Olivia Kirkpatrick
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Credentials
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Certified Pesticide Applicator
Pennsylvania Department of AgricultureMar, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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GreenWeaver Landscapes
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Landscape Designer
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Feb 2022 - Present
Creating outdoors spaces that are beautiful, diverse and resilient through creative, comprehensive landscape design and estimating. With a strong knowledge of the culture and care of Mid Atlantic native plants, we can create planting designs that are both beautiful and ecologically sound, while seamlessly weaving in the functional to meet the needs of the client. Creating outdoors spaces that are beautiful, diverse and resilient through creative, comprehensive landscape design and estimating. With a strong knowledge of the culture and care of Mid Atlantic native plants, we can create planting designs that are both beautiful and ecologically sound, while seamlessly weaving in the functional to meet the needs of the client.
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Tyler Arboretum
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Museums and Institutions
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Rhododendron Gardener
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Nov 2019 - Jan 2022
Caring for the historic Wister Rhododendron Collection, spanning 15 acres with close to 1500 specimens representing nearly 500 distinct cultivars and unnamed hybrids. I was responsible for maintaining the garden, assisting in maintaining plant records for the collection, and providing design support and plant selection. Caring for the historic Wister Rhododendron Collection, spanning 15 acres with close to 1500 specimens representing nearly 500 distinct cultivars and unnamed hybrids. I was responsible for maintaining the garden, assisting in maintaining plant records for the collection, and providing design support and plant selection.
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Mt. Cuba Center
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United States
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Plant Records Assistant
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Dec 2019 - Jan 2021
Supporting the Plant Recorder & Assistant Curator in all Plant Records activities, including entering and maintaining computer-based plant records in IrisBG, production of accession tags and identification labels, conducting periodic inventories, and assisting staff with Mt. Cuba Center’s living collection information. Supporting the Plant Recorder & Assistant Curator in all Plant Records activities, including entering and maintaining computer-based plant records in IrisBG, production of accession tags and identification labels, conducting periodic inventories, and assisting staff with Mt. Cuba Center’s living collection information.
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Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
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United States
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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100 - 200 Employee
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Horticulture Intern, Rosa Laird Hayward Jones Internship
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May 2019 - Jan 2020
Awarded the Rosa Laird Hayward Jones Garden Internship, given to an intern showing enthusiasm, dedication, a strong desire to learn and a strong work ethic. Assisting in garden & estate maintenance- all tasks necessary for overall good appearance of an outdoor area and the good health of woody and herbaceous plants, including planting, pruning, fertilizing, mulching, weeding, and mowing. After three months working in the garden, I was asked to stay at Winterthur to assist in coordinating a design charrette gathering ideas for rehabilitating and repurposing the original Winterthur greenhouse complex. Show less
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Self Employed
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Independent Landscape Designer & Consultant
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Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
Variety of contract jobs as an independent contractor, including: -Assisting in the development of content, editing and formatting for a historic treatment document for the Read House in New Castle, Delaware -Content development for interpretive and wayfinding signage- and other related coordination, communications, marketing and graphic design tasks- for the Delaware Center for Horticulture in Wilmington, Delaware -Planting design for Studio CCLA in Philadelphia, PA. Variety of contract jobs as an independent contractor, including: -Assisting in the development of content, editing and formatting for a historic treatment document for the Read House in New Castle, Delaware -Content development for interpretive and wayfinding signage- and other related coordination, communications, marketing and graphic design tasks- for the Delaware Center for Horticulture in Wilmington, Delaware -Planting design for Studio CCLA in Philadelphia, PA.
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Viridian Landscape Studio
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United States
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Post Occupancy Research Intern
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Assessing Viridian Landscape Studio's past and present landscape interventions. This involved reviewing studio documentation, conducting internal and external outreach interviews, designing and carrying out field research culminating in a final report with the intention of analyzing successes and failures and presenting strategies for integrating new knowledge. Assessing Viridian Landscape Studio's past and present landscape interventions. This involved reviewing studio documentation, conducting internal and external outreach interviews, designing and carrying out field research culminating in a final report with the intention of analyzing successes and failures and presenting strategies for integrating new knowledge.
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Soil Testing Office Assistant
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Oct 2017 - May 2018
Preparing sample collection kits, inputting data into SAS and Excel spreadsheets, answering phones and taking messages. Preparing sample collection kits, inputting data into SAS and Excel spreadsheets, answering phones and taking messages.
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Landscape Designer
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Jun 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributed to and spearheaded a number of projects, including: -Planting designs for a Remembrance Garden, including a dry creekbed for runoff control and predominantly native plants -Conducting research using University Special Collections and Archives and Winterthur Archives -Residential landscape design and planting plans -Conceptual design for playground structures for Tidewater Park in Laurel, Delaware -Planting plan and layout design for rain gardens at Delaware Center for Horticulture in Wilmington, Delaware -Graphic design for company including presentation design, flyer design, and poster design -Writing and editing of documents for clients including management plans and research documents Show less
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University of Delaware
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Teaching Assistant for Foundations of Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Studio
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Aug 2016 - May 2017
Assisted students with newly learned skills and techniques, provided feedback and critique for students, graded, sent announcements and organized documentation and syllabi Assisted students with newly learned skills and techniques, provided feedback and critique for students, graded, sent announcements and organized documentation and syllabi
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Cab Calloway School Fund
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Visual Art Teacher
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Oct 2013 - Nov 2013
This was a temporary program designed as a partnership between Warner Elementary in Wilmington, Delaware and Cab Calloway School of the Arts. -Self planned lessons with themes of self acceptance, respect and esteem, with emphasis on respect, tolerance, anger management, conflict resolution and the creation of a safe environment -Teaching of fine arts skills including charcoal and graphite drawing, as well as acrylic painting for creation of landscape, self portrait and still life pieces -Arts skills taught also included practical skills such as shading, perspective and color theory -Teaching also included lessons about elements and principles of art and design, and some art history -Managing classroom of 10-15 students between ages of 9-11 Show less
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Education
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2014 - 2018
University of Delaware
Bachelor of Science - BS, Landscape Architecture B.S., minor in Horticulture -
2010 - 2014
Cab Calloway School of the Arts
High School Diploma, Visual Arts
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