Chelsea Grant Email & Phone Number

Louisville, KY, US

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

creating custom landscape design plans, and garden coaching for busy but determined homeowners.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

providing high-class yet down-to-earth hospitality and a memorable dining experience for guests

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Retail work at the garden center, finding the best plants for every site and each person.-Garden design consultations and drawings-Landscape work including:
• planting perennials, annuals, trees & shrubs
• pruning, shaping, weeding,
• mulching &
• plant removal

Cincinnati, OH

• Responsible for organizing and caring for over 100 species of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals for the Botanical Garden, with tasks such as:
• Plant propagation from cuttings and seed
• Organization of nursery- plants, hoses, & other supplies
• Documenting / labeling annual and perennial trial specimen
• Planting and maintaining seasonal display gardens and containers for the park
• Overseeing volunteers in nursery tasks and landscape maintenance

Middletown, OH

• Liaison between clients and coworkers for designs.
• Consulting on and implementing landscape design and maintenance for residential and mid-scale commercial properties.
• Knowledgeable about seasonal pruning and plant care, lighting installation, and water pump maintenance.
• Responsible for driving trucks and trailers
• Practiced conversational Spanish with co-workers

Cincinnati

• Created a food-producing community garden
• Worked with many partners: SEIU union local chapter, UC DAAP, Mayor Mallory's Young Professionals Cabinet, the Civic Garden Center, Findlay Market and neighborhood locals.
• Creatively sourced materials such as palettes, tires, logs, bricks, and coca-cola tanks (for rainwater catchment)
• Established a volunteer program, and hosted events to engender further community engagement.
• Won 1st Place for Large Project at ‘Keep Cincinnati Beautiful’ Awards 2009
• Led youth in gardening sessions throughout the summer for several garden seasons, resulting in increased return visits of children. Taught garden tasks and basic plant identification

Dayton, Ohio

• Contributed to construction documents for residential clients.
• Rendered elevations for restaurant build-outs
• AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop

Cincinnati Area

• Designed print media for Arboretum marketing department including bookmarks, brochures, and booklets.
• Used Microsoft Excel to organize data, and Adobe In-Design to create finished brochures
• Created tour path and brochure highlighting 20 types of Magnolias within the Grove
• Measured and drew up floor plans of historic buildings found throughout the grounds

Berkeley, CA

• Worked on Sustainable housing project, designing and developing high-density apartment/condo spaces with net-positive renewable energy, for ecologically-minded artisans and professionals in Berkeley, CA.
• Drew plans for library renovations
• Drew existing and proposed plan sets for Habitat for Humanity home restoration

Berkeley, CA

• Assisted Project Director Trey Farmer creating Master Planning documents
• Organized meeting and kept records for school planning groups (faculty and administrator volunteers)
• As Project Manager for Brookfield Elementary: Created faculty organization to lead and support the plans
• Researched and presented outdoor classroom curriculum and lesson plans
• Coordinated work days for the school community to begin to implement phases of the Master Plan.

• Though not directly employed by Emersion, I worked with one of their architects, Bob Knight.
• Researched stormwater, greywater systems, and zoning code changes that could be implemented within the Greater Cincinnati region.

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Gained an economic understanding of housing rates, repair costs and contractor's bidding process.
• Documented process for a urban housing development seeking LEED-certification.
• Part of organization committee for Holiday Stop n' Shop community event in downtown OTR (Cincinnati).
• Updated company’s web site photos and social media.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Architecture

Activities and Societies: Students for Ecological Design (SED), Student Sustainability Coalition (SSC), Re|UC, USGBC GreenBuild Boston.

Education record

Activities and Societies: soccer, softball, yearbook, literary magazine, drums, chorus, handbell choir