Horticulturist Jessica Walliser is an award-winning radio host on KDKA Radio’s “The Organic Gardeners” in Pittsburgh. She’s the author of five gardening books, including the Amazon-bestseller Good Bug Bad Bug, winner of the 2014 AHS Book Award Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, and her newest title Container Gardening Complete: Creative Projects for Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Small Spaces. Jessica also writes two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and is co-owner of the website SavvyGardening.com.
Highlights:
- For 15 years, Jessica co-hosted “The Organic Gardeners”, an award-winning program on KDKA-Radio in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine.
- Acquisitions Editor for The Quarto Publishing Group’s gardening imprint, Cool Springs Press.
- Gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Awards:
Jessica’s fourth book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, was released by Timber Press in January of 2014 and was awarded the American Horticultural Society Book Award
Experience:
The former owner of a 25-acre organic market farm, Jessica has taught a variety of horticulture subjects for over 25 years and is a former faculty member of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden.
Other Work:
- Author of the Amazon best-seller Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically.
- Author of Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden.
- Author of Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control.
- Author of Container Gardening Complete: Creative Projects for Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Small Spaces.
Education:
Jessica received her degree in ornamental horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University.
