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Our staff consists of a small group of dedicated enthusiasts who care a great deal about growing great plants! Their backgrounds and interests may be varied, but their commitment to excellence and passion for what they do is not!
JASON AUSTIN, Manager, is a graduate of Delaware Valley College with a BS in Ornamental Horticulture. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of native plants and perennials. One of his passions is carnivorous plants, and we have added a wide selection of these unique plants. He's responsible for the Bog Workshops that have been enjoyed by many of our customers. Day to day he manages all our greenhouses and oversees the growing: consequently he knows our inventory, in spades, at any point in time. He lives at the beach so he can surf at 5 am and still make it to the nursery on time. ANNE HAINES, Manager, has a BS in Horticulture from Rutgers and an MS in Entomology from the University of Florida. She has worked for several nurseries including Princeton Nurseries, and ran her own horticultural book company, The Book Tree. She is both our "Shipping Diva" and our "Inventory Goddess" - no small job when you consider we carry 2,500 plants in multiple sizes. With excellent plant knowledge, she also helps in sales and is an expert on the many woody plants we carry. KATHERINE "Kitty" HLUBIK joined us "part time" in 2009. She has a BS in Plant Science from the University of DE. She and her husband own Backacres Farms, a 1500 acre grain farming operation. She works in the office on our databases and the catalog but only as long as she can still escape outside and help with sales, picking orders, inventory, potting, etc. IRVING "Irv" J. PAULUS, Manager, has assumed the management responsibilities of the nursery, utilizing his management and marketing skills to help keep the nursery on track. His BS in Economics from Wheeling, and an MBA in Marketing from FDU as well as his life experiences were helpful in keeping the nursery a viable entity in today's difficult economic conditions. This allowed everyone else to do what they do best, which is to work with plants and customers. RON RABIDEAU, Manager, has a BS in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Massachusetts, and has participated in four plant collection expeditions: China (2000), Tibet (2002), Arunachal Pradesh, India (2005), and Siberia (2007). A rhododendron and daylily hybridizer since 1987, and member of the American Rhododendron Society, Ron puts his passion for new plants to work seeking out new and noteworthy plants, including variegated plants. He is instrumental in finding our new varieties and for the development of our catalog. Ron is an excellent photographer who has taken many of the pictures in our catalog and web site. A. WILLIAM "Bill" SMITH's experience in the "University of Life" is very diverse, including a teaching degree in English and History from Glassboro State College. He operated Rainforest Orchids for 25 years, and was a national orchid judge. "Bogman Bill"'s current plant passion is the large bog he constructed, which has become a stop for numerous tour groups. It was featured in the November 2010 issue of Green Scene magazine. He is a key sales person, helps keep our inventory up-to-date and is now our chief seed grower. JERRY VAN DE SANDE, Propagator, has been a rhododendron enthusiast for many years and worked for Betty Cummins as a propagator before coming to RareFind. He holds a BA in English from Rutgers, and taught for over 30 years. His retirement "job" is with RareFind where he does much of the propagation and runs seminars on the subject. K-9 COMPANIONS: Over the years we have had five dogs and four cats in the "rescued" category. When we hired Anne Haines we also hired her dog "Mo" (a rescued Wire-haired Pointing Griffon). Mo faithfully (obsessively?) follows Anne everywhere, and we've even caught her packing plants for shipment! We can't forget Eli, Jason's black Pug who is guilty of "terminal cuteness." He loves strutting around as a barn dog several days a week. Jerry's "granddog" Darci, a "Yorkshon" (Bichon -Yorkie controlled pollinated cross) also visits frequently. Darci also suffers from the "terminal cuteness' bug. |
