MEET the TEAM!
We are a small, women owned business focused on delivering
high quality plants and customer service.
Thank you for the opportunity to work with you.
We have a passion for native plants and are lucky to have a team equally enthusiastic!
AIMEE KELLEY
Owner, Sales
MIKE THOMAS
Reclamation & Technical Sales
ABOUT CHRISTINE
Christine has a wide variety of experience in restoration including noxious weed treatment & management, native plant identification, rare plant surveys, seed collection and revegetation project implementation
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B.S Ecological Restoration, M.S. Forestry, University of Montana - Missoula
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Manages A/P, A/R and inventory; seed collection lead; consulting lead
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She enjoys spending her free time in the woods or on the river with her two dogs and husband Joel.
CHRISTINE LAWSON
Office & Operations Manager,
Sales Assistance
ABOUT TRICIA
Tricia has over 10 years experience in production farming and native plant propagation. Her attention to detail and experience in managing a variety of crops is key to GBNP's continuing reliability and success.
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B.S. Microbiology and Biotech- Missouri State University
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As GBNP's Production and Shipping manager, Tricia oversees all propagation and plant maintenance, shipping and quality control
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Outside of GBNP, she grows and roasts New Mexico style chiles with her partner and dogs
TRICIA SCANLON
Production Manager
ABOUT CHRISTINE
Christine has a wide variety of experience in restoration including noxious weed treatment & management, native plant identification, rare plant surveys, seed collection and revegetation project implementation
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B.S Ecological Restoration, M.S. Forestry, University of Montana - Missoula
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Manages A/P, A/R and inventory; seed collection lead; consulting lead
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She enjoys spending her free time in the woods or on the river with her two dogs and husband Joel.
JEANNE MONTPLAISIR
Seed Manager
ROSS MATHENA
Greenhouse Staff:
Lead Hort Support
ABOUT MICHELLE
Year started at Great Bear: 2021
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Michelle is our lead staffer for retail ready plant material including plant maintenance, pot ups and order prep
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MICHELLE WILSON
Greenhouse Staff: Retail Ready
ABOUT HEIDI
Year started at GBNP: 2022
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Heidi is an ace in the greenhouse and completes a large amount of our sowing, cuttings preparation, thinning, grading and shipping prep
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She loves summer and spends her favorite season working in the yard, reading and going on motorcycle rides with her husband
HEIDI HEWITT
Greenhouse Staff
ABOUT ALEX
Year started at Great Bear: 2018
Alex has been with GBNP since the beginning! He has been fundamental in developing facilities' protocols, improving systems and keeping things running smoothly
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Leads and/or assists with soil mixing and filling, facilities repair and maintenance, shipping
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During the summer and fall, Alex works on the Bitterroot River as a fly-fishing guide.
Looking for a conservation-oriented guide? Email him here
ALEX HIBALA
GH Staff: Hort Support
ABOUT GREG
Year started at GBNP: 2023
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Greg aids in all things greenhouse support such as construction, soil building and container prep
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In his free time, he likes swimming in mountain lakes after a long hike... as long as they're still not frozen!
GREG BREMER
Greenhouse Staff: Hort Support
ABOUT JESSI
Year started at GBNP: 2021
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Jessi assists in and around the greenhouse with propagation work, shipping prep and container prep
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Her favorite native plants are lupine and hyssop
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Off the job she attends church, loves dogs and studies mycology