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Gayla’s Garden: A Short Film

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Local filmmaker Stacey Dodge visited my rooftop garden in the spring to shoot a short for the Toronto Urban Film Festival. Fast forward several months and her film (edited by Beau Dickson) was selected and will

Who Done It?

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Look who showed up looking for lunch while I was out on the roof taking photos yesterday afternoon. He had absolutely no fear whatsoever. I could have reached out and touched him. I yelled and stomped

‘Chocolate Cherry’ Sunflower: Full Coverage

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved My mad love for the 'Chocolate Cherry' sunflower has resulted in almost daily mini photo sessions, capturing it at every stage of development and possible angle. I've come to realize that if I continued posting updates

Troy-Bilt Pony Garden Tiller

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved When Troy-Bilt, makers of large lawn and garden power machines, contacted me about reviewing a product I was a little hesitant. Actually I was a lot hesitant. I said no at first and then mulled it

Eco-Me Cat Starter Kit

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Eco-Me specializes in D.I.Y natural cleaning, bath and home products and kits. The idea is a bit unusual: rather than simply selling natural products, they provide the recipes, reusable containers and tools, and essential oils so

Mystery Tree in the Garden

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I found an entire tree laying flat across the street garden this morning. Just, you know, laying there. How it got there or why is beyond me. Okay. Here's the thing: The garden's a mess. I have barely

Matchstick Garden

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I bought this little UK product, The Matchstick Garden, while out shopping for project supplies at a bourgeoisie cooking store in my neighborhood the other day. Those fancy stores with their beautifully packaged products and their

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Community Gardening Guide

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I'm very proud to have co-produced the cover photograph for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "Community Gardening" guide alongside my partner Davin Risk. Yep, that's my soiled hand and a bouquet of sage held up at our

My Brother’s Garden

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Hey Internet, Remember when I helped my brother make a container garden on his balcony? Behold, it LIVES! Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved He's done really, really well for someone with

Underground Organics

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I've been meaning to tell you about Underground Organics since back in the spring when buckets of their beautiful flowers first started showing up at my local weekly market, the Dufferin Grove Farmers Market. READ MORE...
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SPEAKING TO A NEW-STYLE GARDENER

You Grow Girl was launched by Gayla Trail in February 2000 and has grown into a thriving online community that speaks to a new kind of gardener, seeking to redefine the modern world relationship to plants. This contemporary, laid-back approach to gardening places equal importance on environmentalism, style, affordability, art, and humour. - More

DAILY BOTANICAL

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GARDEN SHOW & TELL

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Ohio Floraculture Association's Short Course Conference
Consumer Buzz Live! Panel with Consumer Publication Editors
4-6 pm

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Live Interview on News 95.7
“Weekend Gardener“ Program with Nikki Jabbour
Streams live from 10 am-noon Atlantic.

May 19, 2008

She's Crafty - “Take It Outside” Episode
Gayla is in this episode showing how to make stepping stones.
HGTV Canada: 5:00pm & 9:00pm PST and 8:00pm & Midnight EST

You Grow Girl Turns Eight

Contest Winners Are Announced
Check out the winning entries for 2008.

April 10, 2008

Presentation on Garden Literacy
University of San Francisco

FEATURED ARTICLES

Grow It: Mexican Sour Gherkin

Grow this adorable and drought-tolerant miniature cucumber cousin.

Brew It: Sun Tea

Brew up a batch of slow brew herbal tea powered entirely by the heat of the sun.

Refreshing and Unusual Lemonades

The usual stuff is well and good but these concoctions take lemonade to a whole new level.

Tomatoes to Grow in Containers (Or Anywhere Else for That Matter)

Find out about some of the best varieties for containers and why.

Summer Seeds

Summer is not the end of planting season. Get inspired to start something new with this list of perennials that can be started from seed in July and August..

Plant Shall Eat Plant

Did you know you can make liquid fertilizer for your plants using other plants? Sounds like floral cannibalism but it’s not unlike compost when you think about it.

Tomatoes Like Milk

Water your tomato plants with a dash of milk to keep disease away.

Eat This: Nettle Soup

Cook up a batch of old-time nettle soup from this prolific edible “weed.“

Foraging for Stinging Nettle

While the ”sting“ in stinging can make this herb tricky to harvest it's worth the effort. Stinging nettle is very high in magnesium and iron making it good for both your bod and your plants’ too.

Make Your Own Seed Starting Mix

Making your own mix is SUPER easy and worth the small effort if you are growing a lot of seedlings.

Toilet Roll Seed-Starter

Forget about seed-starting pellets! Starting your seeds in a toilet roll is free and easy.

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