Contact Us
Phone: 740-374-9353
Toll Free: 800-367-4572
Fax: 740-374-3863
Store Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday – Closed
Located At
26130 State Route 7
Marietta, Ohio
thomsonsgardencenter45750@gmail.com
The West Virginia and Ohio Landscaping company, Thomson’s Landscaping, was founded in the Spring of 1979 by Russ Thomson. We’ve been growing ever since. We’re located at 26130 State Route 7, two miles North of I-77, in Marietta, Ohio. We employ 6 full-time year around, 25 seasonal full-time and a few part-time students.
Owner
Landscape Designer
Master Technician
Certified Pesticide Applicator (Ohio & WV)
Bachelors Degree in Landscape Horticulture from Michigan State University
Landscape Designer
Master Technician
Certified Pesticide Applicator (Ohio & WV)
Production Supervisor
Landscape Designer
Master Technician
Assoc. Degree Hocking College
Certified Pesticide Applicator
OCNT Garden Center & Landscape Technician
Certified Pesticide Applicator (Ohio & WV)
Business Manager
Bachelors of Psychology from Marietta College
Garden Center Manager
OCNT Master Technician
WV Certified Horticulturist
Certified Pesticide Applicator
Associates Degree in Drafting from WVUP
WV Certified Horticulturist
Certified Pesticide Applicator
Russ Thomson
Brian Walker
Jim Jackson
Larry Ohrn
The Master Technician status is granted to those individuals who successfully hold all three of the certification specializations of the Ohio Certified Nursery Technician program: Garden Center, Landscape, and Grower.
The purposes of the Ohio Certified Nursery Technician – Master program are to improve the skills and knowledge of the green industry employee; to have this improvement and professional qualifications recognized in the eyes of the public as well as within the landscape and nursery industry; to provide the public, architects, and contractors with dependable landscape construction techniques and horticultural expertise; and to provide a means of self improvement, increased worth to the employee and improved customer service.
Training manuals for OCNT program were authored by various faculty members of the Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and edited by a nine member committee comprised of garden center owners, nursery stock growers, and landscape contractors from around the state.
To receive recognition as an Ohio Certified Nursery Technician – Master, a person must successfully pass three separate examinations based on information contained in three different training manuals and practical work experience. In order to retain certification status, an OCNT must continuously expand their knowledge of the green goods industry by attending seminars and courses.
The Ohio Certified Nursery Technician program is not in any way connected with any agency of the government, but is solely and exclusively a voluntary education program sponsored by the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association.
We’ve found out that there are only 216 Master Technicians in the State of Ohio.