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, Ontario11-2024
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