FORT COLLINS NURSERY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Nursery Plant Receiving & Horticulture Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
Alec is a part of the production team and supervises the receiving of incoming outdoor plant shipments. He also assists with general upkeep of the nursery, including irrigation and facility maintenance. He started at Fort Collins Nursery in 2021. Alec attended Colorado State University and received a bachelors in forestry. He has a passion for plants and feels privileged that so much of our nursery stock passes through his hands.
Alex is one third of the Outdoor management team and handles the day-to-day operations in the outside department, concentrating mostly in the perennial area. She has worked at the nursery since 2013, and has worked in just about every department at one time or another. In 2019 she received her Colorado Certified Nursery Professional certification, as well as the Horizon Award from the CNGA. Growing up in Roosevelt National Forest and having a crazy plant lady as a mom, she has always been surrounded by nature and plants, so naturally this is the perfect place for her to work!
Bobby is part of the Outside management team and part of the Fort Collins Nursery family since 2012. He handles the day-to-day operations in the woodies department. A former WSU horticulturalist who has been in love with horticulture ever since he grew his first habanero, (and burned his face after forgetting to wash his hands post-harvest.) Bobby loves being around fellow plant people hiking among the plants in the mountains, and raising his kids to love plants just as much as him!
Bonnie is the Bed Maintenance Manager. She designs and maintains the appearance and upkeep in the display beds. Bonnie has a B.S of Landscape Horticulture from 2007 and since 2009 is also a Colorado Certified Nursery Professional. She started at Fort Collins Nursery in 2005. As child, Bonnie used to help her dad plant flower and vegetable gardens.
Job Titles:
- Production & Facilities Manager, Safety Officer
Brendan's responsibilities include growing around 60,000 perennials, 100's of trees, and 1000's of shrubs each year, plus nursery and irrigation maintenance, unloading plant shipments and coordinating various building projects. He also manages our wonderful, and talented production staff. Brendan started working at the nursery around the year 2000, is a certified nursery professional and has a private applicators license. He enjoys the hard work it takes to do this job and is always amazed how much can be accomplished with a focused and hardworking team. He takes great pleasure when he thinks of all the beauty that is created around us by the plants that we sell.
Connie manages the day-to-day operations of the business office. Her main duties include accounts payable and inventory control. She also provides logistical support for retail operations. Connie originally started in 1990 as a retail salesperson. After a 9-year hiatus, she returned in 2009 as the assistant office manager. Aside from her passion for educating customers about native plants she is active in Larimer County 4-H, spending many summer evenings coaching Archery.
Dan develops and implements the nursery's marketing strategy including advertising, community relations, sponsorships, and special events. He joined the staff in 2014 after working over a decade in sales and marketing focused positions in the music industry. He enjoys learning about plants and connecting with our passionate, plant loving community and all the wonderful organizations that Fort Collins Nursery partners with.
Job Titles:
- Delivery Dispatcher & Hard Goods Receiving Supervisor
Danny coordinates the nursery's deliveries and plantings and supervises hard goods receiving. He joined the team in 2016 as a member of the Production crew. Danny has a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a focus in Sports Management from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. At home, he loves gardening, cooking and playing music for his partner Jenn and toddler Ezra.
Dom is responsible for the Human Resources functions of the Fort Collins Nursery. He isn't very good at growing plants, so he likes to think of himself as a gardener of people- watering them with a dash of policies, feeding them with some forms and watching them blossom and on-board into beautiful Nursery employees! Dom's past experience includes working HR in the medical field and he graduated in 2020 with his Master's degree in HR Management. Dom's favorite thing about working at Fort Collins Nursery is the amazing people of course! When not working Dom enjoys spending time with his family, brewing beer, smoking food, fishing and the outdoors.
Job Titles:
- Production Supervisor / Assistant Grower
Jesse was born into the nursery and spent a great deal of time there until he moved to Oregon to attend college in 2002. He returned to Fort Collins Nursery in 2008 and purchased it from his father in 2010. He has enjoyed growing into the role carved out by his father and embraces the challenge of keeping the business as relevant to the community today as it was when it was first established in the 1930s.
Job Titles:
- Greenhouse Retail Supervisor
Molly moved to Fort Collins from Winter Park Colorado to attend CSU in 2013. She studied studio arts there, concentrating in fiber arts; weaving, sewing, and dying fibers. She started at the nursery in March of 2021 as part of the Woodies department and spent the majority of her first two seasons among the trees and shrubs in woodies. She also worked with production potting up perennials and general repairs over the winter. Molly is now working in the greenhouse as the retail supervisor handling scheduling, hiring, and personnel. She has always had a fascination with plants, especially plants native to the mountains she grew up in. Having now worked in a few of our departments, her love and interest in plants has drastically expanded outside of what Colorado has to offer.
Job Titles:
- Nursery Manager & Nursery Stock Buyer
Shannon (She/ Her) is part of the outdoor management team and handles the hiring, scheduling and personnel things for the outdoor crew. She joined the nursery in 2015 while studying horticulture at CSU. After growing up around plants and a passion for the outdoors, working at Fort Collins Nursery with fellow plant people and the amazing community in northern Colorado has been a perfect fit.
Job Titles:
- Greenhouse & Garden Shop Manager, Greenhouse & Hard Goods Buyer
Troy plans and buys annuals, vegetables, and houseplants for the Greenhouse as well as pottery and gifty items for the Garden Shop. He joined Fort Collins Nursery in 2001 in the Greenhouse and took over that department's management in 2005. He has a passion for Orchids and rare succulents, and is focused on attracting as many hummingbirds to his yard as possible!