Niels Mattison

• Enhance customer satisfaction by providing high-quality landscaping services and maintaining clear communication throughout the project.
• Design and installed custom landscape features to meet clients'' aesthetic preferences and functional needs.
• Optimize irrigation systems for water conservation efforts while maintaining healthy lawns and gardens.
• Perform seasonal maintenance tasks such as pruning, aeration, fertilization, and mulching to promote plant health and longevity.
• Maintain safe working environments by adhering to safety protocols and conducting regular equipment inspections.
• Assist clients in selecting appropriate plants based on climate conditions, soil types, and desired aesthetics.
• Construct hardscape elements like patios, walkways, retaining walls, and fire pits.
• Develop sustainable landscape designs that incorporated native plants species for reduced environmental impact.
• Train new team members on best practices in landscaping techniques ensuring consistent quality across all projects.
• Resolve client concerns promptly by addressing issues professionally and offering viable solutions.
• Apply proper pest management techniques for maintaining healthy landscapes without compromising environmental safety.
• Use trimmers, chainsaws and other heavy equipment for grounds maintenance, brush clearing, and tree removal and thinning.
• Cultivate and replant trees and plants to maintain landscaping areas.
• Utilize creative design techniques to maximize aesthetic appeal of landscaping projects.
• Apply fertilizers and pesticides to outdoor areas according to safety standards.
• Install stonework according to landscape design plan and client specifications.

• Traveled extensively in the US and Canada selling perennial liners and bare root plants (approximately 3 months out of the year).
• Worked as a consultant for our customers to address pest, disease, and environmental issues.
• Created product protocols for the perennials we sold to ensure customers had successful crops. Customers included Home Depot growers, Lowes growers, Monrovia, and independent garden centers and nurseries.
• I also ran trial gardens and worked with breeders to bring new ornamental plants to the marketplace.

• Improved customer satisfaction by addressing and resolving complaints promptly.
• Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.

• Enhanced plant growth by implementing effective irrigation and fertilization practices.
• Optimized greenhouse conditions for improved plant health, adjusting temperature, humidity, and lighting as needed.
• Collaborated with the head grower to develop and implement new cultivation techniques for increased yield.
• Monitored pest and disease occurrences, implementing integrated pest management strategies to maintain healthy crops.

Gained experience with commercial production of greens, as well as, the experience of creating completely artificial environments for commercial scale agriculture and promoting the enterprise to venture capitalists.

• For this five-month internship, I practiced disease and pest assessment and remediation, pruning, irrigation, and the responsible application of pesticides.
• I gained plant sales experience, matching plants with their optimal environments.
• I worked as a consultant to landscape contractors, visiting plant installations to help identify both nutritional and pest-related problems.