San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Information
About SFBA Chapter
- Chartered in 1937 as the Landscape Contractors Association. It is the oldest landscape contractor organization in the state. Changed name in 1947 to the California Landscape Contractors Association.
- Assumed the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter name in 1951.
- In the early 1970s, the chapter was divided into San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Francisco Bay Area/North Chapter, North Coast Chapter, and Central Coast Chapter.
- First Achievement Awards Program took place in 1956. Herb Frank was the first Sweepstakes Award winner.
- First Grass Widows meeting held in 1950. This set the stage for the state association's Women's Auxiliary, which started in 1951.
- Chapter initiated a landscape rehabilitation program in 1956 at four state prisons: Folsom, Soledad, San Quentin, and Tehachapi. Herb Frank was the first chairman of the committee that undertook this work.
- Chapter's first humanitarian project was completed at the We Care Treatment Center.
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San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Board
President
James Alexander Walker
Landsculpt Gardens
P.O. Box 1285
Menlo Park, CA 94026
(650) 333-2021 phone
(650) 879-1001 fax
landsculpt@earthlink.net
President-elect
Nathaniel Crosby
Crosby Landscaping
P.O. Box 18806
San Jose, CA 95158
(408) 417-5137 phone
(408) 998-0545 fax
crosyyardservices@gmail.com
Immediate Past President
Rick Camin
Camin Landscapes
855 Sierra Vista Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 964-1078 phone
(650) 964-1024 fax
rick@caminlandscaping.com
Secretary
John Vega
De la Vega Construction
1525 Chapin Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 533-0742 phone
johnjvega@gmail.com
Treasurer
Larry Scott
Integrity Landscaping
4848 San Felipe Road, #306
San Jose, CA 95135
(408) 687-1104 phone
(408) 528-1302 fax
integmail@comcast.net
VP, Education
Frank Niccoli
The Village Gardener
205 Old County Road
San Carlos, CA 94070
(650) 592-9440 phone
(650) 592-9441 fax
frank@thevillagegardener.com
Women's Auxiliary President
Lesley Peters
185 Del Monte Avenue
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650) 941-4093 phone
gpland@sbcglobal.net
AM Rep
Jeff Calhoun
Hunter Industries/FX Luminaire
1912 Magdalena Circle, #97
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(888) 711-7124 phone
jeff.calhoun@hunterindustries.com
Editor
Christine Hawkins
Ewing Irrigation Products
43055 Osgood Road, Ste. A
Fremont, CA 94539-5628
(510) 490-9444 phone
(510) 490-9494 fax
chawkins@ewing1.com
Newsletter
Jerrie Beard
Jerrie Beard & Associates
1024 Simon Drive, Ste. F
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 621-1701 phone
(530) 621-2043 fax
jsb@beardassociates.com






