David Zoller
Louisville,KY
Summary
Highly skilled and successful landscape business owner with a focus on sustainability and community engagement brings 20+ years of serving the Louisville metro area with quality, thoughtful customer experiences and expert strategic planning and execution.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder, Owner
Victory Gardens KY
03.2006 - Current
- Managed 1000+ clients over 18 years of property management, ornamental design and installation, sustainable systems design and installation, organic turf management, hardscape and water feature design and installation
- Recruited, trained, and managed a skilled crew of 10+ employees incl. crew leaders, field staff and office staff
- Built and maintained strong relationships with clients (including non-profits, businesses, schools, historic estates and homeowners) through effective communication and exceptional customer service and delivered customized landscaping projects within budget and on time
- Provided detailed planting diagrams along with "fly through" 3D models for clients.
- Ensured compliance with local regulations, licensing, and industry standards
- Successfully managed billing and accounts receivable
- Implemented a wide range of marketing strategies, always with the core of success being in-person connection with the clients
- Successfully utilized the Angie's List platform to grow 200% in 2015-2016
- Managed procurement and maintenance of landscaping equipment and materials
- Built and ran an organic nursery suppling thousands of plants each year
Director
Louisville Urban Harvest Collective
07.2020 - Current
- Collaborated with 20+ members, multiple businesses and non- profits to grow food locally for the hungry.
- Organized weekly work days at local gardens and orchards (Parkland Community Garden, The Peoples Garden, BearFruit and Grow, The Portland Orchard Project, Ashe Gardens, etc.) to bring together a community of support
- Coordinated 70+ volunteers on multiple projects and sites
- Fundraised $10,000+ in our first year towards projects
- Thousands of pounds of local produce donated to local non-profits
Education
High School Diploma -
New Albany High School
New Albany05.2000
Skills
- Expert in horticulture, soil science & sustainability
- Leadership in crew settings
- Organizational and collaborative skills
- Proactive mentality
- Effective and timely interpersonal communication
- Time management
- Understanding and meeting client expectations
- Entrepreneurial and innovative
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ability to operate and maintain heavy equipment
- Skilled in vector based design and SketchUp
- Fluent in Microsoft, G-suite, Asana & Xero
Victory Gardens KY Highlights
- Transitioned the formal gardens at Locust Grove to an organic turf management program over the course of five years
- Installation of green house for the Louisville Grows Healthy House
- Relocation of two green houses for the Hope Garden
- Properties featured in Highlands Garden tours
- Establishment of an organic nursery growing natives and vegetable starts for local businesses as well as our clients
- 20,000+ sq. ft of native plantings
- 300+ raised beds and herb spirals installed
- 2,000+ trees planted
Louisville Urban Harvest Collective Highlights
Urban Harvest, 08/01/20-Present
- Installation of 6,000 sq. ft. garden with 30 raised beds as part of an innovative initiative to work with local chefs and outreach organizations
- Planted 200+ pounds of garlic and onion sets as part of an initiative to keep community plots growing through the fallow season to feed those in need
- Organized 50+ community volunteer events to lend a helping hand in local gardens incl. new bed establishment, planting, weeding, hot house installation, mulching, etc.
- Worked with Ashe Gardens to install a 7,500 gal, aquaponics system
- Hosted workshops on fruit tree grafting and mushroom log inoculation
Awards and Recognition
- Louisville Urban Harvest was selected by Waterfront Botanical Garden Cultivators to be partner organization of the year in our first year.
- Victory Gardens of Kentucky has had properties featured in the Highlands Garden Tour
Volunteer Work
Chenoweth Garden Club, 2016-present
- Built and maintained raised beds, bean pole teepees, gourd tunnels and composting systems
- Organized and facilitated programming for elementary students regarding planting and care for the garden, coordinated with staff to bring programming into the classroom
Scouts BSA, 2017-2020
- Served as Den Leader for Lions, Tiger & Wolf Dens
- Participated in organizing events and fundraisers
Timeline
Director
Louisville Urban Harvest Collective
07.2020 - Current
Founder, Owner
Victory Gardens KY
03.2006 - Current
High School Diploma -
New Albany High School
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