Crawford Landscaping is proud to help sponsor the “COPS AND KIDS” fundraiser campaign.  This campaign helps underprivileged children in the Naples-Collier County area and is organized and hosted by the Fraternal Order of Police, Collier County Lodge 38.  

With the help of many people and organizations in Collier County, the Fraternal Order of Police have been coordinating this fund raiser for over 3 years and this year we have been able to help out approximately 60 children and raised over $15,000.  Several members of this chapter personally took some of these less fortunate children, out shopping for much needed clothing, and school supplies, before school started.  

Crawford Landscaping is pleased to announce it has added Account Manager Mirna Valenzuela to it team.

“Mirna has a proven track-record for superb customer service and landscape account management skills,” commented Cody Watt, Crawford Landscaping’s Pest Control Director, “She will be a great asset to our growing team of champions!”

Crawford Landscaping is proud to be honored by the Naples Daily News for winning the Silver Award for best landscaper as voted upon by their readers.  Many from the Crawford Team attended the event at the Naples Grande Hotel.

Crawford Landscaping is living up to its pledge to keep its team safe and recently hosted an Active Shooter Training seminar.  The event was conducted by the Collier County Sheriff's Office and Collier County EMS was well attended by Crawford and non-Crawford staff.  

Crawford continues to grow with Courtelis Company and has added another beautiful commercial property to it's maintenance portfolio.

"We have a great relationship with Courtelis that's lasted many years, and we look forward to serving them in an even larger capacity," comments Felix Tapias, account manager.  

Crawford Landscaping is pleased to announce it has been awarded the landscape maintenance contract for First Baptist Church Naples.  This is a very special account for owner Blake Crawford, "I am thrilled to be back caring for this very special campus."

Crawford Landscaping is pleased to announce they've been awarded the annual maintenance contract for the beautiful Silver Lakes RV Resort and Golf Club.  

Silver Lakes RV Resort and Golf club sits on 110 acres and boasts of 547 landscaped lots, beautiful clubhouse, and 9-hole executive golf course.  This will be Crawford Landscaping's second golf course maintenance contract.  

Crawford Landscaping has been selected as the Landscape Maintenance provider for Ole, a Stock Development located in East Naples.  

"We are thrilled to add such a beautiful campus to our portfolio," comments Blake Crawford, owner.  "We maintain the sister property to Ole, Paseo, in Fort Myers, and so we are very familiar with the layout and the many beautiful amenities."

Crawford Landscaping is pleased to announce Cody Watt has been promoted to the Director of Pest Control.  Cody will be responsible for overseeing all insect and disease related work, including using his expertise to assist in diagnosing field pest and turf related concerns as well as implementing appropriate control methods focusing on IPM (Integrated Pest Management). 

Crawford Landscaping is pleased to announce Eduardo Moya has accepted the newly created position:  Safety Manager.  This vital position focuses on our fourth Guiding Principle – Stewardship.  In his new role, Eduardo will be responsible for leading Crawford's safety program, including new employee on-boarding, safety training, incident investigation and root cause analysis, as well as field safety audits.

Crawford Landscaping is proud to announce Mayra Moya has successfully passed her FNGLA exam.  

Mayra currently serves as Crawford's Director of First Impressions, or Customer Service Manager.  

"We are very pleased that Mayra took the initiative to learn more about our industry and her passion to better serve our clients," comments Chief Financial Officer Shawn McDole.

Crawford Landscaping is proud to announce Stephanie Engblom recently passed the SHRM Certification exam and is now certified by the Society of Human Resource Management. 

"Stephanie spent months preparing for this exam, and pulled off the extremely rare feat of passing the exam on her first attempt.  We are extremely proud of her," comments Shawn McDole, CFO.  

Crawford Landscaping has been selected to maintain the common area at Paseo in Fort Myers, including the Village Center, Tennis and Basketball courts, and resort-style pool.  Crawford currently maintains the 700+ unit Condominium Association.     

Crawford Landscaping is proud to announce that Anne Check has become a Management Ownership Group (MOG) member.  

The MOG is a leadership team comprised of directors and senior staff that have similar interests to preserve our company’s high level of quality and service and ensure that our employees are safe and committed to creating and maintaining the best landscapes in SWFL.  Check joins fellow members Phil Buck, Mike McNeill, and Shawn McDole. 

Crawford is pleased to announce it has been awarded the annual maintenance contract for The Arlington, a high-end Life Plan Community located in Naples.    

Developed and managed by Lutheran Life Communities, The Arlington is the first entirely new Life Plan Community (CCRC) to be built in the Naples area in many years, and the only facility in Collier County to free-standing dwellings with over 3,000 square feet.  The 39 acre campus also boasts of a apartment residences and a state of the art community center with a full-service restaurant.

Crawford is pleased to announce it's been awarded the maintenance contract for the Rev's Institute, a world renowned auto museum located in Naples.  

The Revs Institute in Naples, Florida is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Revs presents the Collier Collection of over one hundred significant automobiles built between 1896 and 1995. The automobiles on display at Revs are some of the rarest and most important cars ever built at anytime, anywhere. They are the ones that variously blazed technical pathways, redefined aesthetic standards, made history, and changed the world.  Some of the rare vehicles include the 1896 Panhard & Levassor, 1914 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, 1933 Packard Twelve Sport Phaeton, and many more.

CLG will be on TV this week!  ABC-7's Out and About show will feature Phil and our Arbor Department.  Tune in this Sunday at 11:30.  Phil will be available after the show for autographs.

Here's a message from Sarah and Tom, our partners and leaders from Schoolbox, regarding the 6th school the Brett Bentley Crawford Foundation recently launched.

"We're really excited to share the good news that Brett's school #6 was officially opened last Friday!  The ribbon was cut by Ronald, the local Mayor and the head of the Ministry of Education for the department of Chinandega.  They were cheered on by all the kids, who were thrilled to have a new, beautiful, safe school to call their own!  It is pretty hard to imagine that many of these kids had no place to study except for outside under a tree! 

Angel Carrasco, with over 30 years of landscape experienced, has joined Crawford Landscaping and will serve as a Turf Maintenance Production Manager.  Mr. Carrasco is a Certified Irrigation Specialist and a Certificated Landscape Professional. 

Crawford is pleased to announce it's added an aspiring apartment community in North Naples named LaCosta.  Located on Pine Ridge road west of Livingston, LaCosta is committed to raising its' game.

"LaCosta's management team is committed to being one of the finest apartment communities in Southwest Florida, and we are excited to do what we can to add to that vision," comments Gerardo Franco, Owner