Stephen Monroe

Stephen Monroe is an ecological landscape designer, born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Upon graduating with a degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona, he narrowly escaped the clutches of Big Tech and fled to the tropics, where he established a Permaculture farm in the highlands of northern Nicaragua. Through careful land management - including pasture rotation, the creation of millions of gallons of water storage and the planting of over 30,000 trees - this former run-down cattle farm now produces an abundance of meat, milk, eggs, honey and over 150 different types of tropical fruit.

Since returning to the Sonoran Desert, Stephen founded "The Rain Harvester" bootstrapping his on-the-farm education in Permaculture and his background in systems design to help his clients create abundant, regenerative landscapes at all scales - whether tiny backyards in the city, or large acre properties in the country.

Additionally, Stephen is an avid natural builder, a wild foods forager, an artist in various media, a devoted husband and a proud father.