After graduating with a B.S. degree in Horticulture in 1988, he went on to the Florida Agriculture Department in Miami as a nursery inspector. Ironically, his nursery inspection district included Parrot Jungle and Fairchild Garden. After working for the State, he went on to work at a large foliage plant production nursery, and from there he fled Miami in 1991  to work at Eric’s Exotics Orchid Company in West Palm Beach. After managing that firm for 3 years, Craig moved on to become horticulturist at the Boca Raton Resort for 10 years, and in 2004 signed on to the Village of Pinecrest as horticulturist for Pinecrest Gardens, 2 years after the Village purchased the site from Parrot Jungle. After vowing never to return to Miami, he returned to Miami in August of 2004, where the first of several hurricanes hit 6 days after he arrived, while still in the process of moving from West Palm Beach. Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma welcomed Craig to his new job in late 2005, and Craig admits he is rarely bored from lack of work. Moving his personal plant collection of 1800 plants to the Gardens took 17 truck / trailer trips over 4 months’ time, and the plants have been donated to the Gardens. Currently the Gardens is undergoing several renovations, notably the mounting of almost 1000 epiphytes in large oak and cypress trees, as well as the planting of 130 native palms and trees.

His spare time is spent on visiting other gardens, other gardeners, garden centers, public gardens, reading garden magazines and watching garden shows. He lives in a “petite” apartment a few miles from work, and is occasionally seen in public appearing as a normal person.