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Our Team:

 CALVIN C. CRAIG: The company owner, lead designer, and horticulturist was educated at Cal Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo CA in Horticulture. Prior to this he attended College of the Redwoods in Eureka and Colombia community college near Sonora CA. majoring in Forestry. He graduated from Northgate High School in Walnut Creek and was born in Berkeley, CA. He has since taken continuing education through Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill CA and University of California Extension to keep up on the latest in plants, irrigation, lighting, water features, sustainable landscaping, etc.

His experience includes working for noted contractors on design and installation of high end residential estate gardens in the Bay Area. He also worked for an engineering and landscape contractor specializing in underground construction and drainage, water systems, and retaining walls.  He has always been passionate about nature and wanted to be a ranger from when he was a young boy.

Calvin is an officer and member of CLCA Californian Landscape Contractors Association, California Horticultural Society and California Native Plant Society. In addition he holds a Sustainable Landscape Certification from Sonoma State University. As a teenager he was involved in Boy Scouts, 4-H and volunteered at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum  in Walnut Creek. He is also interested in vintage cars, trains and more things than he has time for while running his own business.

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 FERNANDO PONCE ACOSTA: Construction Foreman, has worked for Craig Landscaping since 1998. He brings many versatile skills in both craftsmanship and construction management from his experience in the homebuilding and landscape construction industries, and is instrumental in making his crew work like an finely tuned machine. He lives in Concord with a wife and two children.

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JONATHAN ESPALIN: Landscape Designer, holds a BA in Fine Arts from UC Davis and a Masters of Landscape Architecture from UC Berkeley, where he helped teach courses in plant identification and landscape design graphics. Before Graduate school, he was a plant buyer for a retail nursery and a professional artist, specializing in landscape paintings.

His design focus is on ecological landscapes, contemporary design, sculptural landscapes, naturalistic and woodland gardens, water conservation, sustainable management practices, Japanese gardening and California native planting. He has a particular interest in relating and blurring the boundaries of architecture and the garden. In addition to his work in garden design, Jonathan creates modern landscape paintings, grows bonsai, and plays and composes music. He and his fiancee live and garden in Concord, CA.

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AFFILIATED DESIGNERS: 

In addition to our in-house design team, Craig Landscaping partners with selected local landscape designers to help create our clients' gardens:

Pamela Simonds:  www.pamelasimondsdesign.com

Jill Salmon:  www.apachegardens.com

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HOWARD D. MALONE: Horticulturist and Garden Maintenance Foreman, has over 20 years experience in landscaping. He has completed the Horticulture program at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, and is a qualified Bay Friendly Landscape technician. He has worked for Fiske Landscaping for 9 years, and Calvin Craig Landscaping for over 12 years. He specializes in roses, sustainable landscape methods, and organic gardening, has a wealth of knowledge and an excellent attention to detail. He plays Harmonica in a blues band and lives in Martinez.

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FREDRIC AUTRAN: Garden Maintenance foreman, studied Horticulture at Diablo Valley College and Merritt College and and is a qualified Bay Friendly Landscape technician. Frederic is originally from Provence, South of France.  He has worked as a Journalist, both in the U.S. and in Europe, a French translator, and a Youth Soccer Coach. He enjoys the outdoors, gardening and lives in Lafayette with his wife and 3 kids.