Guerrilla Gardening in LA
In today’s LA Times Local News section, there is a marvelous story about LA’s Guerrilla Gardening movement. The cautious green neighborhood heroes are planting on land that is not legally theirs, but they are only ameliorating what’s already there. They are determined to turn abandoned patches of grass into flower or vegetable gardens, and they have the neighbors’ full support. To avoid getting caught, green guerrillas usually plant and “seed bomb” at night. They convert traffic islands, and any other unwanted piece of soil they can get their green thumbs on. The movement originated in New York in the 70’s and has since spread to London, Berlin, Miami, San Francisco, LA and virtually all over the world! Cultivating and caring for neglected land should be applauded! I think it’s admirable and genius!
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by Anne Karine
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While I also applaud these people for their efforts in making our cities more beautiful with their ’seed bombing’, I can’t help but find the whole idea of gardeners being thought of as renegades rather amuzing.
I agree, it is kind of funny that good deeds can also get you into trouble. The world is upside down like that at times.
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