#guerrilla gardening

[kropotkindersurprise]

Take up guerrilla gardening to beautify your city and provide food for bees and other insects!

#guerrilla gardening #guerrilla #gardening #environmentalism #bees #bees are our friends #activism #direct action #nature #insects #flowers #skateboard #skater #video #spring #seeds #seed bombs

[solarpunkani]

*poke poke*

*nudge*

You wanna guerrilla garden some swamp milkweed around a retention pond so bad.

#solarpunk #guerrilla gardening #gardening #guerilla gardening #out of queue #ani rambles #me cataloguing seeds: #bot. interests seed packet: swamp milkweed grows great around ponds! #me: swamp milkweed grows great around ponds.... retention ponds.....? #i don't have the balls to do it rn because all the nearest retention ponds i can think of are like #either by highways or fenced in #but if someone has the courage and ability to do so. this is me giving out the idea. #i am in the 'retention ponds need some fuckin COLOR' camp #BEAUTIFY THAT THANG #i mean. I have so many packets of swamp milkweed seeds its unreal. #hypothetically if i were to obtain some clay.... i already have worm castings.... i just need to be able to make seed bombs.... #maybe get a friend to be my accomplice and drive me around as i yeeteth deleteth

[climatecalling]

When Richard Reynolds first started gardening around London’s streets, he was so worried he might be arrested that he worked under the cover of darkness. Reynolds was one of the UK’s first modern guerrilla gardeners, a movement that encourages people to nurture and revive land they do not have the legal rights to cultivate. ... It’s important to remember that much of the unused or abandoned land that is potentially suitable for guerilla gardening in towns and cities throughout the UK is owned by local councils. Common examples of such locations include broken pavements with missing slabs, wasteland and the central areas of roundabouts. Although much of this land is already open for the public to walk over, actively gardening on it would become an act of trespass. The law of trespass sounds scary. However, gardening on this land would be a breach of civil law rather than a crime. This means that most guerrilla gardeners are unlikely to receive a fine or a criminal record. Landowners do have the legal right to use “reasonable force” to remove trespassers from their land. But, fortunately, it seems most councils have ignored guerrilla gardeners, having neither the time, money or inclination to bring legal action against them. Colchester Council, for example, were unable to track down the identity of the “human shrub”, a mysterious eco-activist who restored the flowers in the city’s abandoned plant containers in 2009. The shrub returned again in 2015 and sent a gift of seeds to a local councillor.

#guerrilla gardening #urban nature #nature restoration #public land #gardening

[unstalgia]

Seed Bombs are little balls made up of a combination of compost, clay and seeds. The act of using the ball is called Seed bombing, which is the practice of introducing vegetation to land by throwing or dropping the seed bombs. The structure of the bomb enables the seeds to be launched over walls or distances, as the compost and clay act as a barrier to protect and nourish them, so they don’t need to be planted.

This technique is used by Guerrilla Garderners. Guerrilla Gardening is the act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that the gardeners do not have the legal rights to cultivate, such as abandoned sites, areas that are not being cared for, or private property.

#guerrilla gardening #gardening #nature #plants #sustainable #solarpunk #seed bombs #seed bombing

[roseredsnow]

Before and after of the path I just strimmed!

I don't normally go this way unless I'm taking the dog to the grassy bit you can see on the left to play, but went this way this morning to avoid some dogs he doesn't like and realised it would be a good spot to pratice using the strimmer.

I was gonna get the grass up on the sides but I didn't bring the hoe with me just a paving tool and my back was starting to hurt so job for another day but it's started.

While I know the aesthetic of plants everywhere looks pretty it's sometimes at deterement to accessibility, making sure paths are clear is pretty important.

#solarpunk #hopepunk #solar punk #guerrilla gardening #guerilla project #gardening #also spiting both my now ex boss who said I wasnt proactive and my mp who voted no to ceasfire by doing this.

[dipperdesperado]

guerrilla gardening is very cool

I’m really stoked to talk about praxis and solarpunk today. Hopefully, you all know what solarpunk is. I imagine fewer of you know what praxis is. Essentially, praxis is a term, used a lot by leftists, to talk about doing stuff. It’s a practice or activity, informed by theoretical and experiential knowledge. In our goal to create an ecological society informed by appropriate technology, we should think not only about the massive upheavals but the things that we can do right now. That’s where guerrilla gardening comes in.

Gardening in general is activism, but guerrilla gardening is like, super solarpunk. The rundown is essentially when you and/or a group of homies take some love-starved land and turn it into a garden (or just plant stuff there) without permission from the owner of said land. That lack of permission is what makes it guerrilla. This can lead to a better community, and supports abolition (of private property), autonomy, and collective resiliency. Ideally, you can get public support behind ya, and be able to work with the municipality to not get in trouble. The classic asking for forgiveness than permission, until you’re the one that can decide.

Where to Start: X Marks the Spot

When you (and your small-but mighty collective/affinity group) decide that you want to set up a guerrilla garden, the first thing you want to do is find a good spot. It can be that little line of grass that split up two sides of the road, a sidewalk bed, or an empty lot. You want to make sure there’s good sunlight and decent soil. If the soil ain’t good, but you wanna do stuff there, I’d recommend researching how to rehabilitate it. Obviously, that’s more work, though.

Once you have your target spot, you’ll need your tools and plants. Some basic things will be gloves, a trowel, a water source (like a can or hose), and plants/seeds. Some nice-to-haves could be mulch, compost, or soil amendments. It depends on what you’re planting and what your conditions are to know what you’ll need to bring. If you’re in a high visibility area, it could be nice to have some clothing that makes sure you don’t look suspect. That’s probably a good general rule of thumb. Act like you deserve to be in the space because you do! If you look suspect, people will think as much.

Prepping the Garden

Once you have everything you need, you’ll need to get the garden site ready. If you need to clear it out, whether there’s vegetation you’re not interested in, trash, debris, etc., do that. Ideally, you can also improve the soil quality with stuff like compost and organic stuff if you need to.

Time for Plants!

Here’s where the real fun begins. Get some plants going! You want the ones you pick to be a good fit for the target climate and soil. Even better if some of them are edible. When you’re planting, be sure to space the plants out and water them pretty well. If you're planting seeds, be patient! It can take a few weeks for the plants to sprout.

Garden Tending

Now that you have a garden going, it’s time to keep it up. You want to water them regularly and watch out for any invasives or weeds that could crowd out your plants. You might also have to add additional amendments to the soil, to keep the plants happy. Try to make sure to think about and account for issues in the garden. Whether that’s nonhuman neighbors or mean vandals, you want to try to think of ways to uphold the values of the project while protecting its continued existence.

Permablitzing

I also want to touch on some more specific types of guerrilla gardening. Firstly, let’s talk about permablitzing.

Permablitizing is a portmanteau between permaculture and blitzing. Permaculture is a type of gardening and farming that aspires to copy natural ecosystems to create harmonious gardens that are self-sustaining. It generally will include a mix of native, edible, and wildlife-attracting plants. Permablitzing is taking that permaculture idea and rallying the community to create a permaculture garden in a single day.

It looks a little something like this: volunteers collectively design and install the garden. They put in garden beds, plant trees, and shrubs, and install irrigation. There might also be compost systems, raised beds, or accessible walkways through the garden. Permablitzing is great because it’s relatively quick, it’s tangible and immediately garners buy-in. It’s more about finding the space to do this and finding people who are willing to participate.

Seedbombing

If you’re not able to work with a group, or you just want to be able to very quickly deposit new plants in places, you can seedbomb!

Seedbombs are small packages of seeds wrapped in soil that can be thrown or dropped onto the ground. This kinda stuff is great for rewinding and restoring neglected or degraded areas. Just make sure you do research! You don’t wanna introduce invasive or incompatible plants.

The basic seedbomb recipe is:

Soil

Clay or compost

Seeds

You mix them together, roll them into small balls, then let them dry. You can just toss them into your target areas. Seedbombing is great because it’s fun and creative while being a great way to un-neglect neglected areas. You can also do it alone or with the homies. It’s a very flexible guerrilla option.

Final thoughts

One of the most important things to think about when trying to enact social change is aligning your ends (the liberatory future you envision) with your means (the things you do to get to that vision). Guerrilla gardening is great to this end as a form of praxis because it allows for this to be realized in the here and now. It helps us realize that we don’t have to wait until people let us do what we think is right. If you see an issue, you can respond to it. Also, gardening is fun, gets you outside, and allows you to be more connected with the earth, which is just so so so good for you. Be smart, keep each other safe, and good luck with your gardening!

#guerilla gardening #guerrilla gardening #seedbombing #permaculture #permablitzing #solarpunk #solarpunks #social ecology #social revolution

[justalittlesolarpunk]

Solarpunk Sunday Suggestion:

Go seedbombing

#solarpunk #hopepunk #environmentalism #cottagepunk #social justice #optimism #climate justice #bright future #community #tidalpunk #solarpunksundays #seedbombing #guerrilla gardening

[psych-is-the-name]

2023 is gonna be full of flowers because I'm going out seed bombing the rich areas of town

#I did my research and made sure to use local wildflowers #guerrilla gardening #gardening #happy new year

[asteroidtroglodyte]

I have trained my ear to hear for the Cracks in Reality; The gap between what a person says and what they believe; the slight delay in the beat that says I am reading off the page as opposed to i speak from within. A spot where I might lodge a prybar of rhetoric; a Crack in the Consensus through which I might reach and change their mind.

I have trained my eye, too, to seek the Cracks in Civilization. Cracks in the asphalt. Forgotten boundary land. Abandoned lots. The Unmanicured earth. Hillsides run riot with invasive Mustards and Rapeseeds. Places where no one will mind a vagrant; places where no one will see me return the seeds to their homelands; places where the mowing mulching munching machines of Empire will not notice the baby Poppy and Lupine and Gallardia before they can unfurl their tiny, delicate, ancient flags.

The Land belongs to them, you know? Actually. We just live here.

There are children in my neighborhood. I point to tiny flowers and say “look. See.” They make sounds of wonder. I put bags of seeds in their hands and tell them they can do magic; they can summon flowers from dead dirt. I tell them the names of flowers and the names of bugs and the names of stones and they gather to listen. They have so many questions. I do my best.

And the Cracks widen a bit.

The chains and bars of Empire rust a bit.

This year, there will be flowers. I know this because last year I planted flowers.

The children will see the flowers, and they will say “those are ours!” They will want to defend the flowers.

If I do everything right, then one day, when they are no longer children, there will be a choice between Flowers and Empire; between yet another strip mall or suburban development or Amazon fulfillment center and

THEIR FLOWERS

And it will hardly be a choice at all.

I can dream. I can try.

#anti doomscroll patrol #guerrilla gardening #teaching The Stewards #as long as I draw breath #there will be flowers

[solar-sunnyside-up]

As the sun returns to us so does my burning rage over bus stop neglect.

#rage #solarpunk #I'm gunna do some gardening some stuff #pt1 #guerrilla gardening #public transport #bus

[solarpunks]

Guerrilla gardening action on unclaimed Mission parcel draws joy, anger

Neighbors have long advocated for turning the 23,522-square-foot area into a public green space.

“Their desire to use it as private parking is no more entitled than our right to make it a green space, and so in this moment where there’s a lack of clarity about who owns that land, we think it is important that we try to demonstrate a use case that has a greater benefit for the most number of neighbors,” he told Mission Local. “We’re proposing that in this time of unclarity that there be a conversation and that we invite input.”

Read more in the Twitter thread linked below:

There's a 26,000 sqft lot in SF with no known owner. This weekend some neighbors and I opened the fence. 

#guerrilla gardening #community #garden #green space #action #direct action #anthropogreen

[fennopunk]

I miiiiiight have started collecting forget-me-not seeds at the cottage

Might use them for some guerrilla gardening back at the city 👀

#solarpunk #guerrilla gardening #does this count as aesthetic? #solarpunk aesthetic week #i'll tag it just in case

[solarpunkani]

So this clearly is not a novel idea (I actually took this screenshot from a website, though the listings on said website weren't working) but we all know about seed bombs, right? Well, get ready for

Guerrilla Droppings

Seed bombs made to look like animal droppings!

I'm not sure how necessary it is to make them in this shape (though I can 100% appreciate the extra sneaky feeling factor), and I did end up finding the listings on Amazon, but surely it wouldn't be too hard to make something like this at home with a custom seed mix, right?

#guerrilla gardening #seed bombs #gardening #outdoor gardening #solarpunk #action #wildflowers #ani rambles #out of queue #I just thought this was cool ok back to your regularly scheduled... whatever happens on this blog

[climatecalling]

“The city doesn’t like fruit trees,” Marisa Prefer, a self-described “street-tree steward,” said recently, looking up at a plumless plum tree in Brooklyn. Prefer is part of an anonymous collective known as the Guerrilla Grafters, which hopes to change the city’s canopy. Their mission: “We aim to turn city streets into food forests, and unravel capitalist civilization one branch at a time.” Flash back to the springtime, when Prefer, who is nonbinary and wore double-kneed work pants and mud-caked trail runners, brandished a pair of pruning shears at a plum tree. They said, “What if everyone had an apple tree in front of their house instead of having to go buy apples at the store?” Prefer snipped a low branch, then used black electrical tape to graft a gnarly twig of rosy-gage scionwood in its place. (Scionwood is a twig cutting used to propagate trees.) In a few years, the twig might grow into a branch drooping with plums. ... Prefer went on, “ ‘Guerrilla’ is not just a chic term we use. It’s supposed to be a little bit secret.” There haven’t been any arrests, they said, but, technically, grafting on city property is illegal.

#guerrilla gardening #tree grafting #urban trees #guerrilla grafters

[bumblebeeappletree]

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to New York City to film the epic work of Smiling Hogshead Ranch in Queens. We tour the community garden which was built on an old toxic railroad bed WITHOUT PERMISSION! Guided by The President of the Permaculture Institute of North America Monica Ibacache and a founding member of the garden, Gil Lopez, we see the incredible transformation of this toxic wasteland over the last 12 years. You've got to see this to believe it!

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[roseredsnow]

Me as a brit watching US Solarpunks talk about milkweed

#solarpunk #solar punk #guerilla gardening #guerrilla gardening #milkweed