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Michael Kukol- President
Mike graduated from college in 1976 with a degree in Horticulture. He worked through his high school and college years at a local landscaping business where he learned much about the trade. In 1976, right out of school, Mike started his own landscaping business and emptied his change jar so he could letter his first truck. Growing each year, he expanded the services provided from just landscape management into landscape construction and irrigation. His love for the industry goes back to his teen years when he got started by mowing neighborhood lawns.
Mike is very involved in the industry, holding seats on various Association Boards and serving on the New Jersey State Landscape Irrigation Licensing Board.
Mike prefers to be working in the field but finds that managing the company now comes before getting his hands dirty. Free time is spent with his family camping or enjoying the Adirondacks.
mkukol@horizonlandscape.com
Edward Thomas- General Manager and Landscape Management
 Ed has been involved in the landscape industry since 1964 when he started raking clippings and pushing a mower at a young age. Ed started here at Horizon on Valentine’s Day in 1983. He oversees the daily management of all of the company’s operations and is personally in charge of our landscape management services. During Ed’s time here, he has been a driving force bringing great organization and leadership skills to our company.
Ed went to college to be a music teacher but realized his true love was in the landscaping business. He and Mike go back many years. Prior to the founding of Horizon Landscape Company, Ed was the foreman at another company and Mike was his laborer.
During his free time Ed enjoys a good game of golf.
ethomas@horizonlandscape.com
Corey Armstrong- Landscape Designer
 Corey graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from West Virginia University in 2005. Upon graduating, Corey was employed at a Landscape Architecture / Urban Planning Firm in Westwood, NJ where he worked on various projects ranging from urban revitalization, campus design, recreation and park design, and community planning. After 2 years, Corey made the transition into the design / build aspect of the landscaping business in order to pursue his enthusiasm for working outside, seeing a project develop from start to finish, and to escape the political trials associated with state agencies and municipal committees. Corey has been with Horizon Landscape since the spring of 2007 and continues to enjoy his many responsibilities as a landscape designer. He is currently working towards state licensure to become a certified Landscape Architect.
In his spare time, Corey enjoys a good workout at the gym.
carmstrong@horizonlandscape.com
Kara Hames- Landscape Designer
Kara started at Horizon in 1994 after her freshman year of college. What was to be a summer job pulling weeds, planting flowers and trimming shrubs turned into something bigger. In 1997, Kara graduated from college with a degree in Social Work and returned to us full time until she found a job where she could use her degree – she has been with us ever since. During her time at Horizon, Kara has expanded her skills through landscape design and plant classes at Rutgers University, Bergen Community College and the New York Botanical Gardens. She is gifted at designing landscapes and container plantings.
In her spare time, Kara enjoys escaping to Ireland or anywhere in the tropics.
khames@horizonlandscape.com
Kurt Heidecke- Landscape Supervisor
Kurt began working at Horizon in 1990 where he started in our Landscape construction department. He is responsible for design development, purchasing, crew organization, and quality control. Over the years Kurt has developed an expertise for seeing what will make a landscape look great and how to pull the logistics of a project together.
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Tom Hartigan- Irrigation Manager
Tom’s job responsibilities as Irrigation Manager at Horizon include customer relations, sales, organization, training, providing technical support as well as managing service and installation crews. He joined Horizon in 2007 with twenty years of management experience in the landscaping business. Tom has successfully completed courses in irrigation at Rutgers University and is pursuing ways to bring water management policies to our clients.
In his spare time, Tom enjoys time with his family and attending his daughters swimming events.
thartigan@horizonlandscape.com
Deb VanSchepen- Irrigation Scheduling
Deb’s responsibilities at Horizon are to maintain the scheduling for the Irrigation Department and monitoring all of Horizon Landscape Company’s crews through our GPS tracking system. Deb worked in the “not-for-profit sector” for over 30 years prior to coming here in the spring of 2007. Deb enjoys a good book and vacationing in the mountains.
dvanschepen@horizonlandscape.com
Karen Thomas- Irrigation Billing
Karen is our Irrigation Administrator and handles our Human Resources. She began working here in 1983 and has held various positions in our office since that time. Karen holds a degree in Accounting as well as in her passions: Dressmaking and Clothing Design. Prior to working at Horizon, her experience included: customer service, accounting and payroll.
kthomas@horizonlandscape.com
Laurie Tanis- Accounts Payable and Receivable
Laurie began her career here in 1988 following a position in banking. Her responsibilities include Accounts Payable as well as billing for landscape construction projects and management services. Laurie says: “It is like a family here, the employees really care about each other and do their best to serve the people we work for.
ltanis@horizonlandscape.com
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