Workshops, parties, presentations, and other garden events related to You Grow Girl or Gayla Trail.
Hello Friends, Just a reminder that the House of Hope Drive is on until Saturday when I’ll be drawing a name for the prize. We’re currently up to $1, 130, which is crazy INCREDIBLE! Thanks so much for contributing! My friend Celia, who lives in Dominica, is going to be visiting the House of Hope …
This coming Monday I will be giving a presentation to the Parkdale Horticultural Society on my epic December/January 2009/2010 trip to the Caribbean. I’ve assembled a range of images from plants, to food, to some personal insights from all three of the islands we visited. There is a special emphasis on Dominica, in part because …
Next weekend, we’re headed to Detroit for a joint book launch event for “Grow Great Grub” and graphic novel, “Sword of My Mouth.” Why is a food gardening book teaming up with a graphic novel about the apocalypse (and vice-versa) you ask? Well, as it happens, the story is set in Detroit and features urban …
This growing season, I have teamed up with friend and experienced gardener/plantsman Barry Parker to offer hands on gardening and canning workshops in Toronto. We’ve started off with 3 workshops in the month of May and plan to offer a few more later in the season based on interest, time, etc. Pickled Spring: Homecanning Asparagus …
Last August, Davin and I took a short jaunt to Montreal to wind down following the final delivery of the Grow Great Grub layout. While there, we stopped at the Drawn & Quarterly book shop, called Librairie D + Q to pick up some new comics. Drawn & Quarterly are an independent comic book publisher …
Remember last year when I invited local site readers to come out and grow seedlings together in a local greenhouse? Well, it’s seed starting season and the greenhouse has kindly offered us some space again this year so I’m putting out the call. There is shelf space for about 2 or 3 people to grow …
It’s been a month since my new book, “Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces” hit stores and a whole heck of a lot has happened during that time. I won’t go over everything — I just want to mention a few highlights for longevity. The first big news is that the book has …
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, despite bad weather warnings and the big Olympic hockey game. Here we are at the reception table before people arrived. Photo …
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 this year but it is still called Seedy …
Winners of my new book Grow Great Grub have been selected using a random # generator and they are: Gina, who is inspired by “…The heirloom tomatoes at the San Francisco farmers market: “Heaven on earth to me! I’d love to grow some of those myself.“ and Paula, who spent her, “…childhood years on a …
I hear that snowstorms have hit many of you, and that a bunch of snow is set to dump all over my region sometime late this week. What better time to get excited about seedstarting? This weekend marks Montreal’s 10th Annual Seed Fair (aka Seedy Saturday & Sunday). It’s a two day affair featuring free …
I did a quick and easy giveaway of my new book “Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces” on The Twitter last week and as promised I’m doing one here too. It’s still winter and most of us are hibernating and reserving energy for the spring, so let’s keep this simple. To Enter: Simply …