Meet Randy and Norma
Your biological farmers, class instructors and real organic garden, farm and landscape consultants
Randy Ritchie
Randy is known to be one of the greatest leaders in Real Organic Gardening by many who know him in the lawn and garden industry. He is a best selling garden book author who forged his small soil company, Malibu Compost, ahead of the competition as the leader in real organic, farm made and Non-GMO compost and soil products.
Gardeners have turned to Malibu Compost for 15 years now and have grown their healthy soil by his efforts to teach real organic gardening classes nationwide at local nurseries, feed and farm supply's, landscape supply stores and national garden shows.
Prior to founding Malibu Compost, he was a garden designer who created the first eco landscape company in Los Angeles. His passion to teach real organics to gardeners has resulted in these online classes, personal consulting and podcasting to tens of thousands nationwide.
Norma Ritchie
Norma has extensive experience setting up systems of healthy growing and composting in estates, homesteads, suburban farms and orchards through her previous companies LA Tilth and Organic Estate Management. Her clientele of conscious homeowners want healthy food and a toxin free environment.
Prior to that she created two community gardens and four school gardens where she taught the Grow LA Victory Garden Program and held classes for the community. She has certifications in Master Gardening, Permaculture and the Soil Food Web and is a Certified Soil Advisor and an Orchardist who's passion is to teach about growing real organic soil, and creating closed loop organic systems at home.
She is now a vegan raw foodie and learns every day how to eat solely from the garden and how to heal the gut to live a long and healthy lifestyle.