Saucy Magazine Reviews “You Grow Girl” Book

From: Saucy Magazine “This is the gardening book I wish I could have had when I started out gardening. New gardeners will find this book to be a fine primer on planning a garden (whether in-ground or in containers), sowing seeds, planting, growing and harvesting, making compost, and coping with garden diseases and pests, and

New York Updates – Day One

There has been lots of excitment here in You Grow Girl land so I’ll start with updating my trip to New York and work from there. But before I do I am proud to announce that the You Grow Girl book has gone for a second printing! Woo Hoo! The weather in New York was

Gardening Life – Green Talk

From: Gardening Life Magazine (June 05) “Sure, Toronto’s Gayla Trail may have written You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to gardening (Fireside, $22), but she’s a most unlikely plant guru — unless you count the fact that she grew her first parsley at the age of five. Her new book is an offshoot of www.yougrowgirl.com,

The Globe & Mail Reviews “You Grow Girl” Book

– From: The Globe & Mail (Saturday, May 28, 2005 Page L5) “REQUIRED READING Followers of scrappy gardener Gayla Trail, the founder of the YouGrowGirl.com gardening website, now have a companion book they can actually haul outdoors. Toronto-resident Trail started the site in 2000 as a response to the paucity of media geared to young,

CBC Newsworld (after)

I made my appearance on CBC Newsworld this morning at exactly 11:37am EST. Television news runs like an efficient machine. The first order of business was makeup where I was fake tanned with a hefty dose of bronze powder. We then ran to the set where my props were waiting all neatly displayed on a

CBC NewsWorld Appearance

I’m scheduled to appear on CBC NewsWorld this Sunday, May 15th at approximately 11:30am EST. I’ll be talking about the book and gardening in containers.

Toronto Events This Week

It has been a busy week. On Wed I gave a container gardening workshop at GrassRoots. The turnout was great and I had a good time! On Friday I went out shopping for plants with Daphne Gordon of the Toronto Star. We went over to Fiesta Farms on Christie and wandered around the plants talking

Library Journal Review

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

Gardening Life Photoshoot

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