Nestor Alvarado

Hardworking professional with impressive skills in horticulture and landscaping. Committed to worksite safety and client and public satisfaction. Well-versed in operating equipment to plant, trim and protect campuses greenery and produce attractive, long-lasting displays

• Designed and planned landscaping for COA and Merritt College.
• fixed landscape around Peralta District by using river rocks around the tree roses.
• Reduced operating costs by several thousands of dollars to the colleges.
• Achieved luxury gardens.
• Created a rose garden in Merritt College inside R building.
• Propagated plants to continue beautifying the campuses.
• Collaborated with other departments with flowers arrangements from the gardens for different events.
• Created a special bond among managers, staff, students, and public through liking gardens and ornamental plants.
• Resolved pest problems through the right selections of plants.
• Saved water through working with drought tolerant and beautiful plants.
• Attracted students and public with dramatic gardens.
• Attracted different and very important pollinators through specific flowers.
• Used local stones and boulders for creating rock gardens.
• collaborated with staff and public for interchanging plants and gardening ideas.

I am a passionate gardener who accepts any kind of challenge for creating unusual gardens. Also, I am an expert working with roses. During my free time, I love reading about gardening, watching videos about gardening design, and environmental conservation. In addition, I love visiting gardens and parks where gardens are on display. for other side, I am a poet, most of my poetry talks about mother nature, and the relationship with the human being. I love playing outdoor sports such as hiking, climbing, and walking in order to be fit for working in the gardens.