Cameron Marcelle, a landscaper and gardener, uses the knowledge he acquired at Kennett Square’s Longwood Gardens to add color and comfort to communities, writes Aaron R. Mushrush for the Cape Gazette. 

Marcelle currently works as director of landscaping for Tunnell Companies. His responsibilities include Baywood Greens, a resort-style community, and the sprawling communities of Pot-Nets. 

He landed his new position by first studying at Delaware Technical Community College. After graduating, he heard about the Longwood Gardens professional gardener training program. The course only accepts up to 20 people, and in 1995, Marcelle was one of them. 

“We were meeting people that were the rockstars of the gardening world,” said Marcelle. 

After completing the program, he got a job working on a 250-acre Ambler property. 

“Imagine having 250 acres, 20 minutes outside downtown Philly,” he said. “It was like the country in the city.” 

He joined Tunnell Companies as a director of landscaping in 1999. 

“We’re trying to build more sustainable landscapes,” he explained. “In the beginning, we wanted color, [so] let’s pop annuals here and annuals there. Now we’re trying to get a little bit more sustainable with perennials and shrubs.” 

Read more about Cameron Marcelle in the Cape Gazette. 

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