You Grow Girl™

From: LATimes (March 10, 2005.) The dirt on alt gardening by Alexandria Abramian-Mott "Looking for an antidote to the gardening how-to book written by estate-owning bluebloods with eponymous tea roses? Gayla Trail, a bona fide alt chick with the cat glasses and obscure '80s rock T-shirts to prove it, has the

You Grow Girl won in the category of "Favorite Place to Learn How to Grow Your Own" in the "2004 The Morning News Editor's Awards in Online Excellence." Thanks Morning News!

The Blog Generation Takes Up Its Trowels You Grow Girl was interviewed for an New York Times article about young, urban gardeners.

I need to start thinking about what I'm going to grow this year so decided to check out Richters Herbs to see what's new. I'm completely blown away by some of the unusual new selections and thought I would share. Wasabi -- I don't think

Spring really, truly is finally here and I've been taking every opportunity to capture it on film. This photo of a crocus cluster was taken in my garden using a homemade pinhole camera I constructed from a broken camera and a pie tin. Check out

Canadian Gardening - Site of the Month September 2003. "Sassy, unconventional and totally passionate about plants, You Grow Girl is refreshingly, um, fresh. The work of Toronto-based Gayla Trail and a host of volunteer contributors from around the world, You Grow Girl re-defines gardening for a new generation of gardeners.

by Gayla Trail Forget shopping. A little botany lesson is all you need for a d.i.y. seed collection. We've even done the work for you and designed lovely seed packets to print out and use. Harvesting and Saving Your Seeds Storing and Testing Seeds Make Decorative Envelopes

October 8, 2001. An interview with Gayla featured on this excellent website that promotes girls in technology. Read it here. Gayla Sanders Writer & Graphic Designer YouGrowGirl.com Gayla Sanders designs and maintains You Grow Girl, an online magazine about gardening and plants. She also runs her own design company in Toronto, Canada. How