About Us and Our Farm

LENNY & SARA MARTINELLI & GERALD MANNING at Three Leaf Concepts

Three Leaf Farm is owned by Lenny and Sara Martinelli, & partner Gerald Manning, who also own the local restaurant group, Three Leaf Concepts. With five restaurants located in the Boulder area, the Martinelli’s purchased the farm in 2010 so they could bring organic produce to their menus without raising prices. (You can learn more about their restaurants (HERE)

LENNY MARTINELLI
Owner, Executive Chef & CEO of Three Leaf Concepts
Lenny graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Environmental Design. While in school, Lenny worked in a number of restaurants and purchased his first restaurant, The Naropa Cafe, in 1992. At the cafe, Lenny deepened his knowledge of cooking, and his lifelong appreciation of the ethnic cuisine of other cultures was sparked. In 1998, Lenny and Sara were selected to operate the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, a gift to the city of Boulder from their sister city, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The ornate, handcrafted Teahouse is the largest teahouse in the US, and is one-of-a-kind in the western hemisphere. Lenny’s creative vision has extended to his other restaurants, Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant, The Huckleberry, Zucca Italian, and The Chautauqua Dining Hall, one of Boulder’s historic landmarks. In addition to the restaurants, Lenny has created a large, successful catering business, Three Leaf Catering.

SARA STEWART MARTINELLI
Owner, Director of Marketing & Communications, Clinical Herbalist, Professional Tea Blender
Sara has a degree from the University of Colorado in Anthropology with a focus on ethnobotany and nutrition. She completed a two year program at the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies in 2002, and is a practicing clinical herbalist. Sara is the tea specialist and blender at the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse and has created a number of the Teahouse’s exclusive tea blends. In addition to her clinical practice for humans, Sara also consults for both equine and canine clients, and creates customized formulas to increase health, performance, and vitality. Sara teaches numerous classes and workshops at Three Leaf Farm and has written a number of articles for publication. For Sara’s extended biography, click HERE.

GERALD MANNING
Partner, Director of Operations
Jerry Manning has been an integral force behind the success and growth of Three Leaf Concepts. Starting over 20 years ago at the Teahouse, Jerry spent some time working and managing at the restaurant at The Hotel Boulderado.
He was welcomed back into the Three Leaf Family with the opening of Aji Latin American Restaurant (now closed) as a partner, and now supports all of the concepts in the Three Leaf Group. Jerry lives in Lafayette with his wife and two sons.