Owner Biography

Community Service:

  • Westfield Rotary Club Volunteer Award 2003
  • North Jersey District Rotary Club Jean Harris Award 2005
  • Union County Board of Agriculture (Past President)
  • Friends of Mindowaskin Park Board Member
  • Westfield Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award 2002
  • Westfield September 11 Memorial Committee member, projection foreman and designer
  • Westfield Korean War Memorial designer, project manager and landscape contractor
  • Chairman - Board of Architectural Review Town of Westfield
  • Chairman Westfield Shade Tree Preservation Committee
  • Teacher - Landscape Design Class at Westfield Adult School (since 1990)
  • Westfield Jaycees (Past President)
    • Founder of Jaycee Benefit Concert series at Westfield High School featuring Livingston Taylor and Roger McGuinn, Steve Forbert, Marshall Crenshaw to benefit High School Boy’s Ice Hockey Team and Girl’s Lacrosse, and Jaycee Scholarships
  • Co-director 1st Grade Girls (Westfield Soccer Association)

Work Experience:

  • Nursery manager and Landscape Designer Steuernagel’s Nursery for 14 years.
  • Operate own Landscape Design and Construction Firm since 1992