Our Team

Landscape Design/Build

Owner - Matthew Forchione - B.S. Landscape Horticulture OSU´97. Ohio Certified Landscape Installer by ONLA. Nationally Certified Landscape Installer by Planet, formerly ALCA. Primary responsibilities include Design Build sales, estimating, project management of the 3 install crews, customer service point of contact, day to day as well as fiscal operations.

Design Sales Staff - One of our three Design Build or Maintenance sales staff will meet with new and repeat customers to understand the desired scope of work. Our design sales team provides scaled drawings and accurate cost proposals for your review during the follow up meeting. Additionally, our clients have the flexibility to make any changes during the design or construction process

Design Build Project Managers - We employ five Design Build project managers and each brings slightly different skill sets to a project and will complete your planting or construction project in a timely, neat and professional manner. Each project manager is committed to reaching our company goals for quality craftsmanship, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

Assistant Project Managers - These individuals are each veterans of the company and are depended on to build patios/steps/and walls, layout planting jobs, and be sure all of a crews tools are accounted for and neatly organized. Our assistant project managers are constantly training to grow within our organization.

Landscape Management

Our landscape management division was created in 2006 and is led by Morgan Bettinazzi. Morgan brings 10+ years of experience in landscape management and has a B.S. in Landscape Horticulture from OSU. Morgan achieved two of three designations from the ONLA Landscape Certification in 2007. Morgan is responsible for the sales and production of all of our landscape management activities including Spring clean-ups, Summer pruning, Fall clean-ups, lawn fertilization, lawn aerations, snow removal, turf renovation, weed and insect control, and landscape enhancement projects.

About 9 Trees

9 Trees Landscape Construction was started in 2002 by Matt Forchione, B.S. Landscape Horticulture OSU´97. In the first year 9 Trees employed only 2 full time landscape installers both State Certified by the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association (ONLA). Our core principal is "Perform the work to the best of your ability, to work honestly, and to keep the clients priorities first". We carve our niche in the new home construction market focusing on building "Outdoor Living Areas".

9 Trees Landscape Construction continues to build the most experienced and dedicated staff to maintain a stable landscape design/build and maintenance service company to bring extraordinary VALUE to our customers.

9 Trees Landscape Construction is committed to increased quality, fair pricing, and building better systems to become more efficient so that we may continue to deliver what we promise.

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