Christy Wilhelmi empowers people to grow their own food, to be more self-reliant, and to reduce pollution and waste, one garden at a time.

Christy is founder of Gardenerd, the ultimate resource for garden nerds, where she publishes newsletters, her popular blog, and top-ranked podcasts. She also specializes in small-space, organic vegetable garden design and consulting. She holds regular organic gardening classes in California, and offers tips on her YouTube channel worldwide.  Between 50-70 percent of her family’s produce comes from her garden of less than 300 square feet. She is author of High Yield Small Space Organic Gardening (Fox Chapel Publishing), 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success: A Decade of Tricks, Tools, Recipes, and Resources from Gardenerd.com (Amazon Digital), Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden (Cool Springs Press) and Garden Variety: A Novel (William Morrow).

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Christy Wilhelmi

Appearances

Christy Wilhelmi

You can hire Christy to speak about gardening at your next event, conference, or garden party. See sample topics here. Then use the Contact Christy form to get started. Upcoming appearances include:

  • High-Yield, Small-Space Organic Gardening is here! Book Christy now for your keynote speaker, garden club, or Lunch & Learn.
  • Culver City Garden Club – Feb. 3, 2026 at 7 p.m. Get ready for spring gardening. Christy shares tips and tidbits from her new book for high yields this spring.
  • GardenComm Winter Webinars – Feb 5, 2026 – Vegetable Garden Design for Landscape Designers. Christy helps you avoid design mistakes when creating new vegetable gardens. Register here
  • Santa Barbara Horticultural Society – April 1, 2026 at 7 p.m. – Join Christy for a fun in-person chat about small-space organic vegetable gardening. Books available for sale at the talk.

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Contact

Contact Christy

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