Gayla Trail

Relatively Speaking: Growing and Eating Edible Physalis

Gayla — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:47:28 +0000

Garden Making Magazine, May 2011.
Article and photos by Gayla Trail.

Grow Your Own Greens

Gayla — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:14:44 +0000

Yoga Journal Magazine, May 2011.
Article by Gayla Trail.

Bold, Bountiful Brassicas

Gayla — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:03:32 +0000

Garden Making Magazine, Fall 2011.
Article text and Spigarello photos by Gayla Trail.

Some Like It Cool: Growing Early Spring Greens

Gayla — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:07:01 +0000

Garden Making Magazine, Spring 2010.
Article text and bloody dock photo by Gayla Trail.

O Magazine: Garden State

Gayla — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:41:52 +0000

March 2010.

Garden State: An urban farmer with a cultlike following explains the simplest way to grow your own food.

Recent Television Appearances (Spring 2010)

Gayla — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:55 +0000

Two recent television appearances that made it online.

The Steven and Chris Show: On growing vegetables in containers. Accompanying text can be found here.

CTV Montreal: Grow a Pocket Garden

Gardening & Botanicals

Gayla — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:32:05 +0000

Photos of gardens, gardening, and individual plants.

Grow Great Grub: Organic Food From Small Spaces (Book)

Gayla — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:12:49 +0000

Written, and photographed by Gayla with illustrations by Davin Risk. Design by Davin Risk and Gayla Trail.

Published by Clarkson Potter/Random House (2010).

More reviews, press, images, and information.

GROW GREAT GRUB offers all the reader needs to get started, maintain, and enjoy the fruits (and vegetables!) of an organic garden. This engaging, fun, functional guidebook includes tips that make it easy for aspiring home farmers. The easy-to-follow growing strategies and inspiring ideas include:

How to grow incredible organic food – from colorful vine-ripe tomatoes to vibrant purple ruffles basil to exotic, edible flowers
In-depth, easy to follow techniques, hints, and instruction for every type of gardener, whether their garden is in-ground, in containers, or on a windowsill
Contemporary approaches to using edible plants in the garden and inspiring innovative ways for gardeners to enjoy the fruits of their labor year-round.

Teeming with Gayla Trail’s trademark sass and indie DIY attitude, GROW GREAT GRUB is the ideal resource for a burgeoning audience of gardeners who desire organic edibles that are juicy, healthy, full of flavor, and all the more sweet for having been raised at home.

For review copies or interview requests, please contact Emily Lavelle (elavelle@randomhouse.com/212-572-8756)

Santiago de Cuba

Gayla — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:49:16 +0000

Santiago de Cuba and Guama (2008 & 2009)

Green Minds Project

Gayla — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:32:19 +0000

Currently in-progress. Learn more or suggest a gardener.

Green Minds is a portrait project exploring gardeners and their passion for growing greenery. I am seeking to validate all kinds of gardening practice. This includes anything from a sprawling lush paradise to a single plant growing in a coffee can. Gardens include but are not limited to: community gardens, allotments, backyards, balconies, rooftops, front yards, containers on a patio or street corner, store windows, fire escapes, windowsills, guerrilla gardens….