About Judy

Short Bio

Judy Frankel is known as "The Fruit Tree Lady." She helps homeowners in Southern California set up vegetable gardens, choose the best fruit trees that ripen throughout the year, and prunes/trains/fertilizes roses, fruit trees, and vineyards for maximum food production. She frequently speaks about the Future of Food, Fruit Tree Pruning, Secrets of Soil, Terrific Tomatoes, and How To Grow a Vegetable Garden. Her mission is to heal the world through small gardening acts of kindness, care, and beauty.

Background

Judy Frankel is a Master Gardener in California and  mother of a charming, lovely daughter. Her specialty is pruning/training fruit trees, vineyards, roses and caring for vegetable gardens.

At age 12, Frankel started growing food with her father in the backyard of her family’s farmhouse in Pennsylvania. In 1996, she began applying organic, biointensive farming strategies at a Long Beach community garden plot. By 2002, she completed both the California and Massachusetts Master Gardener programs. She has been pruning trees for fruit production for 23 years.



When not gardening, Judy is an activist, fighting the spread of 5G, writing and speaking out against GMO’s, Roundup (glyphosate) and “terminator” seeds. She connects the dots between use of agricultural herbicides and the rising incidence of neurological and gastrointestinal disorders in the United States. Her urgent call to action includes electing a President who will stop appointing Monsanto (and Bayer)-friendly cronies to the USDA, FDA, and EPA.

Speaker

Judy has given presentations to:
  • The Orange County Fair (How to Grow A Vegetable Garden)
  • California Rare Fruit Growers (How to Prune Stone Fruit Trees)
  • BIL Talks (The Future of Food)
  • Pacific Food and Beverage Museum (How to Start Your Veggie Garden)
  • Peninsula Garden Club (Vegetable Gardening)
  • Rolling Hills Preparatory School (Organic Farming Practices)


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School Gardens

Judy has worked for Palos Verdes School Gardens teaching seed starting, planting trees and raised beds. She worked with fellow Master Gardener Carola Bundy as a volunteer at the Lincoln Elementary School in Long Beach, California.

Self-taught Cook/Baker

From baking pies to sprouting sprouts, Judy has been making "slow food" (as opposed to "fast food") since 1992. Her focus is on bringing garden veggies to deliciousness, using the highest vibrational and nutrition-dense ingredients that do NOT contain glyphosate or glutamate, PCBs or other toxins. She began her culinary adventures by learning to make Indian food, and now has an arsenal of more than 100 spices on hand. Since 2018, Judy has been making vegan creations from scratch, including making her own non-dairy cheese, yogurt, and other ferments.

Writer

When not gardening, Judy had been a contributor for The Huffington Post and authored "In Search of The Next POTUS:  One Woman's Quest to Fix Washington, A True Story" that chronicles the start-up of her non-profit organization called Writeindependent.org, a federal elections website. She has written more than 300 blog posts covering a range of topics.