Our Brian Gardens Team
Brandon Blair
President
Brandon started his landscaping career with Brian Gardens in 2003, becoming a crew leader, and working under Brian for his chemical applicator apprenticeship until leaving in 2005 to further his career. He has worked for multiple landscape and outdoor living firms, creating unique living spaces in some of Houston’s most recognizable neighborhoods, and led a sizeable multi-family landscape and maintenance branch for the last six years.
He is a licensed irrigator and a licensed chemical applicator in Texas. When Brandon isn’t working, you’ll find him coaching his son’s baseball team, watching a dance recital for his daughter, or somewhere in the bay fishing on his kayak.
Luba Masarova
Office Manager
Luba is the person you hear when you call our office. With her knowledge of accounting and managing our office, she keeps everything running smoothly. That is when she is not touring around the country on her motorcycle. Luba’s favorite thing about working here is that she works with a team that makes the word a little more beautiful, one colorful garden at a time.
Tammy Symons
Landscape sales, Designer, Purchasing
Tammy Symons is a salesperson and the purchasing agent at Brian Gardens Landscape and Irrigation.
She has been in the horticultural industry for over 29 years spending 17 years at a wholesale grower in
sales and as the shipping manager while learning all about the plants that grow in the south, then went
on to work in retail, re-wholesale nurseries landscape design and landscaping.
While at Brian Gardens she has learned a new 3D landscape design program that gives the customer an
instant 3D video visual of their design so they can see what the finished project will look like at their
home.
Tammy is proud to be in the landscape industry and thrives on making sure every job goes smoothly, be
it small or large, and every customer is satisfied with the design and installation. She loves getting up in
the morning, knowing she will be designing a beautiful project and making someone incredibly happy
with their outdoor living space.
Tammy has two grown sons, one daughter in law and two granddaughters. She lives with her dog, Jackson, loves to cook, grow food, play in the garden, and talks to her mother every day.
Raul Olivas
Lawn Care Maintenance Supervisor
Raul is a master of all trades, originally from the great state of Kansas. Raul joined the company in 2012 and worked as a foreman for several years before taken the position of maintenance supervisor. He is a proud father of two daughters and a fearless boxer.