Amy Jo is responsible for teaching and outreach in community and commercial horticulture in the high desert environment of Central Oregon. She works with homeowners and green industry professionals specializing in sustainable landscape practices including water-wise gardening, fire-wise landscaping, and backyard food production. She is also responsible for training and managing an active group of master gardener volunteers for a tri-county region which includes the management of two large community gardens and three demonstration gardens. She most enjoys helping homeowners through her writing of two pictorial plant guides, one on fire-resistant plants and another on waterwise gardening.