Experience

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  Evergreen Festive Decor

  • Gardnerville, Nevada, United States

  • Owner/Floral Designer at Evergreen Festive Decor

    • Oct 2021 - Present
    • Gardnerville, Nevada, United States

    Online store for artificial floral arrangements in home decor.

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  Clear Creek Tahoe

  • Carson City, Nevada, United States

  • Horticulturist/Landscaper

    • Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
    • Carson City, Nevada, United States

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  Evergreen Landscape

  • Mammoth Lakes, California, United States

  • Landscape Contractor

    • Apr 2005 - Oct 2020
    • Mammoth Lakes, California, United States

    Owner of Evergreen Landscape. CA License # 860408. We do landscape maintenance, custom designs and installation of irrigation systems. Our specialties include irrigation management, xeriscape, planting trees, shrubs, and flowers, pruning and thinning trees, performing irrigation repairs, and weed control.

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  Valley Green Landscape, Inc.

  • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

  • Project Manager

    • Jul 2003 - May 2004
    • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

    Designed and supervised landscape conversions at properties that replace turf grass for xeriscape. Ordered plants for new projects and placed them at the property for the crews to install. Marketed new accounts and wrote bids for new projects including turf conversions, maintenance, new installations, and tree pruning.

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  Southern Nevada Water Authority

  • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

  • Conservation Programs Coordinator

    • Mar 1998 - Jul 2003
    • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

    Water Smart Landscape Program – One of the principal developers of this program. The customer received a credit of $1.00 per square foot of turf that is replaced with xeriscape. Coordinated the Water Smart Landscape Program for multi-family residential properties. Perform pre and post conversion property inspections of the landscape to ensure compliance with the program conditions. Answered homeowners’ and property managers’ questions about plants, troubleshoot irrigation and plant problems, and measure square footage of landscaped areas. Using ArcView GIS, draw areas of turf in order to calculate the square footage, and therefore the credit amount. Xeriscape Conversion Study - Assisted in data collection of a 5-year study with the Bureau of Reclamation. Water consumption for different types of landscapes were analyzed and the benefits of converting a turf grass landscape to xeriscape were determined, specifically the amount of water saved at single family homes. Taught gardening and irrigation classes at the Desert Demonstration Gardens, a 2-acre botanical garden in Las Vegas. Classes I have taught include Beginning Desert Gardening, Lawn to Lush: Upgrade to Xeriscape, Winterizing Your Landscape and Irrigation, Xeriscape Basics, Understanding Drip Irrigation, and Drip Irrigation Workshop. Assisted management in the design and implementation of a Watering Guide, a much-needed educational tool in Las Vegas, advising how to properly water trees, shrubs, and grass. Water Smart Contractor Program - Developed a class required for the Water Smart Contractor Program. Taught this class which included the seven principles of xeriscape, SNWA Programs, all City and Clark County ordinances as they apply to landscapes, and converting spray irrigation to a drip irrigation system.