The Plant Professionals

Amanda has been with TLC Garden Centers for 22 years. She has been a Retail Manager for the past 10 years. She was born and raised in Tecumseh, OK and graduated from OSU-OKC with a Horticulture degree in 2005.

Bob grew up in the nursery business and worked for his family’s company, Gerdes Nursery, with locations in Shawnee & Edmond. He was honored as the Oklahoma Nurseryman of the Year in 2008 and has served as President of the Oklahoma Nursery & Landscape Association. When his family sold their nursery locations, Bob spent a few years in the wholesale nursery and landscape business before joining Frank McDonald as an owner of TLC Garden Centers.

Brandi has been with TLC Garden Centers for 16 years. Born and raised in Moore, OK, Brandi graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in Horticulture in 2000. She was an herb grower in Dallas, TX for 5 years as well as Interiorscaping for 3 years in Ft.Worth, TX.

Darrell has been with TLC for 3 years, one of which as the new Nursery Manager. Before joining TLC he worked at a local Oklahoma tree farm and has extensive knowledge in all things trees. Darrell has a strong background in retail having co-owned his own business in Oklahoma City for several years; providing a great asset to TLC’s team of Plant Professionals.

Frank has owned numerous retail companies in the Southwest and has an extensive background in commercial real estate development. He and Bob hope to build upon TLC’s tremendous foundation provided by the founders, Charles and Linda Shackelford.

Frank has served on the board of many non-profits as well as trustee of his church. He and wife Tricia have two sons and three beautiful grandchildren.

Sue has worked for TLC Garden Centers since 1993, having managed two of its stores in her time here. She was born and raised in Oklahoma City and attended Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining TLC Garden Centers, she worked in the landscaping industry for 3 years.