You Grow Girl™

Come out to Earth Day Spring Festival events this weekend at Budapest Park here in Toronto! When: Sat, April 22. 2006. 10:30 am - 4 pm Where: Budapest Park (on the waterfront at the bottome of Roncessvalles Ave., just east of Sunnyside Park and west of the Palais Royale.) Stop by

- From Chicago Apartment Therapy (April 2006.) "Speaking of Spring, You Grow Girl is an amazing website that will inspire both the novice and experienced gardener (and no, you don't have to be a girl). Our friend Roni turned us on to You Grow Girl

- From: Philadelphia Style (March/April 2006. pg 90)

I gave a workshop/demonstration today at Canada Blooms on growing herbs and other edibles in a strawberry pot but I ran out of handouts. I wasn't expecting such a great turnout! Thanks to everyone who came. As promised I have posted a printable version of the

Join me for two events on Friday March 3 Coffee with Gayla: 2:00 pm An informal chat in which I will talk about my own gardening story and life; my personal passions; why I garden the way I do and what gardening means to me. Urban Gardening: 3:30 pm An intro to

Sat. Feb. 11, 2006. Vegetable Gardening Symposium Clackmas Community College, Gregory Forum 8 am to 4 pm This event includes a selection of wonderful speakers on varied topics related to growing food [See link above for full listing] I will be giving a presentation called, "Gardening with Limited Resources and Challenging Spaces"

I know it's geeky but I like to stop in bookstores to check for the book. If I'm in a new city I'll check in stores I pass on the street, and in my own city I'll check in stores I know carry it just to see

From: Associated Press (ASAP) You Grow Girl December 7, 2005 "Gayla Trail became hooked during her second year of college, when she and several housemates took their "crappy little backyard" and turned it into a vegetable garden that quickly became her responsibility. She really didn't know much about planting and caring for

Chatelaine magazine online has a fall gardening feature that includes some of my tips on preparing your garden for winter. Note: click "Show me my fall garden!" to launch.

I've been busy over the last few months with a number of workshops and projects but thought I would take a moment to document some of that here before the experiences escape me. I did a workshop called "Grocery Store Gardening" at Ladyfest Guelph back in Sept.