6/17/2022 - By Mike Hess

Craig Wall
Territory Manager Horticulture
(413) 388-8782
cwall@harrells.com

Craig Wall was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to English immigrants. He and his family moved around a lot between Oklahoma, Alabama, Buffalo NY, and Danielson CT, before finally ending up and settling in Oxford Massachusetts. While Craig's entire extended family still lives in England, he and his family spent the majority of his childhood in Massachusetts.

During high school he worked for a landscaper and found that he had a knack for it, eventually deciding to make it his direction of study and future career. 

Craig attended the University of Massachusetts and got his bachelors in Ornamental Horticulture with his eyes set on nurseries and greenhouses. For the next 4-5 years, he spent his time as a grower for a few different greenhouses/nurseries outside of Boston, but it wasn't long before the travel bug and wanderlust began to itch for he and his wife.

The Walls spent the next 12 weeks traveling the US, going hiking and exploring while living mostly out of their car, truly satisfying the urge to travel before Craig found his next job at Shemin Nurseries in Greenwich, CT. Here, he worked as an inside sales rep and customer service rep. After 5 solid years here, he and his wife decided they wanted to move back to Massachusetts, so before officially settling down back in Massachusetts, they took that opportunity to fulfill another dream of theirs. Exploring Europe.

They flew overseas and spent a few weeks with Craig's family in England before leaving for their several month-long adventure, traveling by train all around Europe. When they finally came back to the US, Craig took a new job with Plant Health Care, Inc. as a Technical Sales Representative where he mainly sold organic fertilizers, bio-stimulants, and Mycorrhizae fungi to the landscape market.

After nine years at Plant Health Care, Craig accepted a position with Harrell's covering the New England and New York horticulture markets, with this being his 13th year in the Harrell's family. "I really enjoyed the years I spent as a grower, and I had a lot of success, but I had always thought my future would be in the business side of the industry and moved into sales when I had an opportunity." Craig said about his career.

Having the advantage of perspective from many other companies before coming to Harrell's, Craig made note of Harrell's being an exceedingly positive work environment with a focus on success. "You want to work for the best companies in whatever market you find yourself in. Harrell's has been the industry leader over the past 13 years I have been with them, and I am very proud to be a part of this team and the success we have had."

Outside of work, Craig loves spending all the time he can with his wife and children. He loves getting involved in whatever activities or hobbies they're growing into and experiencing life with them. They do things like hiking, camping, lake trips, and he and his son are even taking a 100-mile canoe trip this summer, from Maine into Canada. They also have a 4-day, 32-mile family hiking trip planned for this summer.

If you're ever in the very Northeastern part of the US, swing by and say hi to Craig and his team! But be ready for some hiking because he loves the outdoors. We're proud to have you on the team, Craig, and look forward to serving with you for years to come!