Ken Andersen

Ken Andersen is Vice President and General Manager of nursery Operations for Walter Andersen Nursery. A third generation nurseryman Ken has followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps since he was a small child. A graduate of University of San Diego High School and holding a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration Ken's responsibilities include overseeing strategic planning, preparing company-wide sales projections, providing customer service and responsibility for the store operations. Having started in an entry level position watering plants, Ken has learned all aspects of the business from entry level to upper management. He has worked full time for the family company since 1981. He holds California Certified Nurseryman Certificate #1851 which he earned when he was 18 after successfully completing a test administered by the California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers.

Ken's personal interest in plants is very eclectic from unusual cactus and succulents to rare tropicals and orchids. Ken's favorite part of the world is the South Pacific having vacationed in Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia with a brief stop in Roratonga. Wherever he goes, from the deserts of Mexico's Baja peninsula to the lush green tropics of Bora Bora, Ken always investigates the plants growing there looking for the strange, unusual or just plain beautiful.

Ken has served as a past member of the Board of Directors of the Master Nurseryman's Association. He is currently President of the Board of Trustees of the Maritime Museum of Association of San Diego, Second Vice President of the Executives Association of San Diego, member of the Board of Directors and Operations Committee of the Better Business Bureau of San Diego and Imperial Counties, past member of the Marketing Committee of the San Diego Historical Society, and is an active member of San Diego Rotary Club #33.