Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Kym Pokorny

Kym Pokorny grew up on her dad’s wholesale nursery in Northern California. She studies journalism and environmental science in college and graduated with a degree in journalism.  She’s been a journalist for 23 years, the last 10 as a garden writer for The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon.  Kym has served as a regional director for the Garden Writers Association and as chairman of the GWA Foundation Board.  She’s won a Quill & Trowel Award, two Garden Globes and the Herald Award from the American Nursery & Landscape Association. She lives happily with her dog, Sadie, in Portland where her garden threatens to engulf her 1922 house.

Slugs, Bugs, Mildew & More – Coping with Garden Pests

Saturday, February 11 at 5:30 pm on the Monrovia Stage

Beautiful flower gardens and bountiful vegetable gardens are as attractive to pests as to the homeowners who nurture them. Learn how to protect your garden year-round from slugs, bugs, mildew and more by understanding how and why healthy soil matters, which insects are plant-eating enemies, what plants and flowers attract pests, when beneficial organisms can help and what over-the-counter and home remedies are available.