About Us
Zoe Edrington is co-developer and co-owner with her husband Bard of Mother Nature Gardens (www.mothernaturegardens.com) and Living Edge Landscaping (www.livingedgelandscaping.com) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a permaculture expert, writer, and educator.

Melanie Rubin is a business coach (www.melanierubincoaching.com) and educator who is passionate about nutrition and health. Her current goal is to learn how to transform her backyard into an oasis of beauty, community, and wonderful food, and to help others do the same with their yards and small open spaces.

We are working with a group of presenters and collaborators including: Yvonne Scott, (www.outrageousgardens.com) a Master Gardener who has worked all over the world teaching and implementing fantastic food-producing gardens; Loralee Makela, (www.diyfengshui.com) a Feng Shui expert with the amazing ability to improve the energy, aesthetic and functionality of any home or garden; and Alberto Lopez, (505-204-0706) a Wizard with Rainwater Harvesting & Greywater Systems.

Melanie says: If I can learn to create a backyard farm then anyone can!

Zoe says: When you grow beautiful produce, you can feel abundance in your life, no matter what the economy is doing!