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Pamela S. Baggett <br /> 8800 Wilkerson Road, Cedar Grove NC 27231 <br /> office: 919-732-9403 cell: 919-537-2164 <br /> nightair @mindspring.com <br /> Professional Experience <br /> Freelance Writer 1998-present <br /> • Garden Writers Association award-winning author for national garden magazines, including: <br /> Horticulture, Better Homes and Gardens, Fine Gardening, and The American Gardener <br /> • Author/photographer of iTropicalismo! Spice Up Your Garden with Cannas, Bananas, <br /> and 93 Other Eye-Catching Tropical Plants (Timber Press, 2008) <br /> Writing Instructor 2007-present <br /> • Develop and teach writing workshops to adults at diverse venues including the JC Raulston Arboretum, <br /> Longwood Gardens, Brookside Gardens, Duke University Continuing Studies (now the Osher Lifelong <br /> Learning Program), and the Ackland Art Museum/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hi:l <br /> Horticultural Lecturer at Public Gardens 1998-present <br /> • Design and deliver workshops and presentations for audiences of 15 to 300 attendees <br /> at internationally-renowned public gardens, including: Longwood Gardens, Calloway Gardens, <br /> Brookgreen Gardens, and the JC Raulston Arboretum <br /> Owner and General Manager of Singing Springs Nursery 1997—2006 <br /> a nationally known retail mail-order nursery specializing in hardy and tender herbaceous perennials <br /> Responsible for all aspects of nursery ownership, including: <br /> • Managed greenhouse operations for a 17,000 square foot production facility <br /> • Maintained production database for over 300 crops annually <br /> • Interacted with customers by phone, e-mail, and in person <br /> • Hired, trained, and supervised employee teams to meet plant propagation, <br /> production, and shipping schedules <br /> • Made all financial and budgetary decisions; responsible for financial record-keeping <br /> • Designed, wrote, and photographed annual catalog <br /> • Purchased all supplies and maintained purchasing records <br /> Education <br /> • Individualized study program in agriculture and environmental ethics at NC State University <br /> • Certified in organic horticulture through the Center for Agroecology& Sustainable Food Systems <br /> at the University of California at Santa Cruz <br />