Our Team

Rebecca Dubiski came to work for Landscape Art in July 2014 as a Project Manager and Purchaser. She purchased the business in October 2021 and is now the Owner/President. She is responsible for continuing to manage several projects, purchase plant material for all landscaping jobs, and run the business side of the company.

Projects under her management have included Houston Botanic Garden, with the installation of thousands of plants and trees, irrigation, drainage, and hardscape; Pearland SH 35 Beautification, comprised of monument signs, pavers, lighting, planting, and irrigation; Memorial Park Eastern Glades, with the installation of thousands of plants and trees and irrigation; and Edgewater Lakeside Park, including a playground, hardscape, lighting, landscaping, and irrigation.

Rebecca graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness from Texas A&M University in 2010. She is a State of Texas Licensed Irrigator (LI22288). She is very involved with the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association, currently serving on the Education Committee, Advocacy Action Committee and Region 2 Board. She received the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association Young Leader Award in 2018, an award given to only one person in the state of Texas each year. Rebecca is part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Harris County Horticulture Program Committee, Trees for Houston Advisory Board, and Pink Bows Foundation Board.

Prior to her employment at Landscape Art, she worked as a Sales Representative for Nelson Plant Food, covering a large portion of Texas and Southern Louisiana. Rebecca is married to her husband, Drew, and they have a son, Jack, who has his own hard hat and safety vest. She also has two dogs, Walt and Babs, and an office dog named Esperanza (Espy) that the other two dogs don’t know about.

As a Senior Project Manager at Landscape Art, Kevin Arp ensures that project managers and Landscape Art team members have the technical support and resources they need to deliver projects in a manner which exceed designer and owner expectations. Kevin’s focus is on continuing to help Landscape Art build exceptional quality construction projects in a timely manner.

Prior to Landscape Art, Kevin worked for SWA Group as a Landscape Architect-Field Specialist for six years. He served as a member of the SWA team that created and implemented a master plan with multiple large-scale projects for the BP Americas Westlake Campus located in the Houston Energy Corridor. Working as a full-time consultant to The Uptown Development Authority for 5 years, Kevin was responsible for managing capital improvement projects, construction administration services and quality assurance for the pedestrian improvement program as well as other landscape improvement projects.

Prior to working at SWA, Kevin worked for Brickman, a national landscape services company. Kevin contributed there to the areas of production management, branch management and business development. Kevin’s early career included working for Dynamic Environments, Inc., an award-winning design/build landscape architectural services firm and growing up in a family owned and operated design/build landscape architectural services firm in the Rio Grande Valley.

Kevin graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Texas A&M University in 1992. He is a Licensed Irrigator (LI4853) and a Registered Landscape Architect (#2144).

With Kevin’s diverse career and experience in construction, landscape architectural services and commercial landscape maintenance services, he has become an invaluable asset to our organization. His expertise helps to assist and support Landscape Art in delivering innovative solutions with the highest level of quality attainable to our clients.

In 2021, Jackson joined Landscape Art as an estimator to help find, assess, bid, and acquire jobs. Although relatively new to the industry, Jackson has gained knowledge at a rapid pace. His innate ability to grasp concepts and ideas quickly makes him an ideal estimator.

Jackson graduated in 2016 from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi with a Bachelor of Science degree. He is a Licensed Irrigator (LI27313). Jackson is also Espy, our office dog’s, favorite person.

Kayla Garcia became a member of the Landscape Art team in 2015 shortly after receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from East Texas Baptist University. Kayla’s ability to adapt quickly and eagerness to learn has helped her to fit into the strong team dynamic at Landscape Art.

Kayla has been involved in many projects around the Greater Houston Area. She has worked tirelessly on a countless number of Bridgeland projects as well as other sites such as Juan Seguin Park, Atascocita Area Park, Hartman Park, Avondale Promenade Park, and Bayou Greenway Park & Trailhead.

Miguel joined Landscape Art in February 2006. He is a licensed irrigation technician (IT344) and communicates in both English and Spanish. He has worked on and led multiple projects since he has been with us, including projects for Texas A&M University, Houston Parks Board, Johnson Development Corporation, Harris County, Spring Branch Management District, and Houston Botanic Garden.

Miguel’s experience, dedication, and commitment towards doing the job right has earned him compliments from numerous customers, as well as established his value and success within the company.

Nino began working for Landscape Art in June of 2022.

Debbie oversees the Human Resources department, including company healthcare, H2B visa program, housing for crews, among many other duties. Debbie is the type that will tackle anything that is thrown her way, which is how she found herself in her current position. When she first joined Landscape Art, it was to help with filing. She kept grabbing different things and carved out a place for herself during a period of growth at the company as the HR Manager.

Debbie graduated from Gourock High School, Gourock, Scotland in 1983, at almost 16 years old. She attended James Watt College, Greenock, Scotland for a degree in Education.

Debbie worked for a finance company in Scotland before moving to New Jersey in 1992 where she worked in Manhattan as a purchasing agent for textiles and apparel until 2003. In 2004 Debbie moved back to Scotland when her children were little and worked as a teacher there for four years.

Finally, in February 2009 Debbie arrived in Texas and began working with Landscape Art in August 2013.

Dana McCormick first arrived in the Houston area in 1983 and immediately went to work with her sister at Landscape Art. Her effervescent personality and willingness to learn gave her a great reputation with the company’s clients, vendors, and growers.

During her first decade with Landscape Art, Dana was responsible for the accounting, for the payroll and for the operation of the office. During those years, she became proficient in QuickBooks, in Excel and in Word.

In order to improve accuracy and increase efficiency at Landscape Art, Dana created a comprehensive bid program in Excel, which is still in use today. She also spear-headed the conversion to on-screen take-off programming.

Although now retired, Dana was an integral part in creating what Landscape Art is today. Her thoroughness and shear will power to get things done have left her mark on all of us at Landscape Art.

Dana McCormick was born in Alton, IL, is a graduate of Alton High School in 1977 with a 4.0 GPA and has 24 credit hours earned at College of the Mainland in General Business. She now lives in League City and spends considerable time with her husband, raising their two wonderful children. She has been a member and volunteer of the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce since 1989 and was the recipient of the 1999 Competent Toastmaster Award from the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce Toastmaster’s Club.

Jay Williams came to Landscape Art in 1994 during a time of expansion and growth. His success in personnel management, his partial fluency in Spanish and his familiarity with bookkeeping, were important additions to the Landscape Art family.

In the 1990’s, Landscape Art traveled to Tennessee and Florida and throughout Texas for construction projects for Exxon, Trammel-Crow, and the Landmark Organization. For these out-of-town jobs, Jay mobilized the workforce, arranged for accommodations and transportation, interviewed, and set up a new group of vendors and handled various permits and registrations required by a myriad of local organizations and municipalities.

During that period, Jay supervised the irrigation and landscape installation of more than one hundred Exxon retail stores and an equal number of other commercial projects. He designed and built a lighted, floating Shell logo that was installed at the Shell Learning Center in the Woodlands. He also designed and built two Shell logo displays (at the Tournament Player’s Course in the Woodlands and at Redstone Golf Course) for the Shell Houston Open. They were filled with flowers for the tournament each year and were featured in the Houston Chronicle, Sports Illustrated and on live television broadcasts.

In the early 2000’s, Landscape Art pivoted to landscape architect-supervised projects for developers and municipalities. Around 2008, under Jay’s leadership, the company again morphed to a site construction firm.

At the end of Jay’s 24-year tenure at the helm, Landscape Art had become one of the most highly respected site construction firms in the state, having been tabbed for some of the most prestigious projects in the area.

Jay was active in TNLA at the Region level first and later sat on the state board for six years. He was honored to serve as the Chairman of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association in 2019/2020. He is a Licensed Irrigator (LI5635).

Jay is currently semi-retired but continuing to be involved in certain projects.

Shannon Mitchell came to work for Landscape Art in May 2015 as a business manager to help improve business processes and systems, including accounting processes and computer systems supporting the operations. He currently serves as a project manager and controller.

Shannon’s projects typically include projects with the City of Houston, Harris County, and developer projects. His role as the controller involves overseeing the accounting system and forecasting/planning systems, providing senior management with analysis vital for strategic business decisions.

Prior to his employment at Landscape Art, he worked at Stewart Title Guaranty (STG) for over seven years in various roles, including SEC reporting. His latest role at STG was Senior Director, Financial Planning and Strategic Analysis. As the Senior Director, he managed the corporate forecasting system and provided deep-dive analysis for various business improvement projects.

Shannon graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University in 1994. He has been a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas since 2004.

Geovani (Hamilton) Martinez started working with us in June 2013. When he first started, he was on a field crew that did primarily landscaping work.

In 2016, he transitioned to working in the office as an estimator. He is proficient in our takeoff program, solicits pricing from vendors, and organizes quotes to ensure the correct pricing makes it into the submitted bid for each project. His two favorite projects that he’s worked on are Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire and Houston Botanic Garden.

Geovani is currently working on his degree in Construction Management. He is passionate about his Crocs, sneakers, and dogs.

Favio Orellana came to work for Landscape Art in 1998 during a time of company growth, after graduating from Clear Creek High School. He applied himself with dedication and passion and quickly became a crew leader. Through years of on-the-job learning and observation, he regularly showed his skills in organizing and motivating workers.

Favio is currently the Senior Quality Control Manager, while also supporting the estimating department. He manages Landscape Art crews and subcontractors, while constructing complicated projects.

Jobs under Favio’s management have included private development jobs, such as Telfair, Aliana, Eagle Spring, River Stone, Sienna Plantation, and Woodson’s Reserve; and large public jobs, such as University of Houston, Uptown Development District, Juan Seguin Park, Atascocita Park, Bayou Greenway Park, El Franco Lee Plaza, multiple City of Houston parks, and Springwoods Village.

Favio is a Licensed Irrigator (LI17188) and is one of fewer than 100 Certified Landscape Technicians in Texas. He has received rave reviews from Landscape Architects and Owners Representatives in his conduct, his honesty, his supervisory skills, and his ability to build beautiful hardscape and landscape projects.

Favio was born in El Salvador, is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and is a husband and father of two boys and one girl.

Freddie Del Cid is a Quality Control Manager for Landscape Art. He joined the company in 2014 and has been intricately involved with commercial construction. When first starting with us, he was a mechanic, working on the equipment and trucks. His skill set was quickly recognized as one that would be ideal for a Quality Control Manager, and his role shifted over several years.

Freddie specializes in concrete and new site developments and has completed the OSHA 10, OSHA 30 and Traffic Control certifications. He is also currently working on becoming a licensed irrigator.

Prior to Landscape Art, Freddie played soccer professionally. He is a native Houstonian and enjoys spending time on the Gulf Coast with family and friends. His passions include fishing, hunting and competitive sports.

Debbie Gerac came to Landscape Art in 2006 to fill the accounting position and provide administrative support. During a period of growth and expansion of the company, she transitioned into the more specialized duties of accounts receivable, contract administration, and project administrative support.

Debbie has over 30 years of experience in accounting with an A.A. degree. Although her duties lie more within the administrative functions of the company than the horticultural, Debbie’s tenure at Landscape Art has inspired her to become a wildflower enthusiast. When not processing pay applications or contractor’s qualification statements, she can often be found on an East Texas roadside taking pictures of an eye-catching Queen Anne’s lace, a field of colorful Indian blanket flowers, or the rare sighting of a Texas bluebell.

Ana has been with Landscape Art since February of 2020. She was originally hired as an Administrative Assistant, but her role has transitioned into Human Resources Field Coordinator, which encompasses scheduling appointments for crew members, coordinating with H2B workers to ensure the arrival process is smooth, training the crews on the always changing technology that we use at Landscape Art, tracking PPE distribution and inventory as well as the many other items that come up on a daily basis. She also onboards new employees, supervises time tracking, and manages/monitors safety meeting participation and equipment inspections.

Ana received her Associate of Arts in Business at San Jacinto College and is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Houston. During her free time, she enjoys being with her family and friends. She also loves music and sports and can often be found attending concerts and sporting events. (Especially for the Astros, Texans and Rockets). She is an animal lover and has three dogs (Mili, Buddy, Bello) and a cat (Abel). She would probably have more if her schedule allowed it.

Anita McCormick received her bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at the University of Houston in 1984. While in college, she supported herself by performing landscape maintenance in the Clear Lake / League City area south of Houston. Her “part-time job” became the company, which is now Landscape Art.

One of her customers was a Shell station in Dickinson, Texas. It wasn’t long before the station caught the attention of some of the Shell corporate folks in Houston. Within a few years, Anita was designing the landscaping for all the Houston area Shell stations and Landscape Art was installing most of them.

As the company grew, the reputation of Anita and Landscape Art grew with it. Exxon decided that they were ready to improve their image and asked Anita to come up with a landscape concept that would be “different from and better than Shell”. What Anita came up with became the Exxon Signature Landscape. It was so successful that Landscape Art provided landscape and irrigation designs for all the new Exxon retail company stores in Texas, Tennessee, and Louisiana through the 1990’s. Additionally, Anita has acted as a consultant for Exxon in Dallas, Memphis, Orlando, Nashville, Washington D.C., and Baltimore.

Anita McCormick was born in Alton, Illinois, has lived in the Houston area for over thirty years and is married. She is a Past-President of the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Toastmaster’s Club and is a Past-President of the Lady’s Golf Association at South Shore Harbour Country Club. She is a member of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association, is a Certified Landscape Professional (CLP #336), and a Texas Licensed Irrigator (LI7824).

Carmelo Orellana started with Landscape Art in 1994 just after he graduated from Clear Creek High School. His ability to manage in the field, his fluency in Spanish and English and his devotion to accomplishing his tasks made him indispensable to the Landscape Art family.

Carmelo has the distinction of being one of fewer than 100 landscapers in the State of Texas to complete all phases of the testing for the Certified Landscape Technician (CLT#233647) exam as designed by Planet (formerly Associated Landscape Contractors of America) and administered by TNLA. He is now an OHBA Organic Educator and instructor at the Region II TNLA Winter Workshop training meetings and serves on the Education Committee of Region 2.

He is a Licensed Irrigator (LI7893) and has certifications that include “Certified Four Stroke and Two Stroke Engine Technician” from the Equipment & Engine Training Council and the ICPI Certified Concrete Paver Installer Program from the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute.

Carmelo’s many accomplishments were recognized by the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association in 2010 as he became the first Hispanic recipient of the Young Leader award. To be chosen from among tens of thousands of landscapers in the state is not only an incredible honor, but an indication of the dedication and professionalism that he continues to exhibit.

Hugo Palma joined Landscape Art in June 2022 as a Project Manager.

Projects that he has been a part of are Trees for Houston Office, Texas Southern University, TC East Linear, The Commons, Freeway Manor Park, Love Park, Nieto Park, and Bendwood Park.

Hugo graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston in 2010.

Prior to his employment at Landscape Art, he worked at CobbFendley & Associates, Inc. for five years as a Project Engineer in the Utility Coordination department. He contributed to the Broadband group within the department in the areas of design, permitting, construction documents, project controls/management, and QAQC procedures and implementation.

Karen Orellana joined Landscape Art in 2012. Her dedication, passion for learning, and organizational skills gave her the opportunity to eventually gain the role of project administrator. Her duties include coordinating work with crews and subcontractors, creating schedules, sending purchase orders, generating submittals, and onsite supervision of work. Karen’s warm personality, mixed with her industry knowledge, make her a joy to work with. She is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Projects under her management have included Bayou Greenway Normandy, Richmond Median for St. George Place Re-Development Authority, Briar Branch, Brock Adventure Park, Pomona Backyard Park, Post Oak, and several Hermann Park projects.

Porfirio Martinez worked for Landscape Art from 1994 to 2000 and returned to us in February of 2007. In this time he has proven himself, not only as a hard worker, but also as a competent leader. He is safety oriented and communicates in both English and Spanish. He has his OSHA 10 and is licensed as an Irrigation Technician #IT0351.

Projects under Porfirio’s leadership include Pearland SH 35, Parish School Oak Creek, Lott Hall- Hermann Park, Lago Mar, and Edgewater Lakeside Park.

Sean joined the Landscape Art Family in Fall 2021 as a Quality Control Manager, who oversees and manages all landscape maintenance projects. Sean strives to ensure that all projects are not only seen to completion, but also held to the highest standard of work, so that they may flourish for years to come.

Sean’s background in environmental science and attention to detail, combined with his field experience in restoring native environments across Texas, has given him the tools necessary to facilitate healthy, sustainable growth of all landscapes in any project undertaken by Landscape Art. He is passionate about the environment, committed to his work, and excited to take on new challenges.

Sean is a graduate of Texas A&M University Galveston, from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in Marine Science and minors in both Geology and Oceanography. He is a Licensed Irrigator (LI27344).

His initial work experience began with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) where he participated in and led various field crews to restore wetland and forest habitats throughout Houston, Matagorda, Dickinson, and East Texas. From May 2020 to September 2021, Sean was with the Memorial Park Conservancy in Houston, where he worked as a conservation technician for their Forestry, Wetland and Prairie departments whose primary goals were to preserve biodiversity and improve overall health of the surrounding ecosystems.

Mary Garcia joined Landscape Art in 2014 as the Bookkeeper/Accounts Payable manager. In addition to managing the accounts payable, Mary also produces the company payroll where she utilizes her A.A. degree on a daily basis.

Prior to joining Landscape Art, Mary worked for one of the top bankruptcy law firms in the Houston area as a legal secretary, which included corresponding with debtors and creditors, as well as making distributions to creditors and reporting the distributions to the court. Prior to working as a legal secretary, Mary worked for Kenneth Havis, CPA for 23 years until he retired. She was the office manager and also prepared the company payroll, as well as assisted with the preparation of tax returns for clients which consisted of both individual and corporate clients.

Mercy Orellana joined Landscape Art in March of 2020 as a purchasing/field coordinator and Accounts Payable assistant. She manages inventory at the office and coordinates the storage and distribution of materials, spare parts, and supplies to ensure crew needs are met, resulting in company productivity and success. She helps manage financial transactions related to logistics and crews. She also helps develop new strategies to streamline processes and reduce costs.

Mercy was born and raised in El Salvador and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from University Tecnologica of El Salvador. Prior to joining Landscape Art, she worked as Operations Manager for Quality Diesel Multiservices in the Houston area. One of the highlights of El Salvador is the colorful flora and vegetation, so working at Landscape Art brings her back to those roots.

She is also an expert travel agent and has complete knowledge of airline reservation systems. She worked for a travel agency for 15 years, gaining a lot of experience in the field and fueling her taste for traveling.

Mercy is committed to quality and ensuring team success.

Esperanza (Espy) started working for Landscape Art in March 2022. We found her abandoned at a job site that was to, ironically, become a dog park.

She fulfills her role of greeter, head of security, and morale booster with dogged enthusiasm.