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, …
– 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, …
– From: The Toronto Star (May 21, 2005.) -Shopping Section
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 …
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 …
Another May, another act of gluttony at the Parkdale Horticultural Society plant sale. Okay perhaps there was slightly less gluttony on my part this year — arriving late always helps since the good stuff goes in a matter of minutes. But I just can’t help myself when I see a big container of something-or-other for …
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.
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 …
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 …