guerrilla gardening, definition of

Guerrilla gardening describes the unauthorized cultivation of plants or crops on vacant public or private land. The aim being to improve the often neglected, barren or overgrown spaces. Often its also done as a form of political or social statement.

The act of guerrilla gardening is either often done overnight to avoid unwanted attention; or it is done in plain sight to get community involvement.

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• Green Your Neighbourhood this Autumn with a Little Guerilla Gardening!
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• Guerilla Gardening: Strategies for Greening Up Your Neighborhood
  Regardless of whether you are an urban, suburban, or rural dweller, there is inevitably a patch of neglected turf in your neighborhood that might need a bit of TLC to green it up...
• Guerilla Gardening Gift Boxes are a Great Way to Inspire Urban Transformation
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• Guerrilla Grafters Secretly Graft Fruit-Bearing Branches onto San Francisco Trees
  We’ve heard of guerrilla gardening, and we’ve heard of grafting plants — but guerrilla grafting? That’s new to us. For the past two years, a group that calls themselves Guerrilla Grafters have been secretly grafting fruit-bearing...
• 6 Super Easy Gardening Projects To Do This Weekend
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• The Pothole Gardener Creates Miniature Living Worlds in East London Potholes
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• The Pothole Gardener Creates Mini Living Worlds in East London Potholes
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• Guerrilla Gardening: Mini Ecosystem Installations On the Streets Of Madrid Take Root
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• Moss Your City: Gorgeous Living Walls Sprout in London
  Photo by Danica Kus Norwegian design studio PUSHAK recently installed a breathtaking series of moss-covered arches in the entry and gallery space of The Architecture Foundation’s London headquarters...

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