Name: Sam Bridge III

Job Title: Owner/ General Manager

Number of Years at Sam Bridge: Lots

Education & Industry Experience: B.S. in Landscape and Nursery Management from Colorado State University 1976 Connecticut Accredited Nursery Professional 1980 Past President of Westchester Fairfield Horticulture Society Past President of Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association Past President of Connecticut Nurseryman’s Foundation Current Member of the Greenwich Tree Conservancy Advisory Board

Awards: CNLA (Connecticut Nursery and landscape Association) Recognition of Outstanding Service to the Association 2001: Sam Bridge III for Service on the Board of Directors 1995-2001 and as President 1999-2000 and for His Service to the state’s nursery and landscape Industry

Hobbies: Sam is an avid skier and boater

Favorite Plants: Mandevilla, Dogwoods, Nyssa, Pansies and the last plant he sold.

Name: Mary Jo Bridge Palmer

Job Title: Owner/Retail Manager

Number of Years at Sam Bridge: Many

Education and Industry Experience: Connecticut Nursery Accredited Professional Floriculture certificate from the Ratcliff Hicks School of Agriculture at the University of Connecticut Besides previously teaching for Greenwich Continuing Education, garden clubs, and the New York Botanical Garden, she offers free classes throughout the year at the nursery. Has served as president of the Westchester & Fairfield Horticultural Society and remains on the board Perennial Plant Association 2004 NYC Site Committee Greenwich Architectural Review Board

Awards: The Garden Club of America Acknowledges the Significant Contribution to Horticulture 1995: Mary Jo Bridge Palmer “in recognition of the knowledge and love of horticulture she shares most generously with all.”

Hobbies: Gardening, Harley Davidson’s and Travel

Favorite Plants: Annuals-Angelonia, Dahlias and anything that will make a colorful patio pot plant. Perennials include Nepeta, Peonies, daffodils and more. In shrubs she likes Spirea Gold Mound and Knockout Roses and for trees Japanese Maples and all the dogwoods.

Name: Ron Bridge

Job Title: Owner/ Nursery Manager

Number of Years at Sam Bridge: All of Them

Education & Industry Experience: 1979 Graduate of Ratcliff Hicks School of Agriculture at Storrs, Connecticut in Nursery Management Connecticut Accredited Nursery Professional Advisor for Ellis Clark* Vice President of the Woodbury FFA Alumni & Parent Support Group

Hobbies: Ron likes antique trucks, things with wheels, water skiing, alpine skiing and working on his personal farm in Bethlehem, Connecticut.

Favorite Plants: Dwarf Conifers, Conifers, Plants that can grow without competition.

* Regional Agriscience and Technology Center at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury. CT.

Name: Maggie Bridge

Job Title: Manager of Sales and Marketing

Number of Years at Sam Bridge: Forever

Education & Industry Experience: B.S. of Business Administration with a dual emphasis in Marketing and Human Resource Management from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2007 Connecticut Accredited Nursery Professional in 2009

Hobbies: During the winter, Maggie coaches alpine ski racing to J3 athletes at Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, VT. She also loves shoes, clothes and accessories, and though not always successful - she likes to cook.

Favorite Plants: Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’, Heliotrope, Hydrangea ‘Teller’s Blue’, Blue Spruce ‘Fat Albert’.

Name: Nick Bridge

Job Title: Equipment Manager

Number of Years at Sam Bridge: 06’ to Present

Education & Industry Experience: Graduate of the Ellis-Clark Regional Agriscience and Technology Center
Connecticut/National FFA Nursery and Landscape CDE Finalist
Connecticut Accredited Nursery Professional in 2009

Hobbies: The outdoors, snowmobiling, and rebuilding antique autos/farm equip.

Favorite Plants: Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)