Our Team

Mario Lanthier

Owner / Operator
Involved with nursery IPM, urban IPM and research.

Mario has worked in the horticulture industry since 1980.

Professional certification:

- Certified Arborist
International Society of Arboriculture (renewed 2019)
- Certificate of training: Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ)
ISA, renewed 2019
- Certificate of training: Nursery Certification Programs
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2005
- Soil FoodWeb Advisor
Soil FoodWeb, Corvallis OR, renewed in 2007

Awards:

- Education of the Year Award
2013, B.C. Landscape & Nursery Association (BCLNA)
- Award of Excellence in Pest Management
2012, Professional Pest Management Association of British Columbia (PPPABC)
- Education Award
2009 from the Pacific NorthWest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA)
- Certificate of Appreciation for the development of Health and Safety Regulations for Agriculture
1993 from the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia (WCB)

 Stefanie Harder

Involved in greenhouse IPM as well as pesticide efficacy trials.

Stefanie has been in the horticultural industry since 2005.

Education:

-Four-year Apprenticeship in Production Horticulture
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
-Pesticide Applicator Certificate: Landscape
-Viticulture Technician Diploma
Okanagan College Penticton

-Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) ISA, certified 2019

 Cora Watts

Cora has been working in our company since 2016.

Education:

- Bachelor of Science with Honours, Freshwater Science, Minor in Biology
University of British Columbia Okanagan