Julie Wu

1256 Candidate Street

Winnipeg, Manitoba R2K 6H9

Home: 204-555-9941

Cell: 204-555-4751

Summary

Strong gardener-landscaper with ten years of experience in landscape maintenance and five years of administrative experience. Three-time recipient of the Gardens in Bloom award from the City of Winnipeg. Specialist in tropical plants and flowers. Excellent knowledge of environmentally-friendly pesticides. Member of the Gardener-Landscaper Association of Manitoba. Well-known for planning and building quality landscapes. Good sales skills. Creative, attentive to detail and strong independent learner. Trilingual: English, French and Spanish.

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Professional Experience

Gardener-landscaper 1997-2007

Green Thumbs Inc.

• Analyze client needs and landscaping sites
• Make sketches of projects and evaluate costs
• Show landscape designs to clients
• Draw drainage and irrigation plans
• Create lists of horticultural tasks
• Prepare horticultural schedules
• Evaluate staff, machine and equipment needs.
• Build landscapes with living and inanimate material

Gardener-landscaper assistant 1993-1997

City of Winnipeg

• Prepare soil and plant bulbs, seeds, cuttings, etc.
• Apply pesticides
• Install and regulate outside irrigation systems
• Dig out, cut and transplant plants and flowers
• Lay arable soil and sod
• Use mowers, electric shears and sod cutters
• Rake, fertilize and water lawns