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DEGREE: B.S in Horticulture/ Plant Science

HONORS: Member of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society
Graduated with Highest Honors
Class Standing: First in College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

CERTIFICATIONS: Certified Nursery Professional, State of Delaware
Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprise (OMWBE)
Delaware Nurserymen Association Member

SKILLS: Proficient in Microsoft Works, Microsoft Word, Land CADD
Can operate all office equipment, type 60+wpm.
Can operate all landscape equipment, tractor, back hoe, trencher

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential.
Felton, DE

Job Title: Manager/Horticulturist
Employment dates: 4/1992- Present
Hours per week: 60
Supervisor: Self
May Contact: Yes
Salary: $52,000/yr

Engage in all aspects of horticulture. Presently operate a landscape design and construction company by installing large landscapes for notable public and private entities including but not limited to: various Delaware corporations and companies; the Wilmington Housing Authority (WHA); the Governor’s Mansion and Historic Complex, Rehoboth Art League and the Dover Air force Base. Most recently designed and installed a major sprinkler system for the new Delaware State University Student Center. Interact with diverse support personnel, corporate officers, and military and civilian government officials. Design various gardens including Oriental. Design and install irrigation systems. Coordinate staff and schedules with various trades and subcontractors to meet construction deadlines. Diagnose and treat wood and herbaceous plant diseases. Survey rough terrain for various stages of construction. Handle all materials and coordinate for plantings and waterscape development; ponds, waterfalls, and fountains. Develop hardscape projects: retaining walls, stone walls, and pavers.

Confidential
Dover, De

Job Title: Chief Legal Administrative Assistant
Employment Dates: 01/1985-05/2004
Hours per week: 30
May Contact: Yes
Salary: $145.00/per day

Supervised House of Representatives legal secretarial staff in the preparation of judiciary, agriculture and natural resources related legislation sponsored by state presentatives and senators.

Confidential
Millsboro, DE

Job Title: Director of Landscape
Employment Dates: 04/1987-04/1992
Hours per week: 40
May Contact: Yes
Salary: $40,000.00/yr

Designed and installed landscapes and irrigation systems for a 2000+ acre shore resort community and its accompanying parks and gardens. Supervised landscape maintenance crews and engaged in plant propagation for a 40+ acre nursery of trees and shrubs. Diagnosed and treated woody and herbaceous plant material. Acted as technical advisor and supervisor on dunes preservation and dredging project for all coastal bay land owned by Pot Nets. Supervised construction of new home and lake development. Worked with federal and state officials to protect wetlands.

Confidential.
Milford, DE

Job Title: Chief Design Consultant and Manager of Five Points Garden Center
Employment Dates: 03/1986-12/1986
Hours per week: 40
May Contact: N/A: dissolved
Salary: $35,000/yr

Created displays of plant material for resale. Supervised maintenance of plantings and displays. Designed and drafted landscapes, supervised crews and installations, interacted with suppliers of material, priced and sold jobs. Diagnosed diseases in trees, shrubbery and lawns. Coordinated pesticide and fungicide applications.
Terrell Wrede Nursery, Inc.

Confidential
Dover, DE

Job Title: Horticulturist/Landscape Designer
Employment Dates: 11/1976-11/1979
Hours per week: 04
May Contact: Yes
Salary: $30,000/yr

Identified and treated insect and fungus problems of trees, lawns, and shrubbery. Supervised crews in bagworm, gypsy moth, spider mite and aphid control spraying. Designed and drafted perspective views and site plans for commercial and residential landscapes. Submitted prices on bids for state and federal job specifications. Supervised landscape construction.

Confidential.
Easton, Md

Job Title: Horticulturist/Owner
Employment Dates: 11/1976-11/1979
Hours per week: 48
Supervisor: Self
May Contact: Yes
Salary: $20,000/yr

Conducted an interior/exterior landscape design business and store. Created displays of herbaceous plant material for resale. Maintained interior gardens for clients on a regular basis. Wrote a weekly garden column for the Talbot Banner on diseases and insect infestations. Appeared on radio talk shows in Maryland and Delaware, spoke to various garden clubs, women’s clubs, and country clubs on horticultural care, and assisted charity groups, florists and garden centers for annual exhibitions.

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