David Yost

Merrifield Plant Specialist

Passionate about helping customers solve gardening dilemmas, you can find David with his plant RX pad in hand, prescribing treatment plans at our Fair Oaks and Merrifield Plant Clinics. You may know David from his co-hosting days on our Merrifield’s Gardening Advisor TV show.

David received his degree in horticulture from Virginia Tech and since then has worked as a landscape designer, arborist, and county extension agent. He is a Virginia Certified Professional Horticulturalist and Pesticide Applicator, and a past president of the Fairfax County Master Gardener’s Association. In his free time David is an avid gardener, cyclist and yogi.