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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah

Managing Red Butte Garden's youth and family educational programs, including but not limited to: festivals (Garden After Dark, Winter Solstice, & Arbor Day), summer family campouts, community cultural concerts, biannual floral shows, community outreach, traveling exhibits, summer camps, and children's classes.Creating new, mission-driven programs that align with the Garden's educational standards and provide maximum guest satisfaction. Hiring, supervising, training, and… Show more Managing Red Butte Garden's youth and family educational programs, including but not limited to: festivals (Garden After Dark, Winter Solstice, & Arbor Day), summer family campouts, community cultural concerts, biannual floral shows, community outreach, traveling exhibits, summer camps, and children's classes.Creating new, mission-driven programs that align with the Garden's educational standards and provide maximum guest satisfaction. Hiring, supervising, training, and mentoring one full-time staff, one full-time AmeriCorps volunteer, four part-time assistants, 10+ seasonal educators, and 30+ volunteers.Planning, developing, and creating interpretive materials including signs, brochures, interactive handouts, and more.Managing the youth and family programs budget and supplies.Creating and disseminating formal and informal program assessments and evaluations. Show less

Salt Lake City, Utah

Managed, developed, promoted, and evaluated youth education programs for Red Butte Garden, including but not limited to: summer camps, children's classes, birthday parties, and daily drop-in activities.Hired, managed, trained, and supervised one full-time AmeriCorps volunteer, one part-time assistant, 10+ seasonal educators, and 30+ volunteers.Planned, developed, and created interpretive content for the Children's Garden and accompanying educational facilities.Oversaw… Show more Managed, developed, promoted, and evaluated youth education programs for Red Butte Garden, including but not limited to: summer camps, children's classes, birthday parties, and daily drop-in activities.Hired, managed, trained, and supervised one full-time AmeriCorps volunteer, one part-time assistant, 10+ seasonal educators, and 30+ volunteers.Planned, developed, and created interpretive content for the Children's Garden and accompanying educational facilities.Oversaw program budgets and organization of appropriate program assessment and evaluation Show less

Salt Lake City, Utah

Identified, prioritized, managed, and performed maintenance duties in the Upper Gardens (Children's Garden, Four Seasons Garden, and Orangerie); including but not limited to: weeding, mulching, plant installation, hand watering, fertilization, deadheading, pruning, and pest control.Designed seasonal displays including overall theme, plant selection, unique flowerbed themes, plant layout, and interpretive signage.Supervised one full-time staff, 5+ seasonal staff, and 15+… Show more Identified, prioritized, managed, and performed maintenance duties in the Upper Gardens (Children's Garden, Four Seasons Garden, and Orangerie); including but not limited to: weeding, mulching, plant installation, hand watering, fertilization, deadheading, pruning, and pest control.Designed seasonal displays including overall theme, plant selection, unique flowerbed themes, plant layout, and interpretive signage.Supervised one full-time staff, 5+ seasonal staff, and 15+ volunteers and provided training and constructive criticism on work performance.Monitored plants for damage from a wide variety of pests and provided the best method of control while avoiding disruption of scheduled garden events.Served as a professional staff member in responding to public inquiries; provided content for garden publications, website, TV and radio spots, and taught educational classes in areas of expertise. Show less

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Perform consultations and walkthroughs with prospective clients.Create computer-generated and hand-drafted plans including site maps, concept plans, preliminary designs, perspectives, elevations, and master plans. Suggest a variety of both plant (trees, shrubs, herbaceous, etc.) and hardscape materials to clients.Create seasonal displays for clients, including custom designed planters and flowerbeds.Plant and install a variety of plants including groundcovers… Show more Perform consultations and walkthroughs with prospective clients.Create computer-generated and hand-drafted plans including site maps, concept plans, preliminary designs, perspectives, elevations, and master plans. Suggest a variety of both plant (trees, shrubs, herbaceous, etc.) and hardscape materials to clients.Create seasonal displays for clients, including custom designed planters and flowerbeds.Plant and install a variety of plants including groundcovers, herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees.Help clients prioritize and implement short- and long-term maintenance plans.Perform a variety of maintenance duties including weeding, watering, mulching, fertilizing, deadheading, and pest control. Show less

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Supervised staff of 12-15 employees, including interviewing, hiring, scheduling, training, recording biweekly timecards, and performance reviews. Prioritized, scheduled, and organized daily and seasonal assignments, duties, and promotions.Created daily assignments for employees to help store achieve daily and seasonal jobs, duties, and sales goals.Streamlined operations by redesigning store layout, creating in-store displays, and restructuring product placement… Show more Supervised staff of 12-15 employees, including interviewing, hiring, scheduling, training, recording biweekly timecards, and performance reviews. Prioritized, scheduled, and organized daily and seasonal assignments, duties, and promotions.Created daily assignments for employees to help store achieve daily and seasonal jobs, duties, and sales goals.Streamlined operations by redesigning store layout, creating in-store displays, and restructuring product placement Helped create, organize, and run quarterly sales and promotions.Monitored store upkeep and scheduled any necessary maintenance or repairs requiredHandled customer complaints and concerns and found solutions that were beneficial to both customers and the store. Show less

Provo, Utah Area

Helped professor prepare weekly class lectures, and taught classes as needed.Demonstrated various drawing, design, and drafting techniques to introduce students to landscape design.Supervised a design studio with 15-25 students, providing demonstrations, feedback, and help as needed.Helped students with problems and concerns relating to classwork, design, drafting, and drawing.Graded and critiqued assignments.

Plant And Wildlife Sciences Greenhouse

Maintained plants daily by watering, pruning, repotting, and transplanting.Mixed and applied fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides as needed.Propagated new plants from seed and through vegetative propagation techniques.Helped design and install a drip line irrigation system.Helped patrons and researchers by answering general maintenance and plant-related questions.

Plant And Wildlife Sciences Terrace Garden

Maintained garden daily by weeding, pruning, and other general maintenance tasks.Prepared and planted 4 flowerbeds measuring approximately 15’ x 4’ for spring planting with over 500 herbaceous annuals and perennials as per a drawn design.Created design for a 20’ x 4’ flowerbed, including plant placement and bed theme.Answered questions of garden patrons about plants and standard garden maintenance issues.