Christy Wilhelmi is founder of Gardenerd, the ultimate resource for garden nerds, where she publishes newsletters, her popular blog, top-ranked podcasts, and YouTube videos. She also specializes in small-space, organic vegetable garden design, consulting, and classes. Between 70-80 percent of her family's produce comes from her garden of less than 300 square feet. She is author of Gardening for Geeks (Fox Chapel Publishing), 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success (Amazon Digital), Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden (Cool Springs Press, April 2021), and her debut novel Garden Variety (William Morrow/Harper Collins, February 2022). Wilhelmi formally trained as an actress and dancer for most of her life. She plans to turn Garden Variety into a TV series, and create a a gardening show focusing on small-space gardening for communities.

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