California Eco Design

We provide landscape design, installation, visualization, site planning, and maintenance services- everything you need to transition your landscape to a healthy and functioning system. Think of all the resources that go into maintaining traditional landscapes. What do they provide? Curb appeal? We believe the landscapes where we live, work, and play can and must provide so much more: Food & Medicine Clean Soil, Air, & Water Habitat for the biodiversity we depend on Psychological Well Being A Sense of Community & Place Opportunities for Creative Play & Exercise

To reach these goals we apply ecology to landscape architecture (ecological landscape design). We're well-versed in native and drought tolerant plant palettes, edible ornamental gardens, raingardens, drip irrigation, and greywater systems. These are just some of the elements that we put together in the dynamic and functional landscapes we design. We call it Future-Friendly because our landscapes build ecological capital for tomorrow. capturing and filtering water, providing habitat, growing food capacity, eliminating the need for harmful chemicals. and creating beauty on many levels.

Company Profile

California Eco Design is on a mission to change how we treat the land. We believe healing the planet starts with our relationship with the land where we live and that relationship can be much healthier. Since it's founding on Earth Day of 2010, California Eco Design has been working with Long Beach's Lawn to Garden program to help residents convert lawns into drought tolerant gardens. We have worked with the City of Long Beach's Office of Sustainability in the development of Willow Springs Park. Other clients include Signal Hill Petroleum, Lake Arrowhead Community Services District, Balboa Park Conservancy, Children Today, Maple Village School, as well as apartments and homeowners' associations.

Designer Profile

Founder Kai Craig grew up in Hawai'i, where he began a lifelong appreciation for the relationship between people and the environment. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from UC Berkeley in Conservation and Resource Studies, with a focus on coastal ecology. He received his Masters of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona. He has worked for the City of Los Angeles' Watershed Protection Division. In 2017 Kai was named to the Los Angeles Expert Biodiversity Council and Committee Chair of the Long Beach Surfrider Foundation's Ocean Friendly Gardens Program. Kai is a Watershed Wise Landscape Professional (WWLP), recognized as an U.S. EPA WaterSense labeled Professional Certification for Irrigation System Auditors.