintenance of several taxonomic and geographic living collections of woody plants to excellent horticultural condition
- Working with the living collections supervisor, curator and landscape architect to achieve specific individual garden and collection objectives, and determine site locations for plantings
- Oversee the work of seasonal employees and volunteer groups
- Lead tours or educational training seminars
- Extensive integrated pest management including scouting, identification and insecticide applications
- Assign arboricultural and grounds work as needed
- Identify all plant specimens to ensure correct labeling, horticultural requirements, and growth habits of specimens
- Seed collection, prescribed burns, and invasive plant identification and control
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Fruit And Vegetable Crops
Business Administration
Horticulturist
Limbed and pruned a variety of tree species, including apple.
- Pruned trees, shrubs and hedges.
- Deadheaded annuals and flowering perennials to encourage further flowering and growth.
- Performed customer relations and maintained client contact
- Performed plant health care
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Agriculture
Horticulturist
Responsible for the Park Department's entire Horticulture Program.
- Train and direct the Landscape Technician and other assigned staff, give advice, and assist in the maintenance of all landscaping and plant life managed by the Department.
- Coordinate and oversee that all trees in the park system are trimmed according to ANSI A300 standards.
- Evaluate and document hazard trees on public and private land for the Raytown Parks Department and City of Raytown Public Works Department.
- Advise and assist the Department, the City, and the public with special community events such as Arbor Day and "Trees for Raytown".
- Design, install, maintain and oversee more than thirty flowerbeds and many tree and shrub beds. Five Thousand tulips are planted in the fall and removed in the spring. Annuals are planted after the tulips are removed and maintained until fall.
- Operate and maintain the Departments Greenhouse and Nursery.
- Maintain turfgrass for six softball fields, two soccer fields, Raytown Parks and Recreation office and Supersplash U.S.A., cool season and warm season grasses.
- Represent the department while working directly with various local civic organizations on projects dealing with the beautification of the city through plant materials and landscaping.
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Ged
Certificate
Basic Horticulture Training
Seasonal Horticulturist
Prepare and condition soil for planting bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Experience in plant identification and plant maintenance
- Prune and trim trees and shrubs; mulch, weed, water and fertilize flowers, shrubs and plants
- Cultivate and care for plants and flowers; remove bulbs and transplant
- Prepare soil for planting using aerator and rotor-tiller; seed flower beds
- Use burlap bags to protect tree pits against erosion
- Use chippers, leaf blowers, lawn mower, edgers, trimmers, clippers, loppers and weed whacker to beautify parks
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Drafting And Design
Horticulturist and Garden Shoppe Manager
Maintain 20 acre Estate's grounds, gardens and nursery.
- Manage and order nursery stock for retail garden center.
- Curate plants of the historical site with over 1400 species of plants and over 200 orchids. Record orchids for government CITES program.
- Research historical plant documents for replacement on site.
- Pest control and fertilization.
- Conduct classes/Power point presentations/seminars onsite and throughout the community.
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Environmental Science
Horticulturist
Maintains the cleanliness of assigned areas by mechanical or hand methods
- Apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers complying with client guidelines
- Responsible for maintenance of shrub, vine, ground cover and turf maintenance, including decision making on method, timing and tools
- Manage and supports overall plant health and soil nutrition strategies for all gardens to include sustainable gardening practices and integrated pest management in the outdoor and indoor gardens.
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Horticulture
Psychology
Lead Horticulturist
Select and purchase seeds, plugs and nursery stock for greenhouse and landscape projects. Develop and manage greenhouses (grower)
- Coordinate with a local, large-scale grower, the annual plant selection and growth of 600 large, annual hanging baskets for the [company name]'s Hanging Basket Program
- Develop, implement and manage crews for various Saint Paul civic beautification projects including the Blooming Saint Paul's Hanging Basket Program
- Plant selection consultant for eleven miles of Metro Transit's Lite Rail Green Line planted medians
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Biology
Plant Pathology / Horticulture
Horticulturist/sales Associate/designer
Maintained and sold inventory of all trees, shrubs, plants
- Managed watering, nutrients, pests and chemicals in greenhouse
- Transplanted and propagated plants
- Weeding, pruning, and maintenance of greenhouses and outdoor land
- Designed display beds and combination pots
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Plant Science
Horticulturist
- Designed, created and installed flower gardens on campus.
- Responsible for ordering, scheduling delivery and receiving shipments of plant material.
- Supervised crew.
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Staff Horticulturist
Design annual beds
- Install annuals for high end commercial and residential properties
- Budget and order seasonal annuals from growers
- Maintain various commercial and residential properties
- Identify and apply pesticides and insecticides for disease and insects on annual and bedding plants
- Test bedding soil for pH levels and apply amendments needed for optimum growth potential
- Work with staff to insure proper install and care of annual beds
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Psychology
Horticulturist
Organizing the plant order forms on both computer and paper files
- Tracking of plant orders as they are delivered to make sure the client gets their product
- Customer correspondence through telephone, in-person and e-mail
- Accurately typing work order forms and plant orders
- Time management from having strict time limitations per client visit
- Efficient communication skills through business emergencies
- Proficient in MS Word and Excel
- Servicing plants in hotels and companies
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Horticulture
Lead Horticulturist
- Manage all landscape design, grounds crews, plant installation, maintenance, and propagation for public areas of Kiawah Island
- Serve as liaison between property owners,
- Develop and balance a $1million annual
- Initiate greenhouse operation supplying plants for installation or replacement
- Direct & oversee annual spring plant sale while promoting new plant rescue policy
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Oboe Performance
Oboe Performance
Horticulturist
- Maintain plant growth and health within 755 acres
- Work in a team, as well as independently
- Follow instructions thoroughly for tasks to be complete
- Safely operate vehicles including trucks, Gators, and quads
- Lift heavy materials, up to 80lbs
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Sports Medicine
Park Resource Management
Horticulturist
Care of trees along the highways in the City of Topeka, utilizing proper pruning and planting techniques
- Serve as team leader, providing direction and feedback to a full-time maintenance team
- Successful completion of Arborist Training through the Kansas Arborists Association
- Certified Arborist through the Kansas Arborists Association
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High School Diploma
Environmental Sciences
Horticulturist
Operated and maintained 10g sq. ft. main production greenhouse singularly
- Pesticide handler, mixer and applicator
- Annual bedding, houseplants and perennials
- In charge of poinsettia crop of winter 2012
- Wholesale representative and retail operations
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Religion
Human Services
Horticulturist
- Manage and maintain the estate, woodland, and vegetable garden
- Manage staff and volunteer workers
- Coordinate a community garden
- Maintenance on grounds along with other hardscape projects
- Other duties include snow and leaf removal, moving, mulching, composting, pruning, planting, record keeping and inventory
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Entomology
Horticulturist
- Manage, supervise & train staff
- Design new gardens, coordinate & execute maintenance of grounds
- Determine work priorities, plan schedules, tools & equipment needed
- Monitor gardens, turfgrass, irrigation, IPM & health of plants
- Responsible for ensuring job quality & safety
- Order material & keep inventory
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Plant Sciences
Horticulture
Professional Horticulturist and Garden Designer
- Design, install and maintain ecologically functional residential and commercial gardens, emphasizing native, drought-tolerant, organic and vertical gardens.
- Perform all aspects of garden installation and maintenance including soil preparation and organic amendments, plant selection and cultivation, organic pest management, drip irrigation installation and maintenance, weed control and aesthetic pruning.
- Manage client relations, project budgets and follow-up maintenance.
- Hire, train and supervise additional work crew on an as-need basis.
- Provide horticultural consultation on challenging issues.
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