Bridget Belton

Experience

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  Self-employed

  Jul 2020 - now

  Business Owner

  Sold rare and hard-to-find plants from own curated collection. Generated over $2,000 across 200+ sales. Gained organizational skills as well as marketing techniques. Learned how to package plants safely, advertise items to consumers, and navigate complications. Demonstrated exceptional customer service and built a loyal client base.

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  CoCo San Sustainable Farm

  Jan 2021 - May 2023

  Student Volunteer

  Mastered sustainable farming methods and techniques through planting, weeding, mulching, and harvesting. Oriented new volunteers as well as assisted with produce donation. Expanded farm capacity by assisting greenhouse builds & clearing new rows for seedlings. Learned regenerative farming methods (carbon sequestering, etc).

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  Galileo Learning

  Jun 2022 - Nov 2024

  Summer Camp Counselor

  Supported daily activities such as extended care, lunch, and classroom lessons in a 300-kid camp. Assisted campers in creating STEM-centered projects, encouraging problem-solving and persistence. Created games, songs, and skits to cultivate camp culture. Gained confidence with being an authoritative figure by managing daily conflicts.

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  Rohan Murphy Irish Dance

  Sept 2022 - Feb 2025

  Assistant Dance Instructor

  Fostered enthusiasm for Irish dance through mentoring younger dancers in classes. Instructed both one-on-one private lessons and group classes, refining basic skills in beginner steps. Broke down steps and drilled movements to establish proper techniques. Taught weekly classes sizes of around 20 dancers, aged 4-10.

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  UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley

  Nov 2024 - now

  Cultivating and propagating hard-to-find plants to sell at the garden's Plant Deck and at pop-up sales to further the garden’s educational mission. Propagating plants via stem cuttings, division, and nodes. Other responsibilities include watering, pulling weeds in pots or in the ground in working areas and checking the Plant Deck for watering needs and restocking. Working to maintain the tropical plants inside the newly renovated Virginia Haldan Tropical House at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, focusing on the living wall.

  • Houseplant Propagator

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Tropical House Volunteer

    Nov 2024 - now