Nokulunga Maphumulo

With a background of Horticulture & Landscaping and moderate experience, i bring a diverse set of skills and passion for enhancing horticultural practices. My experience includes Propagation of ornamental & commercial plants using Sexual and Asexual technique, plant health monitoring, garden maintenance, design and installation, tissue culture, sustainable water wise practices, Integrated Pest and disease management, facilitating and field trials. With proven ability to manage and assist projects from quotes to completion and supervise small teams.

I’m confident, interpersonal, and always willing to learn. I consider myself hardworking, helpful, organized, cooperative, honest, and dependable.

Facilitator at Senzeni Traditional council and Selula Ulwazi project (2026-08 – 2026-09)

• Demonstrate techniques in class and in the field.
• Plan and deliver practical training on soil preparation, planting, irrigation, fertilizing, pest & disease control and harvesting.
• Skill coaching on how to handle tools safely and keep them clean.
• Ensure all students wear PPEs and assess them if they actually do the task.
• Keep attendance registers and training records.
• Reports on progress, challenges, and yield management.

Facilitator at Senzeni Traditional council and Selula Ulwazi project (2023-01 – 2023-03)

• Demonstrate techniques in class and in the field.
• Plan and deliver practical training on soil preparation, planting, irrigation, fertilizing, pest & disease control and harvesting.
• Skill coaching on how to handle tools safely and keep them clean.
• Ensure all students wear PPEs and assess them if they actually do the task.
• Keep attendance registers and training records.
• Reports on progress, challenges, and yield management.

Plant Nursery Technician at Southeast Nursery (2025-06 – 2025-11)

• Oversee the plants around the nursery by pruning, ensure that irrigation works properly, weeding, pest, and disease management. Maintain general care of horticultural tools, and technical equipment. Keeps the nursery facilities clean all the time.
• Oversee propagated plants for sale including sorting plants according to their tolerance; some are kept in the shade or outside. Keep the records and ensure that plants stay on schedule and produce the highest quality.
• Maintaining inventory of plants, purchased plants stock is enough with no errors and ensures that every plant has a label tag.
• Assist customers and ensure quality customer service directly. Provides customers with accurate information about sales and recommends some special orders.

Intern at Department of Agriculture and Rural development (2023-11 – 2025-05)

• Seedlings propagation under controlled environment.
• Sweet potato cultivar evaluation and multiplication- the process includes soil sampling, soil preparation, trail layout, Planting, maintenance and harvesting. Vines were grown under the greenhouse for multiplication for them to be transplanted in the field.
• Hemp project for seed and fiber- Assisted in a Hemp genotype evaluation project for different cultivars of Seed and fiber at Cedara Research station under Horticulture in collaboration with ARC. The process includes soil sampling & preparation, transplanting seedlings or seed planting, top dressing (fertilizer application), maintenance, data collection (includes plants height, flowering number, diameter, lodging and number of branches), and capturing for pre and post harvesting.
• Medicinal cannabis project- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness on Nitrogen and Potassium on medicinal cannabis seed production under controlled environment. The process includes preparation of media, transplanting of seedlings, maintenance, data collection (pH, EC, chlorophyl pigment, diameter, and weighing) and capturing pre and post harvesting.
• Seed viability trial- includes seed quality analysis, seed sowing, germination test fertilizing and maintenance, pest & disease management, pruning, thinning and cuttings.

Supervisor at MD Landscapes (2022-09 – 2022-11)

• Oversee daily operations, assign specific tasks, and ensure that the team meets productivity goals.
• Coordinates with clients, monitoring the site and ensuring quality work. Address clients concern, resolve the issues and make sure the client is satisfied with work.
• Enforce safety protocols, conduct inspections, and report any incidents that happened during working hours. Make sure that all equipment is maintained correctly and is in good working conditions.
• Ensure that work is done on time with no delays, monitor order supplies, inventory resources, and manage resources successfully.

trainee at Dube Tradeport (2021-04 – 2021-08)

• Handling of chemicals & following standard operating procedures & calibration of instrument and important measurements.
• Importance of good housekeeping in the lab & handling of tissue culture tools, and usage of the data capturing system, recording lab production, and identifying contamination.
• Understand microclimate management in greenhouse and environmental requirements of tissue cultured plants, as well as greenhouse-grown plants.
• Mixing media, filling trays, understanding the use of agricultural products for pests, & disease control. Mix fertilizers and ensure accurate records including traceability and analysis.
• Work with computer assisted climate control systems in the greenhouse and inspecting at insuring that plants' environment requirements are met.
• Installation of ornamental plants and rejuvenating them, maintaining and removing alien plants.

Diploma in Sustainable Horticulture and Landscaping – Durban University of Technology (2021)

National Senior Certificate – Fundinduku Secondary School (2017)