Our Team
Steve Woodruff, Owner
Samantha McGough, Designer/Human Resources/Maintenance Director
Samantha McGough, Designer/Human Resources/Maintenance Director
Steve Woodruff, Owner/Operator, developed a passion for working and creating in the landscape at a young age. His first job, at 14, was a night-waterman on his own family operated nine hole golf course, Valley Gardens in Scotts Valley, CA. He earned a B.S. degree in Plant Science and Ornamental Horticulture from CSU, Fresno in 1996. He
Steve Woodruff, Owner/Operator, developed a passion for working and creating in the landscape at a young age. His first job, at 14, was a night-waterman on his own family operated nine hole golf course, Valley Gardens in Scotts Valley, CA. He earned a B.S. degree in Plant Science and Ornamental Horticulture from CSU, Fresno in 1996. He completed a 2-year Superintendent internship at Poppy Hills Golf Club in Pebble Beach, CA for the Northern California Golf Assn. in 1999 before moving onto California Golf Club until 2001. Steve returned to his family business in 2001 and maintained “the best greens in the County” according to golfing regulars until the course shuttered its doors in 2018. Steve started TurfDoctor Landscape in 2005 as a ‘moonlight‘ contractor and consultant to residential and commercial customers to assist in various lawn and landscape issues brought on by drought conditions. Steve earned reputable contracts with local public & private schools to renovate, re-build and maintain area athletic fields to ensure both safe and aesthetic playing conditions. Since 2015, Steve has concentrated on his turf & landscape work FULL TIME and is happy to offer a variety of services including natural & synthetic turf, irrigation management, pest control, retaining walls, fences, water-features, gardens & flower pots....and much more!
Samantha McGough, Designer/Human Resources/Maintenance Director
Samantha McGough, Designer/Human Resources/Maintenance Director
Samantha McGough, Designer/Human Resources/Maintenance Director
Sam grew up in Whitefish, Montana and also learned a strong work ethic from hard-working parents. Sam fell in love with plants, flowers, and trees at a young age and possesses a plethora of knowledge as it relates to the field of Botany and Horticulture. Sam attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where she flourished in the highly-acclaimed
Sam grew up in Whitefish, Montana and also learned a strong work ethic from hard-working parents. Sam fell in love with plants, flowers, and trees at a young age and possesses a plethora of knowledge as it relates to the field of Botany and Horticulture. Sam attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where she flourished in the highly-acclaimed Environmental Horticulture department. Following her studies, Samantha would go to work for Go Native Landscape, a sensitive-habitat, plant restoration company, based in Moss Beach,CA along the San Mateo coastline. Sam did everything from collecting native seed stock (with a hand-held vacuum) to nurturing those seedlings to full-fledged plant nursery stock/inventory for use in county-wide installations. She would leave the coastal restoration biz in early 2003 to work for West Bay Landscape in San Jose as a Landscaper Designer creating detailed multi-million dollar landscape architectural plans. However, Samantha‘s true love involves getting her hands dirty. Planting seeds, growing flowers and veggies, weeding, mowing, etc. Sam will wear many hats as our landscape designer, administrator/ resource manager, grower and fill-in mower operator! This on top of being a devoted full-time mother.
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