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About Christy Wilhelmi

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 podcasts. She also specializes in small-space organic vegetable garden design and consulting. She holds regular organic gardening classes in California and has co-taught organic gardening at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur CA. Christy has been a board member of Ocean View Farms Organic Community Garden in Mar Vista California since 1999 and gardens almost entirely with heirloom vegetables. Between 70-80 percent of her family's produce comes from her garden of less than 200 square feet. Her writing has appeared in many publications such as Edible Los Angeles and Edible Westside Magazines The Good Food Blog Low Impact Living.com and the Mar Vista Farmers' Market wrap up for Patch.com.