Earth Day: Toronto

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 the You Grow Girl

Canada Blooms: Herbs & Edibles

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 handout here for those who missed out. Thanks to

EVENT: The Stratford Gardening Festival

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 organic gardening in

OREGON

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” (Pretty self-explanatory) at

Ladyfest Guelph

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. Here’s the promo: “Turn the waste from tonight’s

New York Resident

– From: New York Resident (Oct 10, 2005.) As a part of Leafscapes urban gardening event series hosted in conjunction with Turning Leaf Wines and Open House New York. Click for pdf version.

Book Expo Canada

I’ll be signing books at Book Expo Canada on Sunday, June 26 from 3-4 pm. Come out and get your book signed, bring along your completed projects (I love seeing them), or stop by for a chat.

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

New York Events

I’ll be travelling to New York City next week to promote the book. Note that a 3rd event has been added to the bottom: BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! At GRDN Thursday, May 19th 6pm to 9pm Cocktails, live music and hands-on gardening demonstrations. Where: 103 Hoyt Street, between Atlantic Ave and Pacific St, Brooklyn URBAN GARDENING

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

Toronto Container Gardening Workshop

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

Sanctuary in the City

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