40 Under 40, Class of 2014

Wali Hashimi

Company

Dumfries Nursery & Garden Center, Dumfries, Va.

Job Title

Operations Manager

Accomplishments

Responsible for managing all aspects of garden center’s greenhouse production operations including the establishment and launch of organic and heirloom vegetable lines. Helped guide garden center and nursery to multiple accolades for service and quality throughout the Virginia-D.C.-Maryland region.

Extracurricular

Fore! Wali is a graduate of George Mason University who, in his spare time, likes to escape to the driving range and hit golf balls “for hours on end.”

Fun Facts

Championship Caliber Landscaping: Back in the 1980s, Wali’s father did landscape work for many of the football players on the Washington Redskins, including former head coach and current NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs.





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