Koch & Associates, Inc.

Paul James is senior landscape designer at Koch & Associates, Inc., a Diamond Certified company. He can be reached at (408) 758-5705 or by email.

Paul James: From Avocation to a Vocation

By James Florence, Diamond Certified Resource Reporter

FREMONT — While Paul James initially regarded his interest in horticulture as a mere hobby, he later turned his avocation into a lifelong career. It all stemmed from his first job at a local plant nursery. “When I turned 16, I started working at a nursery down the street from my house,” he remembers. “At first, I was just loading plants into customers’ cars and that sort of thing. Then customers started asking me how to choose an...