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Selected Experience:<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LOCATION<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nYEAR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
JC Raulston Arboretum<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n2014-present<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JC Raulston Arboretum<\/td>\nAssistant Director and Curator of Collections<\/td>\n2007-2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norfolk Botanical Garden<\/td>\nDirector of Horticulture and Maintenance<\/td>\n1999 – 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VA Marine Science Museum<\/td>\nHorticulture Supervisor<\/td>\n1998-1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlanta Botanical Garden<\/td>\nHorticulturist<\/td>\n1996-1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laurel Creek Nursery<\/td>\nSales Associate<\/td>\n1991-1995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake, VA<\/td>\nAdjunct Faculty
\nHorticulture 201 and 202, Landscape Plant Materials
\nHorticulture 110, Introduction to Horticulture Science<\/td>\n		2001-2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Virginian-Pilot<\/em> (circulation 256,000)<\/td>\nFreelance Writer
\nWeekly plant feature
\nGardening Reminders column
\nFeatures on gardening techniques<\/td>\n		1999-present
\n2001-present
\n2004-present<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Gardener Magazine<\/em><\/td>\nFreelance Writer
\nMonthly shrub feature
\nCoastal Region Report<\/td>\n		2002-2006
\n2003-2006
\n2002-2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HR Magazine<\/em><\/td>\nFreelance Writer
\n“Ask the Experts” column<\/td>\n		1999-2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Professional Associations:<\/h3>\n
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  • American Public Gardens Association<\/li>\n
  • Advisory Committee member for Beautiful Gardens, a Virginia Plant Introduction and Promotion program<\/li>\n
  • Garden Writers Association of America<\/li>\n
  • IMLS Conservation Grant Reviewer<\/li>\n
  • North American Rock Garden Society<\/li>\n
  • American Conifer Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":1611,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"group":[323,333,325,312,327,305,365,306,334,321],"person_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1208","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","group-ehra-professional","group-extension-appt","group-faculty","group-gardening","group-jcra","group-landscaping","group-landscapes-gardens-and-urban-horticulture","group-ornamentals","group-research-appt","group-taxonomy-systematics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/1208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/382"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/1208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98080,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/1208\/revisions\/98080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/group?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"person_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_tag?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}