About Ted Stamen
Ted Stamen is a professional Horticulturist and an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist (individual who is involved in the care of trees). He has been in the horticulture and arboriculture industry for over 25 years with Rutgers, University of Rhode Island, Cornell University and University of Connecticut. Recently, he was employed by the University of California Cooperative Extension, Riverside, as a Horticulturist and Arborist. A majority of his time was spent working in the field with landscapers, nurseries, arborists, pesticide applicators, and public entities. Mr. Stamen continues to conduct training seminars, short courses, and workshops.
Since retiring from the University of California, he has been involved in the field of arboriculture (trees) in a variety of positions. For four years, he was employed as a sales representative for the largest tree care company in California. He inspected, bid, and sold tree care services from $25,000 to $1,000,000. Other duties included tree inventories, diagnosis of tree problems, writing technical reports, and conducting training courses. Ted resigned from this position to become a full-time, independent consultant.
Because of his education, experience, and reputation, Ted is often called upon to be a consultant for public and private entities at the local, state, and national level. Mr. Stamen also speaks and writes on tree litigation, specifications for tree contracting, troubleshooting tree problems, and other related topics. Finally, he is a forensic consultant on trees that have created property damage, injury, and/or death.
Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- Masters of Science Degree in Ornamental Horticulture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
- Advanced training in horticulture and arboriculture from the University of California and other world-renowned institutions and leaders. This training was over many years while employed by the University of California, Cornell University, and other educational institutions. My position was always related to being an Urban Horticulturist and Arborist in a field-related position
- Voted Educator of the Year for California by the 5,000 members of the Pesticide Applicator's Professional Association
Ted is also an avid gardener. He is pictured here on his lot at the Casta del Sol Vegetable Garden Club. His garden was named "Garden of the Month - July 2011".