Carrie Hennessy Carrie Hennessy Starting Position: Retail Designer, 2008 Current Position: Horticulturist, Landscape Designer \”I grew up in southern Wisconsin, just one mile from my grandparents’ dairy farm. Being able to run freely around the rolling hills and farmland of Green County instilled a deep love of nature at an […]

Cody Wolters Cody Wolters Starting Position: High School, Yard Labor Current Position: Yard Supervisor (Senior Leadership Team) Cody started working at Johnson’s Nursery as a Menomonee Falls high school student in 2005. His primary responsibilities were weeding, watering, and assisting anywhere he could. Earning more cash, getting great exercise, and […]

Emily Peters Starting Position: Propagation InternCurrent Position: Wholesale Sales AssociateEmily received a BA in Conservation and Environmental Science with an emphasis in Natural Resource Management from UW-Milwaukee. She began her career in the sustainability office at UW-Whitewater where she coordinated volunteer workdays at the nature preserve doing prairie seed collection. […]

Brian Thomas Brian Thomas Starting Position: Landscape Designer Current Position: Landscape Designer Brian grew up in Milwaukee learning gardening and discovering the love for the outdoors from his grandfather. This experience developed into a career in horticulture. Brian holds a degree in Landscape Horticulture and is a certified arborist with […]

Beth DeLain Beth DeLain Starting Position: Retail Sales 2018 Current Position: Purchasing & Inventory Coordinator Beth earned an Associates from UW-Waukesha in 2008 and a BS in Natural Resources Management in 2016 from The Ohio State University. She worked for a County Park System in Ohio, administering prescribed burns and […]

Ben French Starting Position: Propagation InternCurrent Position: VP of Propagation and Product DevelopmentBen got his B.S. in Forestry from Stevens Point, with a minor in Biology, and learned he loved growing baby trees more than sawing them down. After a recommendation from his supervisor in Green Bay Forestry, he sought […]

Aaron Jambura Aaron Jambura Starting Position: Nursery Field Labor Current Position: Jackson Farm Production Manager (Senior Leadership Team) After graduating from Slinger High School, Aaron attended UW-Madison and earned a BS-Horticulture. His work in several plant breeding laboratories and a summer plant propagation job during college solidified his passion for […]

Jake Boyd Starting Position: Inventory & Purchasing AssistantCurrent Position: Inventory & Purchasing AssistantJake earned his BS in Horticulture Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008 where he served as Grower in the Horticulture Club. He took an occupational (and regional) detour to earn a law degree from […]