Witch Hazel
Click title to see full photo. 
Gayla: Toronto, Canada
Bio: Gayla is the founder of this site and the author of You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening. She splits her gardening time between a rooftop deck, a community garden plot, and a formerly barren patch of public land on a busy urban corner.
Email: gayla@yougrowgirl.com
Click title to see full photo. Ackee Tree
Click title to see full photo. Repurposed for the Garden: Flag Highlighter
When the folks behind this product sat down to envision a highlighter/post-it flag hybrid, I hardly think they knew they were creating a useful tool for gardeners. Students, office managers, and anal retentive note takers? Descending into the Valley of Desolation
Click title to see full photo. Land Turtles
Click title to see full photo. Grow Great Grub Toronto Book Launch Party
Last Wed, Feb 24 I hosted the official Toronto Grow Great Grub book launch party. Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to help me celebrate the launch of my new book, Spiral Ginger (Costus)
Click title to see full photo. Amomum
Click title to see full photo. The Requirement to Garden
This is a long one. I suggest you make a cup of tea and a snack before starting.
"And now listen carefully. You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your Echeveria ‘Doris Taylor’
Click title to see full photo. Beehive Ginger
Click title to see full photo. More Seeds and Such That Will Need to Be Stuck into Some Soil, Somewhere
Last week I traveled to Montreal to speak at the Montreal Seed Fair and sign copies of the "Grow Great Grub" book in support of the collective food gardening group, Action Communiterre.
Toronto's False Roselle
Click title to see full photo. Frangipani Tree (Barbados)
Click title to see full photo. Repurposed for the Garden: Forceps
The other day, while shopping in the plant section of the Montreal Botanical Garden's gift store I came upon a long pair of forceps that a staff member must have forgotten, left sitting among the cacti.
In that moment it occurred to me, aha, Caladium ‘Thai Beauty’
Click title to see full photo. Blushing
Click title to see full photo. February at the Community Garden
We popped over to the community garden yesterday afternoon with a frozen pail of compost. I thought I would take some pictures so you can see what it looks like in the middle of winter.
As you can Upcoming Grow Great Grub Events in Toronto
I've got a very busy week ahead. The best gardening event of the season, Seedy Saturday, is taking place this coming Sunday, February 21st followed by the Grow Great Grub Book Launch Party on February 24th.
Let's start with Seedy Saturday, which is held on a Sunday
Winter Jasmine Bonsai
Click title to see full photo.