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WINDRIDGE LANDSCAPING & HARDSCAPING Jeffrey Walter Howe formed Windridge Landscaping
in 1987, just west of Charlottesville, in Ivy, VA. What began with cutting grass with a walk-behind mower transported on a small wooden trailer behind a Ford Courier pickup, quickly became so much more. By the fall of the following year, he had about 30 clients and was busy studying horticulture at Virginia Tech during the week and mowing grass on the weekends. In a few years, Jeff finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Ornamental Horticulture and soon after became a Virginia Certified Horticulturist (VCH) and began to focus on installation and maintenance. The company quickly grew into the early 1990s after moving the shop to his family’s Red Horse Farm in Barboursville, VA. By 2000, Windridge had earned a solid reputation as being a professional and knowledgeable landscape contractor in the central Virginia region. Continuous education and professional development continued to be a priority for Jeff. He pursued and holds the following credentials: •L andscape Industry Certified Manager through National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) • LiveRoof Certified •C ertified Concrete Paver Installer through Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) • S egmental Retaining Wall (SRW) installation through Masonry wall through National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) •C ertified Landscape Designer through Virginia Society of Landscape Designers (VSLD) •L evel 2 Design and Installation with Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals (CBLP)
14 • VNLA News • Spring 2022
