Mario Mirelez

Mario leads sales, marketing, and container design at Schlegel Greenhouse, bringing nearly a decade of independent garden center experience to the Hoosier Boy team.

Before joining Schlegel five years ago, Mario was the perennial buyer at Sundown Gardens in Westfield, Indiana — one of the most respected independent garden centers in the state. That retail background gives him a rare perspective: he knows what sells, what performs, and what gardeners actually take home.

His specialty is designing combination planters that hold up all season long in Indiana's unpredictable weather. If you've used the Planter Designer on this site, you've used Mario's brain.