Our Affiliates . . .

Living Edge Landscaping . . .

Mother Nature Gardens is partnered with Living Edge Landscaping, the contracting side of our business, managed by Bard Edrington. Through Living Edge Landscaping, we design and install edible landscapes through out our community. We work with a wide range of budgets to move people as quickly as possible to abundance from within their property. We have designed and installed all ranges of growing food, from roof top gardens in downtown condos to acre bare lots turned into a food forest. Visit our website at LivingEdgeLandscaping.com.

Albuquerque Backyard Farms . . .

Mother Nature Gardens works in close collaboration with Albuquerque Backyard Farms headed by Melanie Rubin. We are in our second year of the Albuquerque Backyard Farming Workshop Series, a collection of workshops that can be taken individually or collectively; help people transform their backyards into a backyard farm. This year, we have expanded into a community wide collaborative of dozens of women in our community working towards growing healthy food for everyone. We are starting a new campaign this year called 2012 Edible Gardens by 2012! Join the movement and go to our website to register your garden, click on 2012 Edible Gardens.

Tierra Madre School . . .

Tierra Madre, a Waldorf school pre-school and kindergarden, gives students opportunities to learn through first hand interactions with nature. That’s why, in fall, 2010, they partnered with Mother Nature Gardens to incorporate Permaculture into their playground and into their curriculum. With Zoe as project manager, 20 students, guided by the 7 teachers, of the Permaculture Institute Design Course designed the Tierra Madre playgrounds. Together with a dozen faculty, parents, and friends of Tierra Madre, the collaborative implemented the design in December of 2010, moving 15 cubic tons of urbanite and 25 yards of mulch. In that amazing day, they also built a solar greenhouse and built a new run for the chickens. This year, the partnership continues as Mother Nature Gardens helps teachers develop a garden and growing plan.