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John "Gus" Wolf

John "Gus" Wolf

Horticulture
Covington,KY

Summary

  • Horticulturalist with over 25 years experience working in and on company's in the industry.
  • Comfortable and experienced in most aspects of Horticulture and landscaping cerebral and physical.
  • Positive attitude and hard worker. Able to put my head down to get the job done. Also good at knowing when to look up, reassess, improve and adjust.
  • Spanish speaking.
  • Experienced equipment operator
  • Valid drivers license. Comfortable driving all trucks and trailers. Open to obtaining CDL.
  • Management experience.
  • Excellent team member.
  • Understands the Importance of a positive attitude, the value of cultivating great relationships and importance of creating platforms and systems for success and happiness.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Horticulture Specialist/Landscape Forman

Greenfield Plant Farm
Maineville, OH
06.2021 - 01.2023
  • Performed minor and major repair and improvements of power and irrigation equipment and systems to maintain proper functionality.
  • Landscape forman. Mostly plant and tree installations but some grade work hardscape as well.
  • Jack of all trades. I often was need to plug the newest hole.

Owner/Operator

Wolf Tree Farms
Turners Station, KY
10.2007 - 12.2022
  • Container retail/wholesale landscape nursery specializing in growing 15 and 25 gallon deciduous tees. Planting and selling 3500 trees annually on a 6-24 month rotations.
  • Managed a cow and calf cattle operation with 30-60 head of cattle.
  • Vegetable production for sale at local farmers market.
  • Managed day-to-day business operations.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.
  • Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.

Manager

Covington Farmers Market
Covington, KY
03.2015 - 12.2019
  • Performed all duties needed to manage a farmers market.
  • Marketing
  • Vendor recruitment
  • Customer service
  • Logistics

Founder/Manager

Gobel Goats
Covington, KY
08.2015 - 11.2019
  • Conceived and Implemented a plan to use goats to improve and reclaim overgrown and misused areas of local parkes and city lots.
  • Work with city leaders to pass and implement a new city ordnance to allow goats in the city.
  • Fundraising fo the project.
  • Managed and implemented all aspects of the project with the goal of having a positive environmental and social impact.


Farm Mananger

Cherry Creek Tree Farms
Brighton, CO
05.1997 - 01.2007
  • Managed all aspects of 150 acre nursery growing trees, shrubs and perennials.
  • Lead a team of 30+ employees.
  • Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.
  • Controlled costs and optimized spending via restructuring of budgets for labor, capital assets, inventory purchasing and technology upgrades.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.

Education

General Studies

Colorado Mountain College
Steamboat Springs, CO

General Studies

Metroipolitan State College
Denver, CO

Skills

Team Leader

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Timeline

Horticulture Specialist/Landscape Forman

Greenfield Plant Farm
06.2021 - 01.2023

Founder/Manager

Gobel Goats
08.2015 - 11.2019

Manager

Covington Farmers Market
03.2015 - 12.2019

Owner/Operator

Wolf Tree Farms
10.2007 - 12.2022

Farm Mananger

Cherry Creek Tree Farms
05.1997 - 01.2007

General Studies

Colorado Mountain College

General Studies

Metroipolitan State College

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