Scott Sloan is the Assistant Director of NTBG’s McBryde Garden and Allerton Garden. He oversees the care and maintenance of the gardens’ living collections and infrastructure, as well as properties outside the gardens proper, such as the Southshore Visitors Center Garden and NTBG’s administration and research complex.
Mr. Sloan has worked in horticulture his entire life, from his family roots in farming to running his own landscaping business. While pursuing his horticultural degree in the University of California system in the late 1980s, he graduated from NTBG’s Horticultural Internship Program. This experience led to the institution forming a special internship at its Kahanu Garden in 1989 and requesting that Mr. Sloan stay on in that capacity. Subsequently, he held various horticultural positions in the McBryde Garden, with increased levels of responsibility. Mr. Sloan was promoted to Assistant Director in 1994.
In addition to caring for the plants and the existing physical facilities (including buildings, irrigation, roads, stream crossings, and paths), current projects include seeking an alternative water supply by restoring a tunnel system that once existed in the plantation era. He is also working on the expansion of housing facilities for students and visiting scientists. Mr. Sloan has a fundamental role in the implementation of educational courses and tours in the gardens.
His professional affiliations include the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai‘i and the Steering Committee of the Kaua‘i Landscape Industry Council.
Mr. Sloan has worked in horticulture his entire life, from his family roots in farming to running his own landscaping business. While pursuing his horticultural degree in the University of California system in the late 1980s, he graduated from NTBG’s Horticultural Internship Program. This experience led to the institution forming a special internship at its Kahanu Garden in 1989 and requesting that Mr. Sloan stay on in that capacity. Subsequently, he held various horticultural positions in the McBryde Garden, with increased levels of responsibility. Mr. Sloan was promoted to Assistant Director in 1994.
In addition to caring for the plants and the existing physical facilities (including buildings, irrigation, roads, stream crossings, and paths), current projects include seeking an alternative water supply by restoring a tunnel system that once existed in the plantation era. He is also working on the expansion of housing facilities for students and visiting scientists. Mr. Sloan has a fundamental role in the implementation of educational courses and tours in the gardens.
His professional affiliations include the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai‘i and the Steering Committee of the Kaua‘i Landscape Industry Council.
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