Matthew Fleischhacker

RésuméOctober 2026

Résumé

Horticulturist and Alaska Master Gardener studying for a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture at Delaware Valley University. Experience includes Longwood Gardens' two-year Professional Horticulture Program, conservatory and greenhouse operations, plant health care, garden restoration, and cold-climate growing in Alaska.

Education and training

Bachelor of Science in Horticulture

Delaware Valley University

Professional Horticulture Program

Longwood Gardens

College-level coursework and practical training across garden departments, with local and international horticultural study.

Rotations in conservatory operations, production greenhouses, outdoor landscapes, research, plant health care, land stewardship and ecology, woody nursery work, and customer service.

Alaska Master Gardener

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Mat-Su Extension

High School Diploma

Chugiak High School, Chugiak, Alaska

Selected experience

Professional Horticulture Intern

Longwood Gardens

Worked across planting design, installation, pruning, pest management, and seasonal garden displays.

Supported plant propagation, production scheduling, inventory management, research projects, and public educational programming.

Operated greenhouse climate and irrigation systems and horticultural equipment, including lifts, tractors, tillers, manual-transmission vehicles, sprayers, and two-stroke engines.

Applied integrated pest management practices and maintained horticultural records.

Garden Restoration Project Leader

Nonprofit garden restoration, Chugiak, Alaska

Led a garden renovation through site assessment, soil testing and amendment, and a planting plan for Alaska's growing conditions.

Volunteer Horticulturist

Seeds of Change, Anchorage, Alaska

Maintained hydroponic growing systems, including planting, crop care, scheduling, and harvesting.

Volunteer Horticulturist

Chanticleer Garden, Wayne, Pennsylvania

Supported garden care and public-garden horticulture during volunteer work at Chanticleer.

Horticultural skills

  • Garden design and installation
  • Plant identification and taxonomy
  • Propagation
  • Greenhouse production
  • Production scheduling
  • Inventory management
  • Integrated pest management
  • Soil and fertility management
  • Hydroponics
  • Irrigation and climate systems
  • Plant health diagnostics
  • Horticultural record keeping
  • Cold-climate horticulture
  • Horticultural equipment operation

Selected achievement

Alaska State Fair competitor, 2013–2023, with entries in horticulture, fine arts, and crafts. A 2023 giant cabbage weighed 27.5 pounds and placed eighteenth.

Professional development

  • Alaska Master Gardener Conferences, 2023 and 2024.
  • Perennial Plant Conference and Woody Plant Conference, 2025.
  • Bank to Bend at Winterthur Museum and Gardens, 2025.
  • Philadelphia Flower Show attendance and volunteer service, 2026.