Horticultural Associates is a professional consulting firm dedicated to the sciences of horticulture and arboriculture. Specializing in the technical understanding of plant and tree growth, we act as an independent information resource providing evaluations, assessments, recommendations, and management options.As arboricutural and horticultural experts, Horticultural Associates assists a wide range of clients including law firms, insurance companies, property managers, developers, land planners, public utilities, state and municipal agencies, architects and landscape architects, engineers, universities and schools, and home owners.We provide expert testimony in the courtroom, and, for insurance companies, determination of the value of tree damage or loss. We are respected in legal, environmental, and regulatory arenas as they pertain to trees, plants, and vegetation. We make frequent appearances at public and municipal meetings such as design review boards, planning commissions, and city councils to provide expertise and opinion regarding development related tree issues.Our full range of tree and plant consulting services focuses on problem solving in the commercial landscape and urban forest. We conduct tree inventories, prepare tree management reports, and develop tree preservation plans. We also conduct plant problem analysis, pest and disease assessments, structural evaluations, and soil and irrigation investigations.We maintain current knowledge of and adherence to local tree preservation ordinances and vegetation management requirements, as well as local and state environmental regulations, including those associated with the California Environmental Quality Act.

As adjunct Instructor of Landscape Horticulture (L.A. 112), and Field Identification of Landscape Plants (L.A. 111) taught graduate and undergraduate students various technical aspects of horticulture and ornamental plant identification, with a focus on design curriculum.

Managed sales at a 30 acre wholesale nursery specializing in drought tolerant California native plants and new plant introductions from Mediterranean regions of the world.

Production manager and potted plant grower overseeing an 800,000 square foot greenhouse facility