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Guerrilla Gardening
Since reading it I have been inspired to turn my hand to a spot of Guerrilla Gardening. Early indications are that Satre was right when he said 'hell is other people', not that I'm going to let myself be put off by the cretinous actions of others. This is War! More conventional gardeners battle slugs and the cat next door whereas my foes are of the human variety. I'm determined to win and if they don't stop I'm going to start growing cress on their doormats.
Oh and for those that don't know Guerrilla Gardening is gardening illicitly on other peoples neglected land.
On this lens you'll find pictures, links and shops of interest as well as regular updates on all my first Guerrilla Gardening projects.
Index
- On Guerrilla Gardening
- Gardening Books
- My Guerrilla Garden : Before
- My Guerrilla Garden: A Start
- My Guerrilla Garden: In The Dark
- My Guerrilla Garden : In The Light
- My Guerrilla Garden: Meet The Lavender
- My Guerrilla Garden: Getting There
- My Guerrilla Garden: New Stuff
- My Guerrilla Garden: Seven Weeks On
- Garden Auctions
- Guerrilla Gardening Gallery
- Guerrilla Gardening Gear
- Links
- The Latest From Brussels Farmer
- Swot Up On Guerrilla Gardening
- Guerrilla Gardening Blogs
- The Weather
- Comments
- Browse My Other Lenses
On Guerrilla Gardening
This book is an excellent resource not only for anyone interested in Guerrilla Gardening but anyone new to gardening and looking for ideas to brighten up an awkward corner of their own garden. It's also a cracking read so much so that my own copy is in danger of falling to bits.
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Gardening Books
My Guerrilla Garden : Before
Picture Taken Thursday 19th June 2008
Having been inspired by Richard Reynolds' book On Guerrilla Gardening and long been heartily sick of the communal area bin area behind my flats being turned into a vast dump by people too thick, anti-social and inconsiderate to put their rubbish in the bin. I decided the area could do with the Guerrilla treatment. As this 'before' shot shows I've got my work cut out. My Guerrilla Garden: A Start
Picture Taken 19th June 2008
As you can see there is still tons to do but I've managed to clear some of the rubbish by putting it in the bins provided. Incredibly when the first picture was taken all the available bins were empty!On the plus side I have managed to cut back that peculiar tree/bush thing. It has to go -chiefly because it gives me the creeps but also because the roots seem to be growing into the building which probably isn't terribly healthy. Besides I need all the space I can get for more exciting things like, flowers and herbs.
My Guerrilla Garden: In The Dark
Picture Taken June 24th 2008
Well I've finally got the rest of the rubbish and the scary tree cleared. I've put down some compost planted a multitude of night scented stock, wildflowers, lavender, jasmine, Virginian stock, nasturtium, pansies and impatiens.You can't see them yet because it's dark and most of them are still seeds. There is still much more to follow.
My Guerrilla Garden : In The Light
Picture Taken June 25th 2008
As you can see things look a bit better. An aggressive leafleting campaign of the neighbours has got them using the bins again so the path is pretty clear, though a combination of rain and stray paper has left it's mark. I've put some good compost down on a section planted hundreds of seeds a Jasmine vine, some lavender and an unidentified plant which despite the labeling I think might be a houseplant. The far corner still needs gutted and is bizarrely ankle deep in a red clay like substance which I don't have the means to dispose of yet. My Guerrilla Garden: Meet The Lavender
Picture Taken June 25th 2008
I wish I could convey to you how lovely this smells. It's even managing to overpower the smell of the bins -long may that continue. My Guerrilla Garden: Getting There
Picture Taken 26th June 2008
As you can see I'm slowly getting closer to something resembling a garden. Since my last update I've planted daisies, alpine plants, cress and ivy. I've still to take delivery of some cuttings from my mothers garden and I'm quite keen to get some foxgloves and mint in then all I need to do is keep it watered and wait for my seeds to sprout. My Guerrilla Garden: New Stuff
Picture Taken 1st of July 2008
Things are looking a good bit greener thanks to a fine selection of plants donated by my mother. I've also added a black cutleaf elder at the front which is reputed to ward off evil spirits. My Guerrilla Garden: Seven Weeks On
Picture Taken 05/08/08
As you can see the garden is getting greener -thanks in part to a very wet summer. The seeds are coming on a treat -despite a couple of attacks on the garden by some rubbish dumping pest. That said most people have been very supportive -donating plants, offering a water supply or just stopping to say well done. Garden Auctions
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The Latest From Brussels Farmer
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Guerrilla gardening is political gardening, a form of direct action, primarily practiced by environmentalists. It is related to land rights, land reform, and permaculture. Activists take over ("squat") an abandoned piece of land which they do not own to grow crops or plants. Guerrilla gardeners believe in re-considering land ownership in order to reclaim land from perceived neglect or misuse and assign a new purpose to it.
Some guerrilla gardeners carry out their actions at night, in relative secrecy, to sow and tend a new vegetable patch or flower garden. Others work more openly, seeking to engage with members of the local community, as illustrated in the examples that follow. It has grown into a form of proactive activism or pro-activism.
Guerrilla Gardening Blogs
- Guerrilla Gardening Takes Off in San Francisco | EW! A blog.
- Two weeks ago, EW wrote about the potential of guerrilla gardening in Eugene as a way for citizens to rise up and overthrow the urban blight left downtown by failed city redevelopment projects. This week the San Francisco Bay Guardian ...
- Guerrilla Gardening - WTF?!
- Umm... So, on hulu one of the sponsors was Columbia, and they're ad campaign is about little known organizations and and such. One that really.
- Eco Divas Guerilla Gardening!
- Wondering what those seed bombs were they were talking about? Want to break out into some guerrilla gardening of you own? David Tracey's Guerilla Gardening: A Manualfesto is the place to start! Guerrilla Gardening ...
- New Guerrilla Garden in Long Beach Ca. | Socal Guerrilla Gardening
- We had a unbelievable turn out for the guerrilla gardening dig today in the LBC. Here's a shot before we started working. You can see a pattern in the dirt.
The Weather
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- Pastiche Pastiche Jul 20, 2009 @ 11:13 am
- I like this Guerrilla Gardening concept - I often scatter wildflower seeds along the lane while out walking, but Guerrilla gardening is direct action that beautifies blighted urban areas.
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- Clairwil Clairwil Apr 6, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
- That's fantastic although we in Scotland don't quite have the climate for succulents!
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- paperfacets paperfacets Feb 6, 2009 @ 8:06 pm
- I love this kind of movement. Read about it in the LA Times. A guy has been doing this in Long Beach CA for awhile. He puts cactus and succulents in because we only get 9 inches of rain here.
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- poutine poutine Jan 6, 2009 @ 9:24 am
- Will check it out soon.
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