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Contact: Fred Hower - The Ohio Nurseryman
             7060 Rieber Street
             Worthington, Ohio  43085
             ohionurseryman@sbcglobal.net

Resume:

EDUCATION
    Bachelor of Science degree: The Ohio State University
    Major: Ornamental Horticulture with Landscape Architecture electives
    International Society of Arboriculture - Certified Arborist (requires annual CEUs)
    Annual Ohio State University Short Course
    O.C.E.S. cooperator/contributor to B.Y.G.L.
    Tree Evaluation/Health Care - CEUs through I.S.A.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1995 to present: Landscape Designer, Horticulture and Arboriculture Consultant
    through The Fred Hower Co.
Adjunct Instructor at Columbus State Community College in Space Principles and
    Arboriculture
Spokesman for Dispatch Home and Garden Show
    Plant talk Productions: March, 1999 through present - "Plant talk" - weekly
    hour-long call-in radio program currently broadcast by American Broadcasting
    Company to more than 20 stations throughout Ohio
Author: Tree and Shrub Gardening for Ohio - Lone Pine Publishing 2004
Contributor to BuckeyeGardening.com: "Ask a Horticulturalist" and "Gardening
    Month by Month"
Instructor at Plant Health Care Workshop
WFII Radio: "Growing Power with Fred Hower" - 2 year radio show using the call-in
    question and answer format (1996-1997)
WOSU Radio: Volunteer on the Green Scene radio program
1988-1995: Spokesman for the Ohio Nursery Stock Marketing Program as "The
    Ohio Nurseryman" (TV, radio, print, and personal appearances)
1972-1988: the Fred W. Hower Co. - A landscape design and installation company
1959-1972: Employed by Slemmons gardens, Inc. as Vice-President, landscape
    designer, and manager of landscape department

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
    The Columbus Landscape Association - Past President
    International Society of Arboriculture - International Board of Directors
    Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture - Past President
    Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association
    Ohio Landscape Association - Honorary
    Ohio State Floricultural/Horticulture Alumni Association - Past President
    The Society of Commercial Arboriculture - since 1980
    PLANET (affiliate through Columbus State Community College)

PRESENTLY SERVING IN THE FOLLOWING CAPACITIES
    Columbus State Community College - Horticultural Advisory Board
    City of Worthington - Arbor Advisory Committee - Chairman
    City of Worthington - Walnut Grove Cemetery Advisory Committee
    Ohio Plant Science Advisory Council
    Inniswood Society Board of Directors
    Flint Cemetery - Landscape Design Advisory Committee
    ONLA Seminar Committee

PAST AFFILIATIONS
    Franklin Park Conservatory Advisory Board
    Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association - Plant Selection Committee
    OSU and OARDC - Tree Selection Committee
    Franklin County Extension Advisory Board
    Clark State Community College - Horticulture Advisory Board
    Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center - Research Support
      Committee
    Ohio Horticultural and Crop Science Council
    The Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Science - Green
      Plant Agriculture Initiative
    The Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Design Review Committee

TEACHING AND LECTURING EXPERIENCE
    American Horticulture Society
    Ameriflora 1992
    Columbus Landscape Association
    Columbus State Community College
    County Fairs throughout Ohio
    Home and Garden Shows - Question and Answer Booth
    Horticultural professional organizations
    Judge for Landscape Presentations ad National Garden Show
    Judge for Greater Cincinnati Flower and Garden Show
    Judge for Certified Landscape Technicians
    Master Gardeners Class
    Men and Women's Clubs
    Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture
    Ohio Landscape Association
    Realtor Seminars
    Southern Ohio Ecological Horticultural Society
    The Ohio State University Short Course
    The Ohio State University Student Seminars
    Zoological and Botanical Gardens

AWARDS
    Distinguished Contribution Award - Ohio Nurseryman
    Landscape Award of Excellence for Residential Landscaping - Ohio Nurseryman's
      Association
    Gold Leaf Award - Arbor Day participant/promotion - International Society of
      Arboriculture
    Meritorious Service Award - Agriculture Alumni Association
    Senior Careerist - OSU Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
    Plan Award for Landscape Design - Junior League of Columbus
    Life Member Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture

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Curriculum Vitae:

EXPERIENCE
    - 45 years experience in horticulture and landscape industry
    - Landscape design and horticultural consultant since 1972
    - Consulting on arboricultural related topics since 1980
    - Teaching Arboriculture at Columbus State Community College since 1987
         and Landscape Principles since 1996
    - Thorough knowledge of ornamental horticultural trees, shrubs, evergreens,
         and ground covers
    - Marketing knowledge from employment by the Ohio Nursery Stock Marketing
         Program, 1988-1995

EDUCATION
    - Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, The Ohio State University, 1961
    - Seminars presented by Dr. Claus Mattheck and Dr. Alex Shigo
    - International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist
    - Participation in Ohio State diagnostic seminars
    - Tree Evaluation/Health Care Seminars
    - Annual C.E.U. Seminars

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
    - The Columbus Landscape Association
    - International Society of Arboriculture - International Board - 7 years
    - Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association
    - Ohio Landscape Association - Honorary
    - Ohio State Floriculture/Horticulture Alumni Association - Past President
    - The Society of Commercial Arboriculture - since 1980
    - Associated Landscape Contractors of America (affiliate through Columbus
        State Community College)

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      Fred Hower - The Ohio Nurseryman

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