K. Patrick Johns

Welcomed customers and offered to assist with choosing, locating and accessing plants.

• Performed regular maintenance of the garden center, including watering, weeding, pruning, and fertilizing plants.
• Unloaded products from trucks and transported to appropriate garden center areas using pallet jacks and merchandiser wagon carts.

• Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management. Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
• Implemented indigenous plants and other features into landscapes to minimize water consumption.
• Designed and created detailed landscape plans incorporating hardscapes, softscapes, and other features.

• Planted bulbs, bushes, trees and flowers according to their need for light and shade and aesthetic groupings.
• Installed hardscapes such as retaining walls, edging, stone walkways and driveways.
• Transplanted trees and shrubs from one area to another within a property. Performed transplanting, cultivating, trimming, fertilization and pruning tasks.
• Trained new gardeners on proper gardening techniques, tool use, and safety procedures. Operated and maintained gardening tools and equipment, ensuring safety and efficiency.
• Communicated effectively with clients about project updates or any changes required.