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Interstate Stock Certificate (C6925)
USDA-APHIS SOD Certificate (40 C6925_001).
Owner and Creator of Las Pilitas
Two years college classes, Bakersfield Junior College 1970-1972
Worked his way through Cal Poly as a gardener1974-1976
Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from Cal Poly, SLO 1976
Two years of graduate work, Cadmium Accumulation in Agricultural Soils, 1976-1978
California Licensed Landscape contractor, specializing in native plants of California, 1977-1994
Volunteer Fire Fighter, EMT, San Luis Obispo County Fire Dept, 1980-1994
Wrote the first catalog, called it A Manual of California Native Plants, copyrighted, which incorporated latest relevant research, his experience growing and planting California native plants, and a how-to/do-it-yourself section for amateurs and professionals. Developed originally as a small print catalog that grew into a print form so large it would not print or format, was put up onto the Internet as a web site that everyone could access more easily.1980
Oversaw numerous restoration and mitigation projects. 1985-1995
Opened Las Pilitas Nursery at Escondido, California, with Valerie Phillips as manager. 2000
at present he...
Manages day to day operations at Las Pilitas
Plant Production
Web Site development
Photography
(Our resident mad scientist)
2 years classes Bakersfield Junior College- 1970-1972
Bachelor of Science Biology, Cal Poly,- 1978
Masters in Biological Sciences from Cal Poly, SLO-1999
Biologist, conducted numerous biological surveys
Plant Taxonomy (tries to figure out what the wilted dead stick we bring her is)
Quality control (has trouble keeping up with all of our "great ideas")
(The only one out here who can spell)
Cuesta Community College 1996-1998
Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences, Cal Poly, SLO, 2003 ( Yes it took a while, I was multitasking)
At the nursery ...
#1 gopher
Customer service
Inventory (At the moment by hand because my brother hasn't finished the program to make it automatic. )
Pulls most of your mail orders
Wrote lots of funky web pages
Wrote this silly page (and Yes Ian, you are next to the family pets. Feel free to move. And I did put a css class on each of these paragraph tags )
Photography
Weeding, culling, weeding, organizing, weeding
( I have been told that I am a bossy biddy)
Mathematics degree from Cal Poly, SLO
The techie son that lives in San Francisco and is rebuilding the back end of the web monster.
Technical support ( " please tell me you didn't break it again")
Sometimes he visits the bio his family produced for him to correct spelling mistakes. He also has big plans for this website but doesn't know why or who put a css class on each of these paragraph tags.
*Is delighted by his position next to the family pets*
(our geek)
Found abandoned under bridge, Gonzales,California
resident greeter
likes everything humans find disgusting (horse poop, road kill etc.)
Found abandoned in ditch near artichoke field, Castroville, California
Obsessed with rabbits
Found abandoned in King City, California
A highly superior being
