• 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