Who is Ken Holmes in the Epstein files?

Ken Holmes was the owner of Cruzan Gardens, a landscaping and nursery business on St. Croix, USVI, who provided professional landscaping services to Jeffrey Epstein's Little St. James island between 2013-2014. His name appears in 70 documents, primarily business emails coordinating plant orders, installation schedules, and site visits to address vegetation issues on the island.

What work did Ken Holmes do for Jeffrey Epstein?

Holmes provided comprehensive landscaping services including sourcing and importing large bougainvillea and clusia plants from Florida and Puerto Rico, addressing irrigation and vegetation health problems, and making regular site visits to assess the landscape. The documents show he worked on berms, grass issues, and coordinated multi-week installation projects with Epstein's property managers.

Was Ken Holmes connected to Epstein's criminal activities?

There is no evidence in the documents suggesting Holmes had any knowledge of or involvement in Epstein's crimes. His appearances are exclusively in the context of legitimate landscaping business services for the island property, with all communications focused on horticultural and landscape maintenance matters.

Who is Ken Holmes in the Epstein files?

Ken Holmes was the owner of Cruzan Gardens, a landscaping and nursery business on St. Croix, USVI, who provided professional landscaping services to Jeffrey Epstein's Little St. James island between 2013-2014. His name appears in 70 documents, primarily business emails coordinating plant orders, installation schedules, and site visits to address vegetation issues on the island.

What work did Ken Holmes do for Jeffrey Epstein?

Holmes provided comprehensive landscaping services including sourcing and importing large bougainvillea and clusia plants from Florida and Puerto Rico, addressing irrigation and vegetation health problems, and making regular site visits to assess the landscape. The documents show he worked on berms, grass issues, and coordinated multi-week installation projects with Epstein's property managers.

Was Ken Holmes connected to Epstein's criminal activities?

There is no evidence in the documents suggesting Holmes had any knowledge of or involvement in Epstein's crimes. His appearances are exclusively in the context of legitimate landscaping business services for the island property, with all communications focused on horticultural and landscape maintenance matters.

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Ken Holmes was the owner/operator of Cruzan Gardens, a nursery and landscaping business on St. Croix, USVI, who provided extensive landscaping services and plant materials to Jeffrey Epstein's Little St. James island property between 2013-2014.

Holmes appears in the documents primarily through direct email correspondence with Epstein and business transactions coordinated through Richard Kahn (Epstein's financial manager). The emails show him providing plant orders, landscaping consultations, visiting the island to assess vegetation issues, and coordinating installation schedules with Daphne Wallace. His communications are substantive business correspondence about specific landscaping projects, plant health issues (dead grass, bougainvillea placement, clusia hedges), and payment arrangements through wire transfers.

Key Highlights

•Provided large-scale landscaping services including importing plants from Florida and Puerto Rico for Little St. James island
•Had direct email access to Epstein's personal email ([email protected]) and exchanged frequent correspondence about landscaping decisions
•Visited the island multiple times to assess and address vegetation problems, coordinating travel from St. Croix
•Worked closely with Epstein's staff including Daphne Wallace and Richard Kahn on project coordination and payments
•Operated Cruzan Gardens, a legitimate 60+ year-old nursery business on St. Croix that appears to have been the primary landscaping vendor for the island

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EFTA00676595.pdf

EFTA00676595

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:06:11 +0000 Or leave the berm at the same height and plant a t

EFTA00676614.pdf

EFTA00676614

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Cc: Daphne Wallace Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:20:30 +0000 Within the next couple of weeks-

EFTA00682473.pdf

EFTA00682473

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10022 tel 212-971-1306 fax 646-350-0954 cell 917-414-7584 Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Kahn <I Date: May 13, 2013 3:05:18 PM EDT To: Ken Holmes < Subject: Re: Plant Order - LSJE LLC can you please send me wiring instructions thank you Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Aven

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EFTA00704837.pdf

EFTA00704837

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Sent from my iPhone From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:03:11 +0000 Pm not quite sure what you mean- they reflushed wit

EFTA00636866.pdf

EFTA00636866

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mail.com wrote: Thanks a lot , you will also see that the majority of the grass is dead Sony for typos EFTA00636866 On Jul 24, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Ken Holmes > wrote: I plan to be there Friday- I'm not finding any available flights for tomorrow. Kenneth Holmes Cru ardens C roix,USVI 00850 Office

EFTA00636860.pdf

EFTA00636860

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ed, 24 Jul 2013 13:48:15 +0000 Thanks a lot , you will also see that the majority of the grass is dead Sony for typos On Jul 24, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Ken Holmes > wrote: I plan to be there Friday- I'm not finding any available flights for tomorrow. Kenneth Holmes Cruzan Gardens t. ix VI 00850 FaxFax

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EFTA00636858.pdf

EFTA00636858

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From: Ken Holmes .c1 To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:32:40 +0000 I plan to be there Friday- I'm not finding any

EFTA00691906.pdf

EFTA00691906

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14:13:22 +0000 FYI Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10022 Begin forwarded message: From: Ken Holmes <I Date: May 16, 2013 9:59:11 AM EDT To: Richard Kahn < Subject: Re: Plant Order - LSJE LLC Yes- just received an email from FirstBank. Cynthia i

EFTA00692215.pdf

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:56:57 +0000 The large Bougainvillea were to come from Florida a

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EFTA00692264.pdf

EFTA00692264

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:43:19 +0000 Certainly- that's what they're here for- I'll just

EFTA00692273.pdf

EFTA00692273

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:08:27 +0000 Just spoke to Chris- he thinks his wife will be rel

EFTA00693978.pdf

EFTA00693978

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From: Ken Holmes To: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:48:10 +0000 Sphagnum moss, bind it and wrap it tight with a rooti

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EFTA00695685.pdf

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From: "Ken Holmes" < To: [email protected]> Subject: FW: Plant Order - LSJE LLC Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:58:30 +0000 From: Richard Kahn rmailto: Sent: Friday

EFTA00695710.pdf

EFTA00695710

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:51:48 +0000 We're not finding them at our vendors in Puerto Ri

EFTA00633513.pdf

EFTA00633513

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rdinate with Daphne and Roy on the new schedule- probably the week of August 12th. Regards, Ken From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> To: Ken Holmes <I Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:15 PM Subject: Re: most have none and are pretty straggley, i 11 take photos later, a On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1

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EFTA00636835.pdf

EFTA00636835

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From: Ken Holmes .g To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:46:06 +0000 No problem- we're pulling everything together t

EFTA00636843.pdf

EFTA00636843

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From: Ken Holmes To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:59:42 +0000 It would definitely be a quick, permanent solution

EFTA00665337.pdf

EFTA00665337

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From: Daphne Wallace < Ila To: Ken Holmes a, Cynthia a, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Cc: ann rodriquez a>, Chris Sheehan a> Subject: LSJE LLC Bougainvilleas and Clusias - Aug

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EFTA00669177.pdf

EFTA00669177

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From: "Ken Holmes" To: "'Jeffrey Epstein"' [email protected]> Cc: "'Daphne Wallace" Subject: RE: Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:48:12 +0000 Thanks Jeffrey, we appre

EFTA00605470.pdf

EFTA00605470

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Apr 30 1309:16a Cruzan Gardens 340 7198273 p.1 7000 RR-1 Kingshill so , Fax Cruzan Gardens To: Richard Kahn Front Ken Holmes Far Pages: 2 including cover Phone: Date: 4/30/2013 Rae LSJ Plant Order CC e Comments: Richard, Please find attached revised plant quote

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