The Seascape
Newsletter of the CLCA
Central Coast Chapter
October 2025
October 9, Thursday
Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting
Time: noon-2pm
Location: Laughing monk tap room, 262 Mount Hermon Rd, scotts Valley
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL PLANNING MEETING!
Please join us for our Annual Planning Meeting. Your opinions matter and we’d love to hear them.
Contact Scott Long at 831-332-4565 or slong@centralcoastlandscape.com
November 5-8, Wednesday-Saturday
CLCA 2025 Convention in Sonoma County
Location: Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country, 170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (Book your hotel room: 707-284-1234 group code G-MB10)
The convention is a great educational and social event — taking care of business, combined with fun! Convention activities include the annual General Membership Meeting and the Trophy Awards ceremony.
November 6, Thursday
Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting
Time: noon-1pm
Location: Laughing monk tap room, 262 Mount Hermon Rd, scotts Valley
Contact Scott Long at 831-332-4565 or slong@centralcoastlandscape.com
Board of Directors Report
News updates from the Board—September 2025
Hello Central Coast CLCA Members and Friends,
Fall is here already! Man time just seems to go by so fast! Let’s take a moment and look back on some of the new things happening with our chapter.
We have moved our monthly meeting to the first Thursday of the month. We also moved our location to The Laughing Monk in Scotts Valley.
The food and vibe seem to suit our board very well. A couple of months back we tried a new idea for the chapter: an Aloha-themed BBQ. It was held at Sky Park in Scotts Valley and it was a huge success. It was great to see everyone and the kids in a chill environment with GREAT FOOD and tasty beverages. We followed that up last month with our annual Invitational Golf Tournament at DeLaveaga Golf Course (see pictures and results in this newsletter, read on). I want to thank everyone who showed up. We had our best turnout yet with over a 100 players !!! Everyone had a blast even if they didn’t play their best golf. Remember it’s the fun and laughter that’s more important than your score.
This coming Thursday, October 9th is our Annual Planning Meeting 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm at The Laughing Monk in Scotts Valley. If you have any ideas please come by or send them in. We’ll be looking for a venue for the Holiday Party, and planning events and looking for board members for 2026. If you have any interest in what the Board is all about please come to a meeting and get involved. We are in need of some new faces so don’t hesitate in joining us for lunch, and planning, or just come and say “hi!”
Hope everyone is having a great year so far and here’s to a strong finish …
Thanks,
Scott
Scott Long, owner, president, CEO of Central Coast Landscape and Maintenance Inc.
Director of Events, CLCA Central Coast Chapter
Email: slong@centralcoastlandscape.com
Central Coast Board 2025
Voting members:
President: Open
Phil Dundas, The Landscape Company, Immediate Past President
Membership Director
Julie Zuckerman, Delta Blue Grass
Secretary: Open
Director of Events
Scott Long, Central Coast Landscaping
Associate Member Director
Francisco Hernandez, Site One
Education Director
Jason Beiley, Water and Stone Natural Landscapes
Legislation Director
Henry Rose, Graniterock
Social Media Networking
Julie Zuckerman and Henry Rose
Non-voting members:
Website Editor: Ki Bowman
Newsletter Editor: Elise Huffman
Bookkeeper: Cathy Quinn
Join Us, the Central Coast Chapter Board of Director
By joining our team of leaders managing the Central Coast Chapter you will be helping us bring awareness to the work we do in our community and as C- 27 professional Landscape Contractors.
If you are interested in any of the positions, or would like to serve on our board as a committee chair, or volunteer to help in any capacity please contact Phil Dundas, our immediate past president at: phil@thelandscapecompany.com.
You may also contact Regan Barry at rbarry@coastalevergreen.com if you are interested in becoming involved with this dynamic group.
Central Coast Chapter Partners for Success Program
Now is the time to RENEW YOUR PARTNERSHIP. Central Coast’s Partners for Success Program provides an opportunity to increase your visibility in the community, to be seen as a leader in the green industry by helping sustain the many educational and enrichment offerings of our association.
For more information, contact Regan Barry at rbarry@coastalevergreen.com
register now for 2025!
WE love our partners
With much appreciation Our Partners for 2024. Sign up or re-register and we’ll add you to this group of fine businesses. It’s never too late to sign up!
PaRTNER’S CORNER
EARL BOYD
evergreen supply
Read more about Earl here…www.clca-cc.org/partners
The Partner’s Corner! What a great benefit. Here’s an easy way to let people in your industry know what you’re up to, what’s new, and why you’re the success that you are. We want to see pictures of you, your family, your company’s staff, we want to know what you do in your spare time and what makes you unique. We’re interested. Please contact Elise Huffman, the Central Coast editor, if you are interested in being featured on our website in a future “Partner’s Corner.” Partner’s don’t miss this chance for some FREE advertising.
recent event
Take a look at all these playful folks. Are you in here? Shout out to Cathy Quinn for coming early to help set up and Julie Zuckerman the awesome picture (above) of the whole gang! We had 100 participants! Thank you to all who shared photos.
Central Coast CLCA’s
2025 Golf Invitational was a Big Fun Time!
Friday, September 19, 2025—Delaveaga Golf Course, Santa Cruz, CA
Scott Long put together a wonderful group of players this year. “The Liar’s Cup Invitational” golf event is 18 holes of fun in the sun, 4-person team scramble. There were cash prizes for the winning team, the longest drive, and closest to the pin. Folks arrived early to hit the driving range, have breakfast, and network with others in the industry. More socializing, food and beverages were available at The Grill and the Snack Shack (see photos below).
Here are the 2025 Liar’s Cup Winners!
Longest Drive : Ryan Burr
Closest to the Pin : Frank Herrera
1st Place Team with a Score of 58 : Jeff Walsh, Mike Carlton, Jamie Cartwright, & Barry Bariteau
2nd Place Team with a Score of 61 : Billy Waddell, Bill Thompson, Keven Kelly, & Connie Dunn
3rd Place Team with a Score of 62 : Scott Long, Rick Rinaldi, Ryan Murdock, & Mike Georgiani
We would like to thank our non-partner tee sponsors for 2025:
Closest to Pin Sponsors :
Mark Beasley of Out of the Woods Mill mark@outofthewoodsmill.com
Earl Boyd of Evergreen Supply Online earl@evergreensupplyonline.com
Jeff Freund of Reforest jeffd@reforest.com
Longest Drive Sponsors :
Julie Zuckerman of Delta Bluegrass jzuckerman@deltabluegrass.com
Christopher Gilcrest of Earth Stone Rock chris@earthstonerock.com
Thank you for your Partnership!
Advertise in this newsletter in 2025-2026!
Have an advertisement that you want the Landscape Industry to see? Be featured here in your local CLCA Central Coast newsletter. It’s time to start thinking about 2026. Consider putting some of your advertising dollars towards an ad in the Seascape. If you have questions just email our editor.
The CLCA Central Coast Chapter offers several different ways to reach your customers and other industry professionals. They are win-win opportunities that reinforce your sales program and give prominence to your company by its alignment with a professional organization. In addition to brand recognition and increased web exposure, you can gain insight to market trends and have face-to-face interactions with the people you are marketing to. 2025 advertising link is here.
contact: clcaccc.editor@gmail.com.
September Board Meeting Minutes
September 9, 2025
The Laughing Monk Brewery – Scotts Valley, CA
Recorded by Julia Zuckerman
I. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Scott Long at 12:23 PM
II. Roll Call, Establish Quorum and Approve Agenda
Present: Scott Long, Julia Zuckerman, Jason Beiley, Francisco Hernandez, Phil Dundas and Ki Bowman
Absent: Elise Huffman, Henry Rose, Cathy Quinn, Reed Santee
Approve minutes from August 2025 Board Meeting
Julia will send out via email
III. Reviewed these items:
• Verified Golf Tournament flyer and made corrections
—Cash prizes for the winning team ($500 each)
—No dinner this year-no one showed up last year
—Show up an hour before
—Tournament open to anybody
—No mulligans
—Closest to the pin: 3
—Longest drive: 9
• Need to find a new secretary
• Holiday Party
—Back Nine? Scott will reach out for quote
• Planning meeting
—October 9th at Laughing Monk
VI. Board Members
—President:
—Associate Member Director: Francisco Hernandez
—Legislator: Henry Rose
—Secretary:
—Membership director: Julia Zuckerman
—Director of Education: Jason Bailey
—Director of Events: Scott Long
MSA
V. Next Meeting: October Board meeting (Planning Meeting) is Thursday, October 9th, from 12:00-1:30 at The Laughing Monk in Scotts Valley.
—November Board meeting is Thursday, November 6th , from 12:00-1:30 at The Laughing Monk in Scotts Valley.
VI. Adjournment 12:41 pm
