Marshall Freeman
/age: 30 | Landscape Designer | Freeman Landscape
Marshall Freeman grew up going to work with his father and watched him grow a successful landscaping business. He has been learning about plants since he was born. “Not only was I born into the landscaping business, but I absolutely love it and know it is what I am called to do,” he says. “I’ve worked with my family learning all about plants and outdoor living at both Freeman Nursery and Freeman Landscape.”
As a landscape designer for his family’s business, Marshall creates custom 3D landscape designs for residential and commercial properties and installs them as well. He has attended trainings and professional development seminars all over the area to hone his skills, even training and building koi ponds with some of the most famous landscapers and pond builders in the world, including Ed Beaulieu and Greg Wittstock. He has also helped build a church on a remote African island named Idugu and helped engineer and install a French drain system for a boys’ orphanage in Mozambique.
A family man, Marshall says that marrying Summer, the woman of his dreams, is his greatest personal accomplishment. They have one son, Wesley, and look forward to growing their family in the future. Spending time in the great outdoors and going on adventures as a family are ways the Freemans spend their downtime.
“I have worked and trained to become a licensed irrigator and a certified lawn and pesticide applicator. My greatest professional achievement is obtaining my irrigator license, as well as my chemical application licenses,” Marshall describes. “I researched and taught myself to become one of the first and only professional landscape designers in the area that designs 3D virtual landscape designs in great detail.”
In 10 years, Marshall hopes to be ten times the father, husband, and businessman that he is now. And he hopes to never stop learning and obtaining more knowledge so he can continue providing his clients with the outdoor space of their dreams.
Best piece of advice:
“The only people that aren’t making mistakes are the ones that aren’t doing anything. Always work as hard as you can, and do the best you can.” —Curtis Freeman, Marshall’s grandfather
Name something about you that very few people know:
“As a kid, I used to skateboard and still have a few tricks up my sleeve.”