I’m giving an urban container gardening workshop this week at GrassRoots on the Danforth. Urban Gardening: No Backyard Required When: Wednesday, May 11th 2005. 7:30-9:00 Where: Grassroots 372 Danforth Ave (at Chester subway) $10 (5$ students/seniors/unwaged) PRE-REGISTRATION is necessary! To register please call 416-944-1993 or visit either Grassroots location Details: Your patio, balcony, or fire-escape …
This month will go down as the wackiest April in recent memory. We had some unseasonably warm days followed by a handful of cold, grey, wet days. Yesterday was sunny one minute, and literally hailing ice pellets the next! Thankfully I did manage to set aside a few hours on one of the warmer days …
– From: VENUS Magazine Spring 2005 -page 75
From: Library Journal Review “Reaching a new audience, this gardening book is as fresh and funky as the web site that inspired it. A professional print designer before turning to web design, Trail couldn’t find gardening information geared toward young, hip, frugal, urban gardeners like herself, so she used her skills to create YouGrowGirl.com in …
I will be one of four women speaking on the topic of “Sanctuary in the City” this weekend at The Toronto Botanical Gardens. From the website: Ultimate Gardening Workshop: Sanctuary in the City Virginia Burt, Gayla Trail, Ann Hagedorn, Karen Michaud. As city dwellers, we long for an escape from the traffic and respite from …
– From: BUST April/May 2005 -page 99
The day after the Launch Party I dragged my weary body out of bed and headed west to an area north of High Park called Baby Point to have my picture taken for Gardening Life magazine. Crazy! I brought Davin along so he could a.) keep me awake and make sure I got home okay …
Wow so much has happened in the last few weeks I can hardly keep up. Of course, in the end I found myself sick in bed for nearly a week with the same crazy end o’ winter virus everyone seemed to be carrying so that’s my official excuse for the delayed posting about recent events. …
– From: BITCH Magazine Spring 2005 “How can you not be inspired by a gardening guru who sports a Joy Division t-shirt, a practical (and stylish) homemade gardening apron, and cat-eye glasses? Taking cues from feminist DIY manifestos like Stitch n’ Bitch and Get Crafty, Gayla Trail, creator of YouGrowGirl.com, invites you to take it …
– From: AltWeeklies.com (Originally published in Columbus Alive) Green Thumbs Are the New Black By Nikki Davis “Just like knitting and Martha-style home-improvement are the season’s new “black,†gardening is also getting props as the latest take on a perennial classic. In You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening (Fireside Books), graphic designer, photographer …
-From: The National Post (March 26, 2005.) Contents Page Contents Page (close) Article
Just a reminder that the Book Launch Party is coming up this Wed night at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Details can be found here. ——————————————– The view on my deck is looking somewhat more inviting today. I did not take a photo but it is warmer and brighter with remnants of snow and ice.