Wednesday, April 15 | 10:00-11:30AM | Horticulture Building
$15/GBC Member | $25/Non-Member

The longstanding tradition of companion planting in the vegetable garden can help keep pests and diseases at bay. Planning ahead for successful partnerships between plants in the vegetable garden can help enhance the growth and overall health of your garden. Learn how planting combinations of vegetables, flowers and herbs can encourage both a more sustainable, healthy and beautiful vegetable garden.

Kristi Stromberg Wright is the Head Horticulturist at Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich, CT. Kristi has been working in horticulture and design over the last twenty-five years. She has worked as horticulturist and designer at various design firms, including Lynden B. Miller Public Garden Design and Balmori Associates, as well as a co-founding partner of VertNY, a NYC landscape design firm. Kristi’s past experience has encompassed a wide range of design projects, in the public and private realms. Trained at NYBG in horticulture and landscape design, she has extensive experience designing and maintaining gardens in NYC, Westchester and Fairfield Counties.