How I found Tallgrass.

My name is Rachel Drietz and here’s the story of how I ended up at Tallgrass Landscape Architecture.

During college I was looking for a part-time job to help pay living expenses and I ended up getting an interview at a local brewery. The owner interviewed me and ultimately decided not to hire me because I would be graduating in the spring, and he didn’t think it would be feasible to hire me just for me to leave in a few months.

 After the interview we got to talking and he asked about what I was going to college for, where I was from, so on and so on. When I told him I was going to college for Landscape Architecture, he said “Hey, have you heard of Tallgrass?”. I said, “Yes, because they had come to an SDSU Christmas banquet a few years ago.” Turned out that he grew up in Custer and he knew Matt. Talk about a small world, here I am trying to just get a part-time job and this man hands me a business card with a phone number to contact Tallgrass. Who knew a simple interview at a brewery could set the course for the start of my career.

Graduation was just around the corner, and I finally decided to reach out. They invited me to come out and chat with them. I was so nervous, but they were so easy to talk to and they made me feel so comfortable. They weren’t sure if they would be able to take me on as a new employee, but they said they would let me know! A few days later Tanya called me to offer me a job just for the summer and of course I accepted. A promise of three months turned into five years and the rest is history.