Kathy Jentz

About

Kathy Jentz is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine and hosts the popular GardenDC Podcast. A life-long gardener, Kathy believes that growing plants should be stress-free and enjoyable. Her philosophy is inspiration over perspiration.She is the author of "Groundcover Revolution" and co-author of "The Urban Garden: 101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City."She is also the editor of the Water Garden Journal (IWGS), The Azalean (ASA), and Fanfare, for the local daylily society. She is also currently the Green Media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper, where she does a great deal of hand-holding and coaxing to get independent garden centers, plant breeders, and other horticultural businesses to join the social media revolution and maximize their online brands. She is the longtime president of the Silver Spring Garden Club and on the board of several other horticultural clubs and organizations. Kathy’s work was awarded a Gold Laurel in the GardenComm 2023 Media Awards for both Public Speaking and Best Podcast Series (Overall) for the GardenDC Podcast, She earned a Silver Laurel for Social Media.She speaks on gardening and has been honored to have presented programs at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the Philadelphia Flower Show, and the Historic Society of Washington, DC. Audiences both large and small enjoy hearing her on topics as varied as Dealing with Deer to Small-Space Gardening. For reviews of her recent speaking engagements at https://community.gardencomm.org/u/18cb60cb. Specialties: Local Regional Gardening in the Mid-AtlanticSpeakingGarden WritingLifestyle WritingEditingSocial MediaHer pronouns are she/her/hers.Last name pronounced: like "jets" with an "n" inserted before the "ts."