Staff
Steve McShane – Owner and General Manager
Steve McShane is Founder, Owner and General Manager of McShane’s Nursery & Landscape Supply. Steve is a Soil Science graduate from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and has his MBA from Santa Clara University. In 2008, McShane’s Nursery & Landscape Supply was awarded the Retail Rising Star Award by the American Nursery and Landscape Association. This award recognizes innovation and success in meeting the changing demands of outdoor living and landscape. Steve has been active in Rotary and the boards of Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity and the City of Salinas Police Commission.
He is founder and past chair of the Central Coast Young Farmers and Ranchers. He served as State Chair for the Young Farmers and Ranchers and currently sits on the National Young Farmers and Ranchers Board. When not working, Steve can be found running, traveling the planet or growing exotic fruits in his backyard. You can reach Steve via email at: steve@mcshanesnursery.com
Jose Samanez – Assistant Manager Of Landscape Supply
Jose Samanez is a native of Lima Peru and has been living in the United States for the past 7 years. He attend high school and 2 years at the University before coming to the United States in 2002. He attends Hartnell regularly in order to keep his education going and in order to master the English language.He has been at McShane’s for 3 years and has worked his way up to become the assistant manager of landscape supply. He has worked in landscape sales for 10 years.
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McShane’s Team
Anthony Gonzales
Anthony Gonzales was born and raised in the Salinas Valleys town of Gonzales. He went to Gonzales High, then to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he graduated with a degree in Landscape Architecture. He has been in the nursery business for 14 years and has also been designing residential and business landscapes for just as long. He is one of our landscape design consultants. He’s been with Steve for 6 years. On his spare time he loves to mountain bike.
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anthony@mcshanesnursery.com
Angie Reynolds
Angie has been a part of the McShane’s Team for almost 5 years. She is a graduate of the Green Gardener program, has attended multiple classes at MPC for gardening and is one of the most knowledgeable team members on fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides. Angie has been with Steve for 5 years. She loves gardening in her spare time; she even works on her days off doing landscape jobs.
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Jeramey McCaffery
Pond Department Manager
Jeramey McCaffery is a native of Salinas and is what some of us on the gardening and landscaping circuit call a “Pond Fanatic.” While Jeramey has a wide breadth of knowledge when it comes to plants, gardening and various landscape supplies, his true passion is fountains and ponds. He has extensive practical knowledge when it comes to designing, installing and servicing water features of all sizes. Did we mention how savvy he is when it comes to water plants? Jeramey can be contacted directly at:
