Claire Acosta

Claire Acosta

Horticulturist, CNPLC English Instructor

About

Claire is a horticulturist who works in Southern California and Baja California. She is dedicated to using regenerative strategies to create resilient ecosystems and living habitats.  She found her way to native plants through growing vegetables, as the culinary garden manager of an award-winning restaurant in Baja.

Currently, she installs and cultivates native plant landscapes using rain-water capturing features. She holds a B.S. from UC San Diego; is a graduate of the Ecological Horticulture apprenticeship program from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz; and certified as a Water Harvesting Design Practitioner from the Watershed Management Group in Tucson.