Don Woodall
Understanding of dynamics of pioneering grasses, nurse grasses and slower growing species that offer permanent vegetative solutions to difficult poverty soil sites, as well as native legumes that help maintain grass vigor and reduce woody/invasive competition over time Identification of niches for New England native forbs that add to grass populations without competing. Poor-soil wildflowers planting and seeding systems for improved performance in poverty and saturated soils including the use of Truax seeder.
As a career seeds man Don has access to unique combination of widely available and extremely rare, native cool, and warm season grasses as well as native forbs, principally wildflowers. Don’s collection work began as a search for cool season grass that survived in the coastal course sands of New England, as well as inland areas of gravel soils. He identified Deschampsia flexuosa (coastal hair grass) as the most prevalent native grass on Cape Cod and adjacent coastal areas. In 2009 the variety “Pilgrim” was licensed as a “Certified Wild land Collection” by Colonial Seed selected from plants growing in an array of extreme sands in Wellfleet and Brewster on cape Cod. “Pilgrim” is now in commercial production. The Certified Wild Land Program is administered by a unit of Oregon State University.
1970 B/A Lehigh University
- Membership: Phi Beta Kappa
1971 Newborn Farm-Organic Produce
1974 The Stanford Seed Co.
-Forage, Grain and Turf
Originator and director of wholesale seed divisions:
-Oliver Seed
-Old Fox Chemical
-Agriturf,
Vice President and Sales:
-Ef Burlingham&Sons
- Agribiotech
- Landmark Seed
National Pro-Seed division:
-The Scotts Co.
Started Colonial Seed Co. for New England Ecotypes of Native Grasses & Forbs-2008
2010-New England Agronomy, Habitat Restoration Services
Consultant to Maine, N.H., R.I, Mass Pike DOT roadside vegetation specifications.
Developed Maine DOT Roadside seed specifications, and attended NTSB sub-committee on vegetation as guest of MEDOT.
Advisor to Governor Richard Snelling and then Congressman James Jeffords on issues affecting Northeast agriculture-diversification beyond dairy.
New golf course construction specification consultation to an array of notable architects involving over 70 projects from 1988-2008.
Created and directed a team to re-grass the greens at Oak Hill C.C. in preparation for the 1995 Ryder Cup (1993/Rochester, NY)
As a career seeds man Don has access to unique combination of widely available and extremely rare, native cool, and warm season grasses as well as native forbs, principally wildflowers. Don’s collection work began as a search for cool season grass that survived in the coastal course sands of New England, as well as inland areas of gravel soils. He identified Deschampsia flexuosa (coastal hair grass) as the most prevalent native grass on Cape Cod and adjacent coastal areas. In 2009 the variety “Pilgrim” was licensed as a “Certified Wild land Collection” by Colonial Seed selected from plants growing in an array of extreme sands in Wellfleet and Brewster on cape Cod. “Pilgrim” is now in commercial production. The Certified Wild Land Program is administered by a unit of Oregon State University.
1970 B/A Lehigh University
- Membership: Phi Beta Kappa
1971 Newborn Farm-Organic Produce
1974 The Stanford Seed Co.
-Forage, Grain and Turf
Originator and director of wholesale seed divisions:
-Oliver Seed
-Old Fox Chemical
-Agriturf,
Vice President and Sales:
-Ef Burlingham&Sons
- Agribiotech
- Landmark Seed
National Pro-Seed division:
-The Scotts Co.
Started Colonial Seed Co. for New England Ecotypes of Native Grasses & Forbs-2008
2010-New England Agronomy, Habitat Restoration Services
Consultant to Maine, N.H., R.I, Mass Pike DOT roadside vegetation specifications.
Developed Maine DOT Roadside seed specifications, and attended NTSB sub-committee on vegetation as guest of MEDOT.
Advisor to Governor Richard Snelling and then Congressman James Jeffords on issues affecting Northeast agriculture-diversification beyond dairy.
New golf course construction specification consultation to an array of notable architects involving over 70 projects from 1988-2008.
Created and directed a team to re-grass the greens at Oak Hill C.C. in preparation for the 1995 Ryder Cup (1993/Rochester, NY)
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