CHRYSTAL HILLARY
Palm Bay,Florida
Summary
Dedicated, resourceful and enthusiastic Horticulturist highly committed to learning computer science through training, home computer labs and relationship building.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Horticulturist Consultant
Therapy Acres for Veterans
Palm Bay, Florida
10.2018 - Current
- Worked with education coordinator on client programs to provide resources and hands on gardening techniques and sustainability.
- Designed, installed and maintained plant material for research instruction including seed sowing, watering, fertilizing, pruning, pest control, labeling, cultivating, propagation and client education programs for edibles and ornamental's.
- Supervised and trained employees and clients on company workstation computers, tablets and other handheld devices along with basic computer technical troubleshooting.
- Assisted clients with proper animal care including goats, chickens, rabbits, horses, snakes, and other Wildlife.
- Led private Horticultural tours to assist with educational programming and special events.
- Advised clients on ways to best use land and most advantageous crops to grow for their recovery.
- Collaboration with administrators, medical professionals, and families to plan and coordinate projects, learning styles, and other concerns.
Groundskeeper/Horticulturist
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
04.2019 - 06.2021
- Horticultural responsibilities including landscape design, install, and maintain landscapes.
- Designed and maintained 70+ floral planter displays around campus, special events, graduations and holidays.
- Coordinated with other departments to provide additional displays, both indoors and out for year-round, holiday, seasonal and special events.
- Soley Responsible for 30+ acre Florida Tech Botanical Garden.
- Organized and led student life group events including plant workshops, campus clean up, and invasive plant removal.
- Created pollinator friendly gardening curriculum, mentored and taught horticulture to students at The Scott Center For Autism Research.
- Skilled at operating university owned vehicles including passenger vehicles, skid steer loaders, forklifts, tractors, High reach and ordering parts for maintenance of equipment.
- Hurricane preparedness and cleanup
- Computer program troubleshooting.
- Documented plant information and identified plant material to process and maintain accession records.
- Tagged and labeled plants in on campus nursery to record planting location information.
- Inspected gardens to identify insect or disease problems and weed control needs.
- Led horticultural tours to assist with educational programming and special events.
- Worked outdoors in all weather conditions to care for plants and serve students.
- Maintained horticultural calendar to track bloom periods and seasonal cultural needs for tours.
Assistant Horticulture Technician
Northern Virginia Community College
Sterling, VA
12.2015 - 09.2018
- Coordinated plant sale events for Christmas, Spring, and annual flower and garden shows.
- Assisted greenhouse manager in all phases of plant maintenance and production including private conservatory collection.
- Assisted faculty and students in research projects, exam labs, and maintained plant material for educational instruction.
- Prepare soil, seeds, transplant seedlings, mulching, weeding, irrigation inside and outside of greenhouse.
- Monitored and adjusted environmental control system for greenhouse operations.
- Applied principles of Integrated Pest Management in scouting for insect, disease and weed infestations.
- Design and transported potted plant containers for campus events and president's office.
- Demonstrated tree-health science experience by delivering fact-based solutions to specific arboricultural concerns.
- Identified and tended to tree diseases.
- Supported landscaping operations in various locations using design and functionality as paramount principles.
- Organized materials, tools and equipment to supply team members and students.
Horticulturist Technician Internship
Horticulture, Northern Virginia Community College
Sterling, VA
12.2017 - 05.2018
- Designed, Installed and maintained native wildflower gardens.
- Landscaping around greenhouses.
- Created and maintained Weekly Plant inventory.
- Worked directly with Horticulture professors and assisted with student labs and experiments.
- Studied breeding and cultivation of plants and yield crops produced at end of growing season.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
Tree Service Foreman
Renegade Tree Service
Spotsylvania, VA
07.2010 - 05.2018
- Trained new team member's how to safely use and maintain power tools including landscape equipment.
- Trained new team members how to use companies tablets, computers and other digital media.
- Through PMI best practices, trained new team members how to diagnose and control plant pest.
- Assisted with tree cutting, cleaning up, and daily landscaping duties.
- Designed and installed native plant landscaping for conservation, soil erosion and wildlife habitats.
- Maintained plant nursery stock.
- Send out intra office memos and newsletters.
- Supervised land conservation projects for clients.
- Investigated contamination in soil and groundwater and explored ways to remediate contaminated areas.
- Monitored equipment, tools and system upgrades to compile data into detailed reports for upper management.
Education
COMPTIA A+ Certification - Information Technology
Udemy
OnlineBachelor of Computer Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Arizona State University Online
Arizona Online Associates of Applied Science - Horticulture Technology
Northern Virginia Community College
Sterling, Virginia 05.2018
A. 10 Hour Safety certificate -
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida2016
Skills
- Analytical
- Active learning and creative solutions
- Critical and flexible thinking
- Calm under pressure
- Computer diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Innovative problem solving
- Interpersonal, personable and approachable
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Organizational and multitasking
- Technical skills
- Empathetic
Hobbies
My hobbies include Wildlife conservation, gardening, carpentry and computer science.
Timeline
Groundskeeper/Horticulturist
Florida Institute of Technology
04.2019 - 06.2021
Horticulturist Consultant
Therapy Acres for Veterans
10.2018 - Current
Horticulturist Technician Internship
Horticulture, Northern Virginia Community College
12.2017 - 05.2018
Assistant Horticulture Technician
Northern Virginia Community College
12.2015 - 09.2018
Tree Service Foreman
Renegade Tree Service
07.2010 - 05.2018
COMPTIA A+ Certification - Information Technology
Udemy
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Arizona State University Online
Associates of Applied Science - Horticulture Technology
Northern Virginia Community College
A. 10 Hour Safety certificate -
Florida Institute of Technology
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