Roderick Gordon
Memphis
Summary
Landscape professional with solid experience in all aspects of landscape maintenance and design. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results in varied environments. Skilled in plant care, irrigation systems, hardscape installation, and tool operation. Reliable and adaptable to changing project needs, consistently contributing to high-quality outcomes.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Landscape Worker
Fresh Start Facility Services
09.2023 - 10.2024
- Operated landscaping equipment to enhance project efficiency and quality.
- Assisted in planting, pruning, and maintaining various plants and shrubs.
- Contributed to landscape design implementation based on project specifications.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure timely completion of tasks.
- Removed weeds, hazards, and debris from common pathways to improve usability.
Landscape Groundskeeper
Aramark-Christian Brothers University
01.2017 - 09.2018
- Maintained and enhanced campus landscapes through planting, pruning, and mulching techniques.
- Operated landscaping machinery including mowers, blowers, and trimmers to ensure effective grounds maintenance.
- Assisted in implementing seasonal planting schedules to optimize aesthetic appeal and ecological health.
- Conducted routine inspections of landscape areas to identify maintenance needs and address issues promptly.
- Completed seasonal tasks such as mulching flower beds or leaf removal ensuring landscapes looked well-kept year round.
- Maintained healthy turf conditions by applying fertilizers and pesticides as needed.
- Used trimmers and chainsaws for grounds maintenance, brush clearing, and tree removal and thinning.
Landscaper
University of Memphis
08.2005 - 12.2016
- Operated various landscaping equipment including mowers, trimmers, and blowers to enhance outdoor spaces.
- Assisted in landscape design by selecting appropriate plants and materials based on client specifications.
- Maintained gardens and lawns through regular weeding, mulching, and fertilization to promote healthy growth.
- Collaborated with team members to execute large-scale landscaping projects while ensuring quality standards were met.
- Maintained grounds by trimming, weeding, and general clean-up.
- Performed planting, watering, mulching, and edging of lawns.
- Trimmed greenery, shrubs, and hedges to maintain uniform appearance.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing high-quality landscaping services and maintaining clear communication throughout the project.
- Managed inventory of tools, equipment, and materials to ensure proper allocation of resources for each project.
- Constructed hardscape elements like patios, walkways, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, fire pits, water features for enhanced functionality of outdoor spaces.
- Utilized power tools and landscaping machines to maintain outdoor areas.
- Removed debris and waste from outdoor areas.
- Cut trees and shrubs to shape and maintain landscape.
- Removed tree stumps, roots and debris for cohesive landscape appearance.
- Maintained gardening tools by replacing blades and fluids.
- Monitored and evaluated condition of trees, shrubs, lawns and flowerbeds.
Education
High School Diploma -
Treadwell High School
Memphis, TNSkills
- Seasonal maintenance
- Heavy equipment operation
- Pest control
- Irrigation systems
- Tool maintenance
- Weed management
- Landscape maintenance
- Lawn and grounds maintenance
- Debris collection
Timeline
Landscape Worker
Fresh Start Facility Services
09.2023 - 10.2024
Landscape Groundskeeper
Aramark-Christian Brothers University
01.2017 - 09.2018
Landscaper
University of Memphis
08.2005 - 12.2016
High School Diploma -
Treadwell High School