Gayla Trail has traveled throughout Canada and the United States conducting gardening and home canning demonstrations and speaking to audiences on the topics of urban gardening, growing food, ecology, and building an online gardening community.

To book Gayla as a speaker please send an email outlining your request via the contact form.

Selected Speaking & Spokesperson Engagements Include:

• Leafscapes Urban Gardening Events (New York and Chicago): Gayla worked as a spokesperson and designer, promoting urban agriculture, leading workshops, and designing edible urban gardens for public education and viewing.
• Terrain at Styer’s (Urban Outfitters flagship garden center, Pennsylvania): Spring “Heart Your Habitat” weekend special guest and speaker.
• Seeds of Diversity: 25th Anniversary keynote speaker
• Yard, Garden, and Patio Show (Portland, Oregon): Growing Incredible Edibles Anywhere and Everywhere
• Canada Blooms: Urban Gardening, Guerilla Gardening, Pretty Delicious: Beautiful Food Gardens.
• Vegetable Gardening Symposium (Oregon): Gardening with Limited Resources and Challenging Spaces
• BlogHer Conference 2006 Is the Next Martha Stewart a Blogger?
• Toronto Botanical Garden: Creating a Sanctuary in the City

Presentation Topics:

Grow Great Grub: Taking off from her new book and over a decade of experience growing edibles on her city rooftop, Gayla shows inspiring and practical ways to grow organic food in small and difficult spaces. (45 minute presentation with accompanying photographs taken by Gayla.)

Workshop Topics:

Set it and Forget It (Well Almost): How to build a self-watering container for finicky squashes, tomatoes, and other water-loving edibles using recycled materials. ( 1 hour Workshop)

Canning Workshops for Apartment Dwellers: With over a decade of experience under her belt, Gayla walks aspiring home canners through the ins and outs of canning a variety of fresh preserves. Special emphasis is placed on small batch canning in cramped and challenging apartment kitchens. Topics include: Canning heirloom tomatoes, pickles, and jams (one topic per class). ( 2 hour hands on Workshop + handouts)

Container Vegetable Gardening: Growing an attractive vegetable garden in containers, from getting good soil and growing a wide assortment of fantastic vegetables to frugal yet stylish container options and beyond. (1-2 hour hands on Workshop + handouts)

Windowsill Herb Garden: Growing fresh herbs both indoors and out regardless of the size of your space. (1-2 hour hands on Workshop + handouts)

Frugal Seed Starting for Apartment Dwellers: Everything you need to know to start your own seedlings in even the smallest apartments from setup, making your own DIY lighting systems, to keeping young seedlings alive and healthy. (1 hour Workshop + handouts)