FACILITY FINDS NEW DIRECTOR : DESCANSO GARDENS ANNOUNCES CHOICE AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OF SEARCHING.Byline: Daniel Taub Daily News Staff Writer After spending seven snowy winters at Harvard, flipping despondently de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. through seed catalogs, Richard Schulhof will return next month to his native Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to serve as Descanso Gardens' executive director. Following an almost yearlong, nationwide search, the Descanso Gardens Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre botanical garden and historical site located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA. Situated in a natural “bowl” in the San Rafael Hills, this calming, urban retreat is just 14 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Guild has named Schulhof, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , and childhood Woodland Hills resident, as the executive director of the gardens. Schulhof, 39, director of education and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. at Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. in Massachusetts, will fill the newly created executive director position May 6. ``I lived in California for a number of years and often enjoyed visiting Descanso,'' Schulhof said in a phone interview from his home in Massachusetts. ``The great thing about Southern California is that gardening and horticulture are year-round activities.'' Schulhof said that he is impressed by Descanso's oak trees, camellias, roses and native plants. ``That mix of things is extremely rich,'' said Schulhof, who cites his professional emphasis as trees and shrubs, and his personal interest as roses. Schulhof was among nearly 30 candidates considered for the position, and was chosen unanimously by the six-member search committee after he and four other finalists spent a weekend at Descanso Gardens, committee head Joan Hargrove said. ``Richard was the one who impressed us the most,'' Hargrove said. ``With him, it was an immediate connection with the gardens and the plants there.'' The position of executive director was created by the guild in May to streamline the management of the 160-acre, nonprofit botanical and display garden, said Sue Beatty, Descanso Gardens Guild president. As executive director, Schulhof will manage the grounds, handle daily business management and help raise funds for the site, which is owned by Los Angeles County. County employees have previously performed those duties, Beatty said. Schulhof lived in Woodland Hills and other parts of Los Angeles before moving to San Diego when he was 14. He received his bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, and took graduate courses in plant science at the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. . Schulhof received his master's degree in public horticulture administration from the University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. before joining the Arnold Arboretum in 1989 as a planning coordinator. He has held his director position there since 1992. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Richard Schulhof will take over at Descanso Gardenson May 6. |
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