May 16, 2010
Gardening in Public Places
Did you know that ‘guerrilla gardening’ is taking root all over the world? Some people use guerrilla gardening (defined as gardening without permission on public land) as a way to conduct a peaceful protest. Steven Wheens creates tiny perfect gardens in potholes to draw attention to the decay of the road system in the U.K. (Go to http://www.thepotholegardener.com) Sometimes activists will plant vegetable gardens on public land as a way to raise awareness about eating from local sources. Some of these groups now work with municipal governments to find land on which to grow food for the community.
