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.