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Ethan Dodd

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Student Gardener

Royal Botanical Gardens
05.2024 - 10.2024
  • Regularly maintained garden beds in both Hendrie Park, Laking Garden, and Rock Garden.
  • Maintenance duties included weeding, pruning, watering, spring annual planting, and fall bulb planting, as well as bed border maintenance.
  • Operated tools including line trimmers, hand and backpack blowers to clean both bed edges and garden paths
  • Planned 2025 Hendrie Park fountain bed, and Oak Alley garden designs.

Landscape Maintenance

Fanshawe Cuddy Gardens
05.2023 - 05.2024
  • Regularly maintained garden beds, including dry garden, rock garden, iris and perennial borders, for spring mulch and daily weeding.
  • Planted perennials and spring bulbs.
  • Recorded planting and site information on accession forms.
  • Pruned and maintained numerous shrubs, trees, and grass species.
  • Regularly watered indoor tropical, cactus, and succulent collection, as well as re-potting when required.
  • Watered and maintained production hoop houses.
  • Worked with garden mappers, and record keepers to document existing and unknown plant species.
  • Operated Kubota RTV, Zero Turn Mower, and Tractor w/ fork and bucket.

Team Lead

INDIVA
12.2021 - 02.2022
  • Coached team of 25+ members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
  • Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements
  • Continuously checked products for quality assurance according to strict Health Canada guidelines.
  • Documented counts and sorted finished work to promote easy access for shipping or additional processing.
  • Completed and reviewed team member's paperwork, and fixed any mistakes.
  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issues directly and implementing timely solutions

Education

Ontario College Diploma - Horticulture

Fanshawe College
London, Ontario
11-2024

Skills

    Knowledge of plant biology

    Knowledge of Greenhouse Systems

    Teamwork and Collaboration

    Complex Problem-Solving

    Staff Training

    Keen Eye for Detail

    Overseeing Daily Activities

    Heavy Labour

Certification

Ontario Landscape Exterminator/Pesticide License

Timeline

Student Gardener

Royal Botanical Gardens
05.2024 - 10.2024

Landscape Maintenance

Fanshawe Cuddy Gardens
05.2023 - 05.2024

Team Lead

INDIVA
12.2021 - 02.2022

Ontario College Diploma - Horticulture

Fanshawe College

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