Brad Clayton

Background

About Brad Clayton

Brad Clayton is the Education, Social Marketing, and Public Relations Manager at Clayton Garden Center in North Webster, Indiana, as well as a Watershed Conservationist for The Watershed Foundation. After growing up in the family garden center, Brad studied Plant and Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University specializing in crop science. Upon graduation he worked two years for Harvestland Co-op as a Yield Pro Specialist, working with producers. He then became a territory sales manager for Bonide Products, a lawn and garden chemical company, traveling extensively for two years educating and training consumers and retailers on proper chemical use and application. Ultimately, choosing to return to the family business in 2013. Brad's many different experiences working in both Agronomy and Horticulture have given him a unique, somewhat unorthodox perspective on today's challenges bridging the gaps between the public and conservation practices. Brad is also an associate supervisor for the Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the current chairman of the Arrow Head Resource Conservation and Development Council, a ten county area in Northern Indiana that focuses on natural resource and conservation education, as well as the North Central Region Director of the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Council.