Christopher Guastella
Residential Lawn Care Manager
Talent
Dade CityMember since September 28, 2026
Central Florida outdoor cultivationOrganically grown vegetables and fruit productionIdentifying seasonal pests and developing IPM strategiesLight cycles, propagation, seed germinationSoil/media, plant maintenance, pruning, transplantingPlant sex identificationDiverse outdoor and indoor horticultural production practices
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Central Florida outdoor cultivationOrganically grown vegetables and fruit productionIdentifying seasonal pests and developing IPM strategiesLight cycles, propagation, seed germinationSoil/media, plant maintenance, pruning, transplanting
About
Manage residential lawn care operations, coordinating daily service activities and maintaining company standards. Supervise and support lawn care crews, assigning work and ensuring safe, efficient completion of scheduled services. Monitor turf and landscape health, identify pest and disease issues, and recommend treatment strategies.
Experience
Residential Lawn Care Manager at ProTurf Property Management (2024-07 – Present)
- Manage residential lawn care operations, coordinating daily service activities and maintaining company standards.
- Supervise and support lawn care crews, assigning work and ensuring safe, efficient completion of scheduled services.
- Monitor turf and landscape health, identify pest and disease issues, and recommend treatment strategies.
- Maintain customer relationships and respond to service needs and property-specific requirements.
- Plan routes, prioritize service needs, and help ensure consistent completion of residential accounts.
Senior Cultivation Technician at Fluent Cannabis Care (2021-11 – 2024-02)
- Provided day-to-day cultivation leadership in a 50,000+ plant indoor vertically integrated medical production facility, overseeing work from propagation through harvest.
- Supervised cultivation staff, coordinated production schedules, directed cultivation processes, trained personnel, and managed cultivation inventory.
- Planned and coordinated crop development, delegated tasks, and monitored execution to maintain production and environmental standards.
- Served as a senior point of contact for cultivation operations, helping identify and resolve production issues and maintain department workflow.
- Optimized environmental conditions and nutrient management using Growlink, Dosatron, and manual applications.
- Collected and analyzed cultivation data including IPM, mother/clone propagation, plant maintenance, and post-harvest activities.
- Scouted pests and helped design and implement IPM plans using biological and synthetic preventative and curative approaches.
- Trained new employees and helped establish consistent cultivation practices across the team.
- See attached for detailed achievements and improvements while at Fluent.
Senior Cultivation Technician at Columbia Care (2018-07 – 2021-10)
- Provided senior-level cultivation leadership in a 10,000+ plant vertically integrated medical production facility, helping improve standards from seed/clone initiation through post-harvest processing.
- Managed gardening staff, schedules, cultivation processes, and inventory while coordinating day-to-day production activities.
- Coordinated with upper management to communicate operational information, priorities, and direction to cultivation staff.
- Directed crop-development practices and recommended planting density, pruning, growth parameters, and irrigation practices to improve yield and flower quality.
- Designed, constructed, and troubleshot infrastructure upgrades supporting crop health and production efficiency.
- Optimized environmental and nutrient management using ARGUS, Titan, AgroTek, Dosatron, and manual applications.
- Maintained employee, inventory, crop application, cultivation milestone, and crop progression records.
- Approved harvested batches for processing, packaging, labeling, and sale after passing Department-approved laboratory testing.
- Continuously pheno hunted and incorporated new strains into production while coordinating integration with existing timelines.
Owner / Operator at Frequency Farms (2019 – 2019)
- Organically produced vegetables and herbs for retail and wholesale; raised and harvested organic pastured poultry and rabbits for sale.
- Practiced regenerative agriculture to reduce unnecessary inputs while maximizing production.
Owner / Operator at Edible Expressions - Edible Landscaping (2015-08 – 2019-08)
- Developed organic top-soil applications, raised-bed vegetable gardens, and edible landscapes.
- Created organic mosquito treatment products and monthly application schedules.
- Implemented organic weed-control and pest-management systems using flame weeding, layer mulching, beneficial bacteria, fungi, and insects.
Lawn Technician at Plant It Earth (2011-04 – 2015-08)
- BMP Certified in Florida for synthetic chemical pesticide application; investigated pests and diseases and developed IPM strategies.
- Managed a route of 120+ customers.
Education
– Armwood High School (2004-05)
Dispensary Management – Sativa University (2019-01)
Skills
Residential Lawn Care Manager
