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Owners

Tony Valk is one of the two owners of Evergreen of Johnson City and focuses his attention towards retail activities, advertising, vendor management, product purchases, accounting, and much more. Being a working owner, you'll often find Tony right in the store assisting customers with their many needs and customizing their experiences. Tony’s extensive horticultural knowledge and experience in the gardening industry helps to provide our customers with a professional service.

                              Tony resides in Kingsport, TN with his wife, Karen, and their 3

                         children.

 

Michael Valk partners with his brother, Tony, in the ownership of Evergreen of Johnson City and plays an important role in Evergreen’s landscape department. Michael also assists with various retail services at Evergreen such as accounting, product management, and purchaser of Evergreen’s Tree & Shrub product line. Like his brother, Tony, Michael is all hands on with many of the services provided to Evergreen’s customers. He is one of the main landscape designers and organizes projects

                           being completed by Evergreen’s landscape department.

                        Michael resides in Gray, TN with his wife, Debbie, and his two daughters.

 

Garden Center Managers

 

Fred Kidd is Evergreen's store manager assisting our retail customers with a wide range of horticultural needs focusing on store products to fit just about every type of gardening need.

Fred's broad range of knowledge allows him to be most helpful to our customers many needs. Many say that Fred has an answer for just about anything.

Fred has been working within Evergreen's store department for over 10 years now and is an avid gardener himself residing with his family in

                           Greeneville, TN.

 

Jen Larsen is our assistant store manager, and loves to help her customers find solutions to their gardening problems. She has helped to create one of the most diverse selections of garden gifts in our area. She loves finding unique, affordable decor for the home and garden. Jen and her family live in Johnson City, and she has been with us since 1997.

 

 

 

Sheila Mathes is Evergreen's greenhouse manager and can be easily found working within the greenhouse range where you'll find one of the largest and most impressive displays of houseplants, annuals, perennials, and vegetables.

Sheila, also being one of Evergreen's expert gardeners, assists in both managing personnel and merchandise within Evergreen's stunning greenhouses. The only problem is you'll have to walk fast to catch up with Sheila. She's well know for her determination and hard work.

 

 

Tim Simcox is Evergreen's Tree & Shrub Manager and performs the management tasks surrounding Evergreen's wide array of the areas largest supply and variety of trees and shrubs in our area. Tim also manages Evergreen of JC's Water Garden department. 

Tim horticultural skills and his love of the plants and water gardening is clearly exposed thru his service to Evergreen of JC's customers. 

 

 

 

Daniel Fink is Evergreen's Tree & Shrub Assistant Manager and assists in the management of the sales and display of Evergreen of JC's trees & shrubs. Daniel has been a part of the Evergreen team since 2006 and strives to continually provide excellent service to Evergreen's customers.

 

 

 

Landscape Managers & Designers

 

Eric Kraus currently serves as Evergreen's landscape production manager and provides many functions in managing Evergreen's landscape production work force and equipment.

Eric has been with Evergreen for over 10 years and has had over 10 years experience in the landscape industry before coming to Evergreen in 1994 from the Raleigh, NC area. Eric's experience  has been an asset to both Evergreen and it's customers. Eric has also managed part time design and sales when needed during the busy season.

 

 

Patrick Sutherland, one of Evergreen's landscape designers, is another one of Evergreen's longest employed members having been with us since 1985. Patrick has always been employed within Evergreen's landscaping department and came to Evergreen with approximately 10 years of landscaping experience from the middle TN area.

Patrick's extensive experience in landscaping for over 30 years allows him to be extremely effective during his designing services. Patrick specializes in many aspects of landscape design & installation which includes water gardens, unique stone work, patios and walks, low voltage lighting, and  much more.

 

Dennis Bryer, Evergreen of JC's landscape maintenance specialists, has an extensive level of experience in the horticultural and landscaping markets. Being involved in the horticultural industry for over 15 years, Dennis has gained a diverse level of experience to include a wide array of plants, but also a landscape features such as water gardens, terracing, patios, walkways, and much more.

Dennis focuses on specialized maintenance procedures and services for accounts managed by Evergreen including weed, disease, & insect control services. 

Dennis resides in Elizabethton with his wife and 5 children.

 

 

Accounting Manager & Office Assistants

 

Allison Peterson is Evergreen's Accounting Manager. Allison has assisted Evergreen in customizing many aspects of our accounting and office management needs.

Allison, a native of Mississippi, has been employed at Evergreen for over 10 years and has proven to be a valuable asset to Evergreen's management team. Whether by intention or not, Allison has become quite the gardener tending to her home's landscape and water garden. Allison, her husband Mark, and two sons reside in the Johnson City area.

 

Jessica Claman is Evergreen's Office Manager  and performs a wide range of office management duties that assist Evergreen's management team with it's product and customer care. Jessica often manages incoming phone calls and looks forward to assisting Evergreen's customer in any way possible.

Jessica resides in Kingsport with her husband Noah.

 

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