
DANIEL BLAKE
QUALIFICATIONS:
EXPERIENCE:
1987-Present- LIVING SOILS INC.
Owner-Operator
1999-2000 EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL Prescott, AZ
1999 YAKASHBA - A Frank Lloyd Wright inspired subdivision in Prescott,AZ
1998-1999 AGRICULTURE RELIEF - HONDURAS, C.A.
1996 PROGRESSO VOCATIONAL & HEALTH INSTITUTION - CORTEZ, BELIZE
- Over 50 years of experience in the horticulture business
- Owner-operator of comprehensive landscape business
- Owner - Aquatic systems, drip irrigation www.dripstakes.com
- Expert knowledge of plants, soil, growing and pruning techniques, sustainable agriculture
- NPR acknowledgement of World Record Holder for "teaching more people how to get more food to their tables faster than anyone on earth"
- Has taught "double digging method" to grow food with people all over the world.
- Was filmed for www.whydoubledig.com
- Inventor of patented rotating fulcrum www.mulepod.com and trademark on a Sustainable Miniature Greenhouse
EXPERIENCE:
1987-Present- LIVING SOILS INC.
Owner-Operator
- Creates landscape designs for clients
- Assists clients with selection of plants for their locality, exposure aspect, soil, and landscape desire
- Performs all aspects of garden installation including landscaping, irrigation and plant placement
- Experience in plant maintenance techniques including, pruning diagnostic and corrective measures and garden succession
- Brokers certified organic compost
1999-2000 EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL Prescott, AZ
- Lead high school garden project for City of Prescott
- Transformed a dumpsite for the Prescott Unified School District into a functional garden
1999 YAKASHBA - A Frank Lloyd Wright inspired subdivision in Prescott,AZ
- Design/Installation Project
- 5 Years in a row
- 7 Month long projects
- Received Award in Belgium for design/install in Prescott, AZ.
1998-1999 AGRICULTURE RELIEF - HONDURAS, C.A.
- Assessed damage done by Hurricane Mitch
- Taught and demonstrated Sustainable Agriculture
- Spent 3.5 months in the mountains of the Lake Yejoa Region of Honduras
1996 PROGRESSO VOCATIONAL & HEALTH INSTITUTION - CORTEZ, BELIZE
- Progresso Village, Orange-Walktown, Cortez, Belize
- Three month training course to prepare for 3rd World Service
- Tropical Agriculture using sustainable methods and grafting
- Built rainwater tanks, solar cookers and dryers, hydraulic rams