Sylvain Bourneuf Email and Phone Number

Customer Service, Nursery/Perennials & Hard Goods selection, Garden coaching, Plant diseases and treatments advices, Basic Design consultation, Plant selection and care.

Garden consultant using organic solutions and integrated pest management. Creative and innovative design, on-site sketch and install, planting, pruning, container gardening, native plant solution, sustainable slope stabilization, pest management and soil problem diagnosis.

Garden consultation, design, construction, retail displays, customer service, sales associate, merchandising, ordering/receiving stocks. Trees and shrubs' Buyer Assistant, and Foreman Retail Sales Associate.Retail Customer Service: Landscape design consultant & garden consultant. Advised customers for proper care of their plant purchases, for pest and disease solutions, soil amendments, pruning techniques and cultivation tips. Ensured that all daily operational activities and merchandising took place on a consistent basis. Sale Inventory Replenishment:Received, priced, fertilized and cared for all trees and shrubs including B&B, bare root and potted. Created exciting & ever-changing retail environment to showcase seasonal interest of displays. Coordinated crossover orders and displays with perennial and/or hard goods buyers and staff.Gardens and Ground Maintenance:Constructed and maintained B&B display bed frames, post/pergolas and structures. Landscape gardener: care and renovation of 1.5 acre of display gardens and ponds. General maintenance and repair of greenhouses and retail/gift shop buildings.Computer skills, training and current certifications:Regular use of Gardenware, Windward POS, Word, Excel, MS Office, Google programs. Current Training includes: CPH#2427 WA, First Aid and CPR certified, Kubota HST 7500 Tractor, power tools, Irrigation systems, landscaping equipment i.e. leaf blowers, tillers, mowers and aerators.

Seasonal job with Merry lea Environmental Learning Center, a 1200 acres land preserve of wetlands, bogs, lake shores, up & lowland forests, prairies & meadows, Wolf Lake IN.In-depth knowledge of native plants. Collected seeds and plants for Herbarium and restoration projects. Conducted water quality control and testing for the DNR chapter of INDIANA.Conducted field survey of thrush & hawk in forest fragmented areas for Cornell University database. Trained in trapping, marking and banding sessions of local resident and migratory birds. Eastern Bluebird trail monitoring and data processing. Construction of chimney-swift nesting-tower. Field collection of insects and creation a new wet and dry library for Entomology teaching class. Emphasis on Odonata and Lepidoptera orders in specific biota. Wetland and night collecting.

flora and fauna inventory specialist, restoration and mitigation projects.Land management Assistant: Maintenance of natural areas, removal of invasive/exotics using power tools, girdling techniques, pesticides and controlled-prescribed fire on parts of upland forest for land restoration projects.Advanced biology practicum, field research for Goshen College senior year, Sept-Nov 2000. Data collection and analysis, surveying methodology, trapping and marking: The spatial preference in central place foragers, degree of territoriality of foraging Eastern Chipmunks.

Landscaping and irrigation technician: Greenfield INC, Goshen, IN, 1997.Worked on all aspects of high-end property landscaping and maintenance/development.

Community Project. Team leader, Red Horse Lodge: In charge of organizing and supervising the work of volunteer groups for remodeling projects. Meal planning and cooking for In care at risk children: 6-15 years residents of the Red Horse lodge, Inc. Rebuilding and repair of the 7th Direction Center: shelter for Abused Woman and child. Remodeling of Recreation Centers through the Reservation Area: dry-walls, carpeting, flooring, painting.