Matthew Ross
Company
Longwood Gardens
Job Title
Director of Continuing Education
Accomplishments
- Oversees the development of more than 170 education programs annually in ornamental horticulture, landscape design and other professional courses for the horticulture industry.
- Developed the Vermicomposting Lesson for Ted-Ed video which has nearly 285,000 YouTube views and has sparked discussion online and in an adapted format for schools.
Extracurricular
Gotta Have’em! “I cannot live without my camera; it goes everywhere with me … and pizza! It would be really tough to live in a world without it.”
Fun Facts
Ross Family Lore: “There is a long running story in my family that my grandfather’s cousin was a gardener for Walt Disney. I’d love to one day confirm this.”
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