This year we have three staff members who completed a four-day virtual training course in organic land care AND an independent design project incorporating native plants and natural systems. Laura Semple, Jeffrey Stevens, and new employee Douglas Field are the newly Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals. This NOFA program was first held in Winter 2002.…
Allison Doherty joined us this summer as a member of our crew. She quickly proved herself with an artistic eye for shrub pruning and an ability to climb ladders. This fall, she’ll be working on our project planting crew. Allison has a background in sales, grounds maintenance, and interior painting. …
We’re so happy to introduce a new supervisor: Coleman Wadsworth. He will be with us four days per week and has lots of fine gardening experience to share. Coleman has great experience with installation and planting projects but also enjoys pruning and ongoing garden maintenance. In his spare time, he enjoys experimenting with fermenting foods, making salsa, and learning…
Rick Burnett has joined the Plant Health Care Department as PHC Technician and resigned from his role as Field Manager. You may meet Rick doing a spray route. Kimberly Kuliesis has resumed full responsibility for scheduling and also develops estimates and proposals. Please contact her with your special requests at <kimberly@pumpkinbrookorganicgardening.com> Meanwhile, Priscilla will continue…
Diana Shomstein We’re thrilled to announce that Diana is joining our staff of full-time Crew Supervisors this month. Diana had farm training and work through The Farm School in Athol and the Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester. She came to us to learn ornamental plants. Diana has quickly shown her talent and skill with our daily…
Jeff Berardi Jeff trained as a photographer at the Hallmark School of Photography and worked as a professional photographer for many years. At the same time, he developed his own gardens at home. His artistic eye has made him a natural pruner and editor of plants! I find that Jeff has a quick way of…
Katie Metzger comes to us from Land’s Sake Farm in Weston, where she was recently Education Director. With the move to developing online learning, she decided to stay outdoors and came to our crew to keep her hands in the soil. Laura Semple is our new part-time Decor Coordinator, responsible for all containers and in-ground plantings of…
We are pleased to announce that Martha Ludlum and Susan Shaine have been promoted to Crew Supervisors this season! They are both seasoned veterans of the PBOG Crew, avid gardeners, and stand ready to help you through the garden year. You will see them driving PBOG trucks and wrangling debris and tools. Please join us in welcoming them both…
This month we welcome Rick Burnett to our managerial staff. He joined our crew last fall and worked alongside us as we did fall plantings, transplantings, and finished the garden year. This winter he went out on the dormant pruning route with Kyle or Reese. Rick will be in charge of interacting with our field…