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Laura Ruby Published: August 30th, 2010
It’s time to get ready for Boulder’s first annual Tour de Coops.
With thanks to Betsy Burton for her inspiration, Boulder will have its first annual biking tour of backyard chicken coops, edible gardens and bee hives. Betsy, who runs the [...]
About the author:
Laura Ruby earned her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2002 from Crystal Waters EcoVillage in Australia. Since then, she has been implementing permaculture systems on her own urban property in downtown Boulder, CO. She currently works as the Garden Coordinator for a local non-profit, the Growe Foundation (www.growefoundation.org). Through this organization, she helped establish gardens at 11 Boulder Valley School District elementary schools, working to install gardens, teach various garden related subjects and offer support to the school communities. To complement her work in schools, Laura also started YummyYards (yummyyards.org), an edible landscape design and consulting company. She is both a Certified Permaculture Teacher and a Colorado Master Gardener.
