Roots Academy

Patrick Anderson is the Director of Research & Arborologists for Rainbow Ecoscience where he provides direction for Rainbow’s Regional Technical Arboricultural/Horticultural Advisors and Research Scientists. Patrick has a B.S. in Forest Science from Penn State University, is an ISA Board-Certified Master Arborist and Municipal Specialist, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified, an ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist, is ASCA Tree & Plant Appraisal Qualified, and is a North Carolina Licensed Landscape Contractor. In addition, he served as the associate voting member of the ASC A300 Committee and is Past President of the American Society of Consulting Arborists.

Mark Ware is a Board Certified Master Arborist on the Rainbow Ecoscience team, covering the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. He brings over fifteen years of practical experience in arboriculture, plant health care and ornamental horticulture. Mark is responsible for providing technical support and training in Rainbow PHC protocols, research and development of new products and protocols and in-field training with technicians.

Francisco is the Horticulture Specialist for Rainbow Ecoscience (RES). Francisco’s role is to design protocols with the R&D team, and Territory Managers at Rainbow Ecoscience for RES customers while working with industry leaders to integrate these protocols into their business. Francisco began working with Rainbow Companies in 2020, after working 18 years in the Landscape Maintenance Industry in various roles. Francisco graduated from Zamorano University, Honduras with a degree in Agronomy in 2000, then pursued a degree in Agribusiness at Louisiana State University graduating in 2002 before starting a career in the green industry in Florida. Francisco started working on the Golf Course industry in Louisiana just after college, and shortly after got an opportunity to join the team at Tropics north where Francisco spent 16 years building his career. His background in landscape management, irrigation management, and plant health care professional has been his day-to-day experience bringing him to be an excellent resource in developing real life and applicable protocols that can deliver predictable results in the science side and financially. Francisco has become the leading industry resource for RES and its clients on Landscape Management when integrating Plant Growth Regulators and herbicides in the landscape as tools to leverage technology and labor available.