The RHG Team

Christopher Raimondi, CLP

President & CEO

Chris Raimondi, CLP, is the President & CEO of Raimondi Horticultural Group, a leading full-service horticultural company renowned for its environmentally friendly landscape designs. With over 50 years of industry experience, Chris imparts his extensive knowledge as an Adjunct Professor of Horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden and Bergen Community College. In 2017, he was honored by induction into the American Hort Interior Plantscape Hall of Fame.

Chris is a founding member of Pinnacle V, a peer group for lantscape professionals, and serves on the Board of Directors for Green Plants for Green Buildings (GPGB). In his local community, he is actively involved as a board member of the NJ Shade Tree Federation and serves as Assistant Chief of the Ho-Ho-Kus Fire Department, where he is also a past Chief. His passion for horticulture, ignited at an early age, drives his advocacy for plant health and environmental sustainability.

Leann Surz

Vice President

Leann is our Vice President of Customer Relations, focusing on managing our client needs. Leann got her start in Horticulture as a saleswoman specializing in interior landscape goods. Her love of plants inspired her to learn more about floral design and to take classes in Ornamental Horticulture at the College of Cook County. She also earned the designation of Certified Landscape Technician, Interior (CLT-I), an esteemed international certification program. She cites Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania as one of her inspirations for floral and interiorscape design—specifically the Orchid conservatory and the springtime Hydrangea displays.

Leann dedicates her free time to floral and interiorscape instruction as a committee member and volunteer to many national trade associations, including AmericanHort, the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) and the Tropical Plant Industry Exposition (TPIE). She is also an active volunteer in the community, and the Founding President of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ho-Ho-Kus Fire Department.

Lisa Garvey

Finance Director

Lisa has been with Raimondi Horticultural Group as Finance Director for almost 15 years. Her commitment to our processes in finance and human resources creates success in our business activity. She enjoys communicating how the company is performing from a financial aspect, and is always exploring how the business can operate more efficiently and effectively. Lisa loves lending a hand to the party planning team when she can, jumping in on holiday parties as well as in our event division. Although Lisa spends a lot of her time inside the office, we find her in the warehouse looking at her favorite orchids.

John N. Hoitsma, Jr.

Creative Manager

John is our Creative Manager, who is responsible for design and events that our company produces. One of his specialties is holiday display work, where he lends his artistic eye to a variety of interior and exteriorscape projects. His crowd-pleasing designs have come from an eclectic mix of inspirations including his mother’s garden, succulent plants and using obscure resources to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind designs. His fellow team members describe him as a creative mind who puts all into his displays, creating magic moments out of the most humble beginnings. Nicknamed “The Johnny Extra”, John is always there to be prepared.

Maria Sorochynskyj

Office Manager

When clients call, our Office Manager Maria is the first person they speak with, so it’s clear from the start that they are in good hands. She’s the company taskmaster, who’s known for her detective ability to get to the bottom of issues the moment they arise. Her RHG responsibilities may be too numerous to list, but she handles them with grace and ease, thanks in large part, she believes, to her peaceful, plant-filled surroundings. A gardener herself, Maria’s own backyard is one of her favorite escapes.

Anna Cacoilo

Lead Floral Designer

Anna, who is the Lead Floral Designer at Raimondi Horticultural Group and The Little Flower Shoppe, creates beautiful fresh florals for both the home and corporate spaces.   As a designer for over fifteen years, Anna has a love of flowers with a European garden lush esthetic. What inspires her?  Being surrounded by nature, color and people within the industry. Anna travels to the floral markets to hand pick the freshest and best floral varieties for her clients. Anna’s overwhelming strength is her creativity, and she uses her home as a visual mood board. This drives her husband crazy!!  However, he is delighted to be part of her inspirations.