Our Team

Meet The Holly Days Nursery & Landscaping Team

Torrey Rose

Owner / Operator

Torrey favorite aspect of landscape design is planning and installing backyard poolscapes. Torrey’s passion behind horticulture and landscapes began working at a holly farm in Bucks County as a kid. He trimmed the holly trees and learned a lot about the various techniques involved in the care of plants. Torrey was able to develop this opportunity into a business at Christmas time. “Friends and family would ask me to trim their Holly and I would turn around and sell those cuttings to florists and garden centers up and down the east coast,” Torrey says.

Then came Holly Days, “I started this little garden center and landscape company and my brother John came on, and oh the fun we had! Now we have seven (7) acres in Horsham Township, Ambler, and five (5) acres in Hilltown, PA. We run a full-service landscape design and build company, a retail and wholesale nursery, and a gorgeous retail garden center.”

Torrey is a Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturalist (PCH) and maintains his (ICPI) Interlocking Concrete Paving Institute certification as well. He actively maintains membership with (PLNA) Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association and was a member of the board of directors from 2015-2017. Torrey, of course, brings forever work experience, dedication, and lifelong passion to Holly Days Nursery & Landscaping each day.

John Rose

Owner / Operations Manager

John is the go-to project manager for paver patio installations, gorgeous new patios involving the removal of existing hardscape features, or blending new and old construction together to create something astounding that customers will love.

Drawing on 40 years of building, plumbing, and electrical experience, John oversees the job from mobilization to completion. “I love recreating a backyard into usable and beneficial space,” says John.  “I love how happy our clients are when we are finished, and they get to sit out on their new patio with their friends and family.”

While John thought he would be a famous race car driver one day, his true calling turned out to be landscape and hardscape installation. When John competitively raced sprint cars he was always in control and very committed to learning the track, tuning his car, and finding a way to win. He uses some of the driving techniques today, and even says, “It’s just another way of working with my hands and getting dirty,” with a smile.

Danielle Goodson

Nursery Manager

Danielle wears many hats at the nursery, from general manager to nursery sales and helping load up her clients trucks—but her favorite task is stocking the perennial section. “In the spring it’s creeping phlox & hellebores. In the summer it’s echinacea, nepeta, lavender, and hosta. During the fall it’s sedum, asters, and so many others,” Danielle says enthusiastically! “I get to make sure we have tons of ornamental grasses and decide what new perennial introductions to bring into the garden center. Every year this section gets larger and I get to buy more awesome products.”

Danielle came to Holly Days Nursery shortly after graduating college. She was initially hired to work in the garden center. Owners, Torrey and John, immediately recognized her leadership capabilities and natural business sense. Today, as a nursery manager, Danielle plays a key role in the day-to-day functions of the nursery—everything including purchasing products, IT, sales / advertising, employee staffing, and training. She brings 20+ years of experience to the Holly Days Nursery team. “Looking back,” Danielle notes, “Though I haven’t traveled far physically in my career, I have been able to see Holly Days grow from a small wholesale-only garden center to one of the largest retail, wholesale and design/build landscape nurseries in the area. I am proud of knowing I was a big part of that growth.”

Brad Hall

Senior Project Manager

Brad is responsible for various project management objectives with everything from crew mobilization and coordination in the mornings, project management & estimating during the day, and managing the design & build team. He takes pride in providing dedicated and quality results to each project that Holly Days completes.

Brad specializes in working with our clients from the pre-design phase to the finished product. He has been in the landscape industry since attending Delaware Valley College. Brad has done everything from manual landscaping at jobsites, digging holes, and planting to implementing the full and complete sales and design business objectives.

Brad maintains his Commercial Pesticide Applicators License and his Class A CDL License and brings more than 35 years of landscape industry experience to the Holly Days Nursery Design & Build team. 

Paul Faulkner

Vice President of Nursery Operations

Paul is the Vice President of Nursery Operations at HDN and buys and sells products for the retail center and the wholesale side of business. He focuses on team management and manages the day to day operations of the 7-acre nursery.

His focus is on encouraging dedicated and efficient work with the nursery crews, including bulk loading, tree digging, and maintenance crews. Paul also focuses on customer relations and sales. He has great relationships with so many of our customers and continues to build them.

Paul began working in the nursery industry at 15 years old and has not left the industry since! He started in greenhouse production after college, moved into garden center management for 15 years, then to wholesale nursery sales for 15 years. Finally, Paul landed with us here at Holly Days Nursery, his “best move ever”, bringing 41 years of experience to the team. His focus, knowledge, and professionalism have helped push the customer experience with garden center experts to the next level. Feel free to reach out to Paul if you have questions about anything gardening related, as he is sure to help!

Tom Hartman

CFO / Controller

Tom is responsible for all accounting aspects of Holly Days Nursery & Landscaping along with human resources, payroll, insurance, & investment coordination responsibilities, he also is assisting with the integration of our new POS (point of sale) system.

Tom has worked in the Landscape & Garden Center industry for nearly 35 years. At Waterloo Gardens, on the mainline, Tom was the Director of Information Technology for 25 years.

Tom’s professional affiliations include being a public notary, a certified food handler, and a lifetime member of Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Fraternity for two year and junior colleges. Tom currently lives in Pottstown, PA with his wife of 29 years.  In his off time, he and his wife enjoy relaxing in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.

We will be adding more staff members shortly. Please stay tuned for more interesting background info. 😊

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