About David Will
- Owner, Landscape Details, Landscape Management & Consulting Company since 1980
- Owner, Gottlieb Gardens, Wholesale Nursery growing native and heritage plants for the landscape industry
- Manager, Rolling W Ranch
Education and Credentials
- B.S., Agriculture Education, Texas A&M University, 1972
- M.A., Agriculture, Sam Houston State University, 1978
- Texas Certified Landscape Professional Contractor # 2 — Texas Nursery and Landscape Association
- Private Pesticide Applicator
Professional Activities
- Texas Association of Landscape Contractors, 1982-1999
- Vice President, Marketing, 1990-1992
- President, Austin Chapter, 1986, 1990
- Chairman, State Standardization Committee, 1985
- Certification Committee Member, 1987-1991
- Merit Award Winner, Residential Maintenance, 1987
- Member of the Year, 1990
- Editor, Leaflet, Official Publication of TALC, 1990 -1992
- Editorial Review Committee, 1993-1994
- Texas Turf Irrigators Association/Water Conservation Committee, 1987
- Grounds Maintenance Magazine, Editorial Review Board, 1987, 1994
- Co-Host, Urban Forest, Radio Station KAPT, 1989
- Host, Down to Earth, Radio Station KFIT, 1990
- Texas Nursery and Landscape Association Member, 1999-2008
- International Society of Arboriculture Member. 1989, 2005-2006
- Instructor, Continuing Education Landscape Classes, NBISD, 1998-2008
- Lecture Topics: Ethnobotany, Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2003-2008
- Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Member, 2003-2008
Civic and Personal Activities
- Capitol Grounds Restoration Committee, State of Texas, 1986 -1987
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Life Member
- Men’s Garden Club of America Life Member
- The Garden Club of Austin Life Member
- Men’s Garden Club of New Braunfels Member, 1993 -2008
- Men’s Garden Club of Austin, Board of Directors 1987, 3rd VP 1989, 2nd VP 1990
- Men’s Garden Club of Austin Journalism Excellence Award 1990, 1991
- Contributing Horticultural Writer – Austin American Statesman, 1987-2000
- Contributing Horticultural Writer – American Nurseryman Magazine, 1995
- Contributing Horticultural Writer – Homegrown, 2003-2006
- Contributing Horticultural Writer – Ornamental Outlook Magazine, 2006
- Texas Botanical Garden Society — Native Bulb Gardens, Project Director, 1989
- Practical Gardening Lecture Series, Texas Agriculture Extension Service, 1986-1995
- Travis, Comal, Bexar & Guadalupe County Master Gardeners Lecture Series, 1993-2008
- Austin Area Garden Council Vice President, Buildings and Grounds, 1990-1991
- Native Plant Society of Texas Member, 1993-2008
- Benny J. Simpson Fellows Award Recipient from the NPSOT, October 2006
- City of New Braunfels Recycle Committee, 1996-2000
- City of New Braunfels Tree and Landscape Board, 2000-2008
- Comal County Horticultural Committee, 1995-2006
- Comal County Master Naturalist Coordinating Committee, 2000-2001
- Founder – Organic Living Club, 2006-
- Peace Lutheran Church Property, Education, Stewardship Committees & Member, 1993-present
- Peace Lutheran Church Sunday School Teacher, 1995-present