Jodi Torpey
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Overview
Denver, Colorado 80249Jodi Torpey is a Denver-based garden writer, master gardener, and author of the book “The Colorado Gardener’s Companion: An Insider’s Guide to Gardening in the Centennial State.”
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Description
Jodi Torpey is a Denver-based garden writer, master gardener, and author of the book, “The Colorado Gardener’s Companion: An Insider’s Guide to Gardening in the Centennial State.” She writes and presents programs about xeriscaping, planting vegetable and container gardens, conserving water in the landscape, creating backyard habitats, and gardening with her dog, Rufus T. Smudge.
The Denver Post newspaper selected her book as “One of the great regional gardening books for inspiration and information.”
Jodi is an active blogger on her website WesternGardeners.com, as a contributing editor at VegetableGardener.com (A Fine Gardening magazine website), and as the Mountain Region blogger for Lowes. She's also the editor of Zone 4 Magazine's quarterly eNewsletter.
Jodi is a quoted source for national magazine stories on gardening topics, including green gardening, vegetable gardening, and xeriscaping. In addition to her book, Jodi has four other nonfiction books to her credit as writer, ghostwriter or editor. Her writing is published on home and gardening websites, in national consumer and trade magazines, regional newspapers, and custom publications.
For the the last two years, Jodi has organized Denver’s Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign for the Garden Writers Association Foundation. She's recruited hundreds of other volunteers to grow extra in their gardens and donate the produce to food banks in their neighborhoods.
Jodi is an organic gardener and promotes sustainable landscaping practices.The National Wildlife Federation has certified her backyard as a wildlife habitat.
Topics
Jodi has a special interest in helping other gardeners cultivate successful gardens in a challenging climate. As a Colorado native, she has first-hand experience dealing with poor soil conditions, extreme temperature fluctuations, intense sunlight, and the lack of reliable precipitation.
Jodi's presentations are tailored to meet the needs of each audience. She's presented programs at the Western Landscape Symposium, the High and Dry Xeriscape Conference, gardening clubs, and other groups. She illustrates her talks with PowerPoint slideshows using images she's taken in many gardens including her own.
For more information on these topics, visit the Speaker for Hire page on her website:
Edible Spaces in Small Places
Successful $trategies for Gardening on the Cheap
Your Garden to the Rescue
How to Grow a Winged Wildlife Habitat
Ways to Save Water and $$ in the Landscape
Gardeners vs. Global Warming: Ways to cope with a changing climate
As an experienced public speaker, Jodi has a knack for making her programs informative, interactive, and inspirational. Her programs are filled with practical, down-to-earth information, research-based gardening methods, and fun.
Recent Audience Comments:
"Your presentation 'Your Garden to the Rescue' was fabulous and enjoyed by all--we learned so much!"
"I enjoyed hearing you speak and there are a couple of programs you introduced me to that I'm looking forward to participating in this spring and summer."
Locations
Denver and all corners of Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Utah
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Audience Reviews
Gardening on the cheap
Bob Bolton from Cheyenne, WY - 04/29/2012 12:47:37
I would definitely recommend Jodi's presentation! She discussed a top ten list on inexpensive gardening, using her own gardening experiences, and I took away more than a dozen great ideas to try. Thanks Jodi!
Success with Containers
Christine Pauletich from Pueblo, CO - 05/26/2011 16:59:44
I don't have a green thumb, but Jodi's seminar inspired me to give containers a try. I used her advice and did a sun survey of my back yard. I placed my container garden in the location she recommended and I had great success with all of my vegetables. Thank you, Jodi!
