Rob de Bree
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General Manager |
Rob obtained a Horticultural Engineering Degree (Ingenieur) at S.T.O.A.S, Den Bosch, Holland in teaching garden design, installation, maintenance and nursery stock production.
He brings with him extensive experience in the horticultural industry. Before he joined the nursery, he worked for 4.5 years as the director for the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation, Inc. in San Martin, CA. Plant evaluation and (native) drought tolerant plant introduction was the main focus of the foundations work. Prior he worked for 10 years as a researcher at the Research Station for Nursery Stock in Boskoop, Holland. Applied research of ornamental plants and avenue trees was his specialty. Examples of his work include evaluations of the genus Hydrangea, Mahonia, Wisteria, Forsythia and Juniperus. In addition, Rob created a national trial for the study of new avenues tree cultivars in urban environments, in collaboration with growers, urban greenery departments and landscapers. Results of his research can be found in reports, trade journals (Dendroflora, De Boomkwekerij, Tuin & Landschap) and gardening magazines (Groei & Bloei). Some of his publications can be found at: www.ppo.nl or www.straatbomen.nl.
We are members of the following professional associations: IPPS, California Horticultural Society, Dutch Dendrological Society, Royal Boskoop Horticultural Society, CAFF, California Grasslands Association and CANGC.
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Robert has a degree in Computer Science from UCSC and has worked in various high tech jobs in the past, but has always been interested in growing things. Besides owning the nursery, he owns a commercial apple orchard and manages various properties and ranches in the west. He has worked hard to restore native plants to many of the properties. He is an avid gardener and has always had a love of nature. He has been past president of the Santa Cruz Natural History Museum and the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year in 1999. He currently is Chairman of Audubon California. He is also a board member of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
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Randy Morgan
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On call Botanist |
Randy is a botanist with over thirty years of field experience in the Monterey and San Francisco Bay areas and a lifelong interest in natural history. He has discovered seventeen new plant species and two new insect species in central California.
Randy has done extensive volunteer conservation work to promote greater public recognition of and protection for endangered local plant communities. These efforts have been instrumental in the establishment of several local parks and reserves. Throughout his career, his primary interest has been in plant systematics, resulting in several long-term independent studies of various California genera including Piperia, Trifolium, Chorizanthe, Eriogonum, Polygonum and Linanthus. In 2001, he was awarded a Fellowship by the California Native Plant Society in recognition of these and other contributions. |