Cindy and Stephen Scott
We are Cindy and Stephen Scott, along with Allan and Eileen Davis, owners of Terroir Seeds LLC home of Underwood Gardens, known for the finest hand selected heirloom and open pollinated seeds, along with education in soil building and seed saving.
Both Cindy and Stephen have been involved for almost 20 years in environmental education, habitat restoration, Holistic Resource Management in both grassland and rangeland improvements with several local ranches, as well as studying the impact of development and loss of agriculture on the health of soils and how to restore their biological activity and vitality.
Cindy has her degree in greenhouse management, and has been the resident grower of the family for a long time. She has been collecting articles on soils, seed saving and general growing for over 12 years. Over the course of working for a nonprofit natural history center for over 6 years, she has gained many skills and talents that have been put to good use here! She developed a Grow Native! Plant Sale and Educational Festival that educates gardeners in the Central Arizona Highlands.
Stephen has a business background, from management of a nationally known rental car agency to warranty administrator for a local car dealership. He is an acknowledged chili-head who loves the hotter side of things and loves to cook. The appeal of the garden and growing is to supply the freshest ingredients for the meals! He has a large interest in self sustainability and resiliency- being able to do and produce most of what one needs, and building a strong community of local food producers. We have built a greenhouse from recycled materials that will provide a source of year round produce as well as serve as the starting beds for the plants that will be grown in the garden and for seed.
For a more in-depth look at the arc of our journey in resiliency and how Terroir Seeds came into being, read Get to Know Us Better.
Allan and Eileen Davis bring over three decades of business consulting, financial management and accounting experience to the mix.