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Our
Staff
Susan
Jock is working on her 15th season at New Vistas, installing
landscapes. For the past 14 years Susan has been supervising the
crew and the past several seasons, she has begun assisting with
estimating installations and helping prepare landscaping designs
for presentation. Susan is also a certified applicator for treatments
on shrubs and trees. When she is not at work, Susan raises cattle
on a small farm at the edge of Goshen and breeds championship rabbits
for show, as well as working with the St. Joe County 4-H rabbit
club. Her landscape related experience prior to New Vistas includes
caring for greenhouse plants, propagating shrubs and trees, and
owning a floral shop where she created countless arrangements. Susan’s
knowledge of plants, artistic eye, and attention to detail are a
great asset for New Vistas. When Susan and her crew finish a job,
the work is really well done.
John
Burkholder is working on his 10th season at New Vistas.
The first 6 years John worked on the crew and also did tree and
shrub spraying for our clients. The last couple years John has specialized
in doing the spray treatments for our customers. John works in his
garden in his free time concentrating on perennial flowers and bee-keeping.
He also visits his daughters and grandchildren in Alabama whenever
he gets an opportunity. Before John came to New Vistas, his job
experience in landscaping included working as a grounds keeper at
an apartment complex. John loves plants and cats, about equally,
and is ready and willing to tackle just about anything we need to
tackle.
Judy
De Pue is the owner of New Vistas Landscaping and has
been designing landscapes around Elkhart County and the surrounding
area for 30 years. She meets with clients and tries to listen to
their wants and needs while planning a landscape that will survive
well in the future. Designing landscapes and working in her own
yard are her hobbies along with reading and volunteering at Creekside
Church of the Brethren, especially in the public Prayer Garden on
site. Judy and her husband try to be encouraging to their adult
daughters as they pursue volunteer work overseas and a nursing degree
and are looking forward to the birth of their first grandchild.
Before Judy started New Vistas Landscaping, she used her design
training to teach art in the Goshen Community Schools, the parks
department, and part time at Goshen College. Her listening ear,
creativity, and God’s guidance, have helped New Vistas Landscaping
persevere and become what it is today.
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