Two weeks ago, Highland Outdoor welcomed its newest team member, David Rowan, to its staff.  David and I met several years ago at an industry event being held by the Professional Landcare Network.  I was immediately impressed with David’s ability to meet a variety of PLANET members, and to network appropriately with them.  Once I saw his design elements, his creativity, and his presentation, I was excited when David approached me during this past off season about his desire to join our team.

Please welcome David, the newest member of our incredible team.  I’m excited to experience all of what David has to offer our cleints - and I have already witnessed him in action as he’s been trained the last few weeks.

Here is David’s bio, as written for our website.  Drop him an email at david@highland-outdoor.com.

Welcome aboard, Dave!

David Rowan
Landscape Designer/Project Manager

David Rowan brings experience and knowledge to the Highland Outdoors’ landscape team, with particular interest in natural horticultural landscape design and installation and native plant restoration projects.

David has served in a wide variety of roles within the green industry, from a groundskeeper at Eagle Knoll Golf Course in Hartsburg, Missouri to landscape designer of a multi-million dollar design build firm in Saint Louis, MO and many field installation positions in his edification.

David holds a bachelor’s of Science in Horticulture and Landscape Design from Kansas State University, and is a member of the Pi Alpha Xi National Honors Society for Landscape Horticulture. As a student at KSU, David attended a horticultural tour of Holland to study Dutch landscape Architecture and floral production, which included tours of the famous Hetloo Palace, Tropenburg Arboretum, and The Floriade, the Netherlands’ flower exposition that happens once ever ten years. David also was a participant for KSU in the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA), now know as PLANET, Student Career Days where he help his team place 11th of 54 teams student teams across the country in only their third appearance of this prestigious event for Green Industry students.

As a Professional, David was selected to attend the American Nurserymen & Landscapers Association (ANLA) annual Management Clinic in Both 2003 and 2005 as a scholarship recipient. David co-designed a landscape mater plan for a “Wild Times” Interactive ADA/Dementia-accessible Garden at the Heisinger Home nursing care facility in Jefferson City, which planned to bring the residents and their families together in a natural landscape setting on the bluffs of the Missouri River.

David is studying to become a Certified Landscape Professional (CLP), through PLANET.

In his free time David enjoys spending time with his family and friends at his family’s recreational farm, playing golf, and bird hunting with his German Shorthair Pointer.