Revenue blossoms in sunshine at Goddess Garden

BOULDER – Nova Covington refers to the Goddess Garden line of natural sunscreens as her middle child – birthed between her 2-year-old and 9-year-old daughters.

“And just like a middle child, this one takes up a lot of time and is a little more demanding than the others,” she said.

Covington launched Goddess Garden in 2004 with organic skin-care products because her first child had allergies to synthetic chemicals found in traditional bath products.

“We sold about 50 products to spas,” she said.

“In 2008, though, I could tell that my spa clients were getting shaky, so I looked ahead and made a risky…