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I'm Whitney Klonsky, founder and CEO of Rhubarb, a specialized platform for home gardeners featuring AI that understands your unique growing conditions, a "super-app" for growing food designed specifically for the gardening community. I'm a lifelong home gardener, mother of three, and former coach who has studied horticulture, permaculture, agroecology, and nutrition. I hold professional certifications as a Horticulturist (Cert III, Australia), Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, and NASM Personal Training with corrective exercise and lifestyle specializations. After spending seven years in Australia and experiencing firsthand how food, health, and climate are interconnected, I’m now back in the Pacific Northwest helping more people get growing, wherever they live. I provide expert insights on a broad range of gardening topics, particularly how they connect with nutrition, fitness, sustainability, and seasonal living. I can speak to everything from homegrown food as part of a broader food security solution, to water-wise gardening, biodiversity, ways to support local ecology through everyday garden choices, and the intersection of technology with traditional growing practices. As tech startup founder I can also speak to my experiences in a late career switch. I’m happy to share timely tips, trends we’re seeing in the Rhubarb community, or provide quotes for upcoming stories. You can also find me at www.joinrhubarb.com.

I teach do-it-yourselfers how to design their own landscape, have successful garden projects (big and small), and make the world a better place with their opportunity to do some landscaping. State certified Horticulturist, Landscape Designer, Gardening Teacher, and Master Gardener volunteer of 14 years –YouTube Channel 75k+ subscribers (Average views per video: 95k, Median views per video: 33k) –Newsletter List 5k+ subscribers (Average open rate: 48%) –Instagram: 19k+ followers Featured in The Seattle Times: www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/5-weeds-a-northwest-horticulturist-says-you-should-try-eating/ Through my business, Garden Project Academy, I offer live workshops, on-demand online courses, and coaching on landscape design and gardening for beginners and do-it-yourselfers. Email: hello@gardenprojectacademy.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@gardenprojectacademy Instagram: www.instagram.com/gardenprojectacademy/ Website: www.gardenprojectacademy.com/ 🪴 Landscape design 🪴 Wildlife gardening 🪴 Money-saving tips, landscaping on a budget 🪴 Time-saving tips and low-maintenance landscaping 🪴 Gardening with native plants 🪴 Vegetable gardening 🪴 Ecological best practices 🪴 Pollinator gardening 🪴 Urban foraging 🪴 Composting 🪴 Mulch best practices 🪴 Plant propagation 🪴 Lawn removal methods 🪴 Landscape design for privacy 🪴 Landscape design for slopes and hillsides 🪴 Weeds & what to do 🪴 How to create a landscape design plan

Accomplished Senior Marketing Leader with 8+ years of digital marketing experience across fast-growing eCommerce, food, and hospitality industries. Specializes in customer lifecycle, retention, and CRM marketing with strong experience in omnichannel integrated marketing. Strives to build marketing operations and automations that increase customer engagement, lifetime value (LTV), AOV, and revenue from owned marketing channels. Holds certifications in Hubspot CRM Marketing Software, Klaviyo Email Marketing, and PostScript SMS. MARTECH EXPERIENCE: Shopify Plus, Hubspot CRM, ChatGPT, Klaviyo, Attentive, Postscript, Amped, Google Analytics (GA4), Peel Insights, Northbeam, Elevar, Rebuy, Wonderment, Malomo, Gorgias, Retently, GRIN, Figma, Clickup, Trello, Zapier, Hootsuite, HeyOrca, Tapcart, Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Ads Manager, Google Ads, Google Merchant Center, Google Suite, and Slack.P.S. Want to buy me a coffee and support my food storytelling work? https://buymeacoffee.com/piper

Manage and facilitate business operations for a family owned 9 acre Garden Center that specializes in Trees. Buyer: Network / Research / Order Trees, Shrubs and small plants for 9 acres. Specialize in resourcing material to re-sell on a retail platform. Organized and Restructured Profit Margins / Pricing: All Trees, Plants, & Merchandise. Maintain set Gross Profit Margin's Streamlined Procedures: Developed and created an online "Tree in Distress form" to organize customer communications resulting in employee efficiency and saving time. Researched, Implemented, and Facilitated the integration of 3rd party business applications - "Birdeye" / "Grasshopper" directly improving customer communication while significantly increasing lead generation and sales conversions. Text payment transactions now account for 25% of sales revenue, enabling customers to purchase a tree and installation from the comfort of their home / at their own discretion. Selected & Initiated a Customer Review System: Gained over 500 (and still growing), 5 star reviews since the year 2020 Fosters a work culture of safety, respect, and integrity. Led team meetings to improve daily business operations, safety, training, ideas. Led monthly Zoom meetings to create and facilitate business website operations thetreeplace.com. Started from ground zero and helped build the website into what it is today. Equipment Maintenance Manager: In charge of directing and conducting preventive and routine maintenance on all industrial equipment, Skid Steers, Utility carts, Customer transportation, Lawn equipment. Ensuring that all of this equipment is up and working at all times & ready to use. Skills: Sales Customer Service Procedural Compliance Financial Analysis/Management/Accounting Inventory Management Quality Control Leadership/Team Building Equipment Maintenance Policy Implementation/Development IT/Networking Web Development Social Media Development Marketing Skid Steer Operator Problem Solving

Ciarán De Buitléar is the founder of Gardeningwell, a family-led wildlife gardening and biodiversity project based in Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland. He works with schools, youth groups, community gardens and local councils to create pollinator-friendly, chemical-free growing spaces and to give children hands-on experience with soil, food and wildlife. Gardeningwell began during the COVID-19 lockdown, when Ciarán and his sons started posting simple seed-planting and “grow your own food” videos for people stuck at home. Those videos led to the discovery and revival of a 150-year-old Victorian walled garden, which is now used for food growing, biodiversity projects and environmental education. The core message is simple and hopeful: every ordinary Irish garden can become a small piece of climate action.

Experienced Horticulturist with a demonstrated history of working in the recreational facilities and services industry. Skilled in Plant Identification, Gardening, Sustainability, and Irrigation.

Angelika Zaber is a Lawn Care Specialist & Gardening Expert working for Online Turf. She provides exceptional lawn care expertise and gardening advice that encourages both novice and experienced gardeners to have healthy, vibrant outdoor spaces all year round.

Anirban Saha has 6 Years of Experience as a Java Developer having expertise in developing Microservices. Has proven leadership skills and deep technical knowledge to solve complex problems, design and develop enterprise level solutions. Anirban is a proactive team player and has ability to satisfy and meet the client requirement with high accuracy. Proven to work under tight deadlines; capable of developing multiple projects, managing teams, and also can work efficiently as an individual.Anirban's Tech Skills: Java 8, Spring Boot, Microservices, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA, Spring AOP, Redis, Kafka, Hibernate, JUnit, Jenkins, MySQL, AWS.

Entrepeneur and experienced ecommerce specialist. By leveraging my skills in content marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) I've created scalable small businesses that continue to thrive.I love small business and I'm a jack of all trades. I thrive when introduced to new challenges and experiences.

I help entrepreneurs secure financing for acquisitions and expansion, as well as for inventory and working capital. We have a 97% success rate, so give me a call or email me.

Johnny Rickards is a respected arborist and the driving force behind Cutting Edge Tree Maintenance, one of Newcastle's most reliable and community-focused tree care companies. With many years of hands-on experience in the arboriculture and property maintenance industry, Johnny has built a reputation for professional integrity, technical skill, and a genuine commitment to the safety and well-being of local communities. Under his leadership, Cutting Edge Tree Maintenance has grown into a trusted service provider for homeowners, businesses, and public organisations across Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, and the Hunter region. Johnny's expertise spans all areas of modern tree care, including advanced pruning techniques, hazardous tree removal, stump grinding, land management, and storm-damage response. His strong understanding of local species, soil conditions, and council regulations allows him to offer precise, practical advice that meets both safety standards and environmental responsibilities. Cutting Edge Tree Maintenance is known for promoting clear communication and a client-first approach within its team. The emphasis is on safe work practices, ongoing training, and the use of modern equipment to ensure high-quality outcomes on every project. Through good leadership, Cutting Edge Tree Maintenance has positioned itself as a reliable partner during severe weather events, community clean-ups, and complex residential or commercial tree work.

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I am very motivated and driven to succeed. I have a marketing degree from St. Cloud State University. I plan on growing my lawn and landscaping business and also getting into real estate. Looking to make connections with people in real estate and property management.

Tisa Watts, a garden educator and public speaker with 20+ years of experience, has a degree in Horticulture & Landscape Design. She is the founder of the Columbus Garden School (CGS, started 2019), which offers year-round workshops on gardening, homesteading, home maintenance, and crafting topics. Located on two acres in Columbus, Ohio, CGS has a 1000 sq. ft. demonstration garden, native trees and shrubs, a small prairie, and honey bee hives.