Jan
Bicknell, General Manager
Jan is our general
manager and our garden crew foreman. She has a 1986 AAS degree in Horticultural
Technology at the University of New Hampshire, Thompson
School of Applied Science. In Jan’s last year of school she
worked on the grounds crew of UNH where her duties included
grounds maintenance, flower beds, mulching, pruning and
watering. Following graduation Jan was employed as
caretaker at the Balmoral Estate in North Hampton for 19
years. Her duties there included overall garden design,
flower arranging, and maintenance of the grounds, buildings
and equipment. Hiring seasonal employees and
contractors were also included in her responsibilities.
A year before coming to Carroll County Landscape Jan was
self employed doing landscape work that included planting,
fertilizing, watering, deadheading, weeding and pruning.
Jan has also been a member of the Herb Society of America
Northeast Seacoast Unit and was their president from
1993-1995.
In 2011 Jan passed the NHLA exam to become one of New
Hampshire’s NH Certified Landscape Professionals. She
maintains credits each year to retain her certified status.
Tyrrell Nickerson
Tyrrell Nickerson has been with Carroll County Landscape,
Inc. since 2005. Tyrrell worked as an assistant foreman for
CCL until being promoted to foreman of our installation crew in 2012. He has been
instrumental in creating some of our most beautiful
landscapes.
His many landscape skills and years of installation
experience enable him to manage the execution of a landscape
plan from start to finish. Tyrrell is also expertly skilled
in pruning techniques and drip irrigation design and
installation. In 2008 Tyrrell passed the NHLA exam to
become one of New Hampshire's NH Certified Landscape
Professionals. He maintains credits each year to retain his
certified status. He also graduated from the UMass Green
School program in landscape horticulture. Tyrrell is a
graduate of Avon Old Farms in Avon, CT.
An expert skier, he spends his winters instructing at the
Cranmore Mountain Resort in No. Conway. Tyrrell is also a
Meister clinic coach and runs the Cranmore Mountain Meister
Race Series.
Tim Ross, Grounds Maintenance Foreman
Tim has been employed at Carroll County Landscape, Inc.
since 2016. His initiative and commitment to quality has
made him a valuable addition to our staff. Demonstrating
both leadership and work ethic he quickly transitioned to
landscape maintenance foreman. Tim currently holds a NH
operational level pesticide license that allows him to
responsibly apply products for turf and ornamental care.
Tim joined us after moving back East from California. His
most recent previous position was with the city of Santa
Barbara where he worked in the grounds maintenance
department. There he was part of a team that worked on 30
parks including the Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens that
featured drought tolerant show parks. He also had an active
role in maintaining the Mission Rose Garden. Prior to that
Tim worked for the Utah Conservation Corps and the Teton
Science School. In the
spring of 2019 Tim passed the NHLA exam to become one of New
Hampshire’s NH Certified Landscape Professionals. Through
industry related courses and events Tim accumulates
landscape education credits each year to maintain his
certified status. Tim enjoys activities with his wonderful
family and is also an avid sports enthusiast.
Tom Brown, Landscape
Installation Foreman
Tom Brown has been employed
with Carroll County Landscape since 2016. Prior to coming
to work for us Tom worked at the Strafford Regional Planning
Commission in Rochester. While there he was responsible for
leading field work and managing data collected in the
field. Before that Tom was a construction site coordinator
for Americorps in Tacoma Washington and a planning intern at
UNH Campus Planning in Durham. On two of Tom’s previous
jobs a portion of his responsibilities related to safety
equipment and field protocols. That experience has
translated to one of his duties at CCL, that being our
Safety Officer. Tom also acquired landscape related
experience while working for Tri-City Lawn Care and
Landscaping. More recently he has been promoted to our
Winter Shop Foreman where December through March he manages
daily activities involving every facet of preparation for
the upcoming season. He also serves as one of three
landscape installation foremen during the regular season.
Tom holds a NH operational level pesticide license that
allows him to responsibly apply products for turf and
ornamental care. In the spring of 2019 he passed the
written portion of the NH Certified Landscape Professional
exam administered by the NHLA. He will be attending a plant
identification review this summer after which he will take
the plant ID portion of the exam and become a NHCLP. When
not at work Tom enjoys hiking, working on his garden and
discovering new antique stores.
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