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Guerilla Growing
So after several posts about growing food in an urban environment, I've had a thought. What do people think about Guerrilla Growing.
The Premise - Areas that are in public spaces become areas for food production and beauty.
How it works: Where set-aside and private land are owned, and therefore planting on there is trespassing, there are many areas, especially in cities that have and almost symbolic patch of grass (Where I used to live this was on the pavement outside every house) - now, planting seeds isn't illegal, and plants don't need that much love unless you're tying to grow the biggest vegetable ever, so why not use these spaces to plant seeds, and as nature nurtures them, they will be harvestable.
Who would plant the seeds though: I believe that despite the constant rhetoric of 'Broken Britain' there is clear strong community sentiment, and that because many people enjoy gardening, they would not think twice about volunteering to plant 10 or 20 seeds each
Where would the seeds come from: Councils have budgets for greener living, healthy eating and 'city in bloom' projects, Guerrilla Growing can fall under any of the aforementioned titles. Seeds are inexpensive and given the possible outcomes, a more than worthy investment
What about if someone goes round having all the veg that is to share? : It's difficult to believe, but we do have some level of morality. I don't believe that somebody would go and harvest everything they could find, and even if they did, streets aren't empty and if the project brings together communities, they will want the project to prosper and will ensure it's progress
Why not just go and buy vegetables from a shop, it's cheaper and easier: - I do not need to tell the people of Evoke the problems with large supermarkets, or the amount of damage we are doing to the environment by transporting produce around the country, that often ends up wasted and consequently in landfill. This project would not only reverse the process of pollution (through the plants growing) but also alert people to the fact that growing vegetables and produce is easy and can be done anywhere.
Thoughts and comments guys?
The Premise - Areas that are in public spaces become areas for food production and beauty.
How it works: Where set-aside and private land are owned, and therefore planting on there is trespassing, there are many areas, especially in cities that have and almost symbolic patch of grass (Where I used to live this was on the pavement outside every house) - now, planting seeds isn't illegal, and plants don't need that much love unless you're tying to grow the biggest vegetable ever, so why not use these spaces to plant seeds, and as nature nurtures them, they will be harvestable.
Who would plant the seeds though: I believe that despite the constant rhetoric of 'Broken Britain' there is clear strong community sentiment, and that because many people enjoy gardening, they would not think twice about volunteering to plant 10 or 20 seeds each
Where would the seeds come from: Councils have budgets for greener living, healthy eating and 'city in bloom' projects, Guerrilla Growing can fall under any of the aforementioned titles. Seeds are inexpensive and given the possible outcomes, a more than worthy investment
What about if someone goes round having all the veg that is to share? : It's difficult to believe, but we do have some level of morality. I don't believe that somebody would go and harvest everything they could find, and even if they did, streets aren't empty and if the project brings together communities, they will want the project to prosper and will ensure it's progress
Why not just go and buy vegetables from a shop, it's cheaper and easier: - I do not need to tell the people of Evoke the problems with large supermarkets, or the amount of damage we are doing to the environment by transporting produce around the country, that often ends up wasted and consequently in landfill. This project would not only reverse the process of pollution (through the plants growing) but also alert people to the fact that growing vegetables and produce is easy and can be done anywhere.
Thoughts and comments guys?
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Comment by Helene Lavertu on March 18, 2010 at 2:55pm
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Some people do it here, around the corner of the place I work at :). We have trees in the pavement and there's always a patch of dirt for it that's unkempt. Well some neighbors planted flowers, runner beans and I think I remember a tomato plant too :) I never saw anybody harvesting from the plants, so I guess stealing somebody's labor isn't likely. At the worst, a squirrel will do the deed.
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 18, 2010 at 4:32pm
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I like the idea , but its essential that what you plant have both a water source (even if its you that has to walk by for a few months every couple days to sprinkle water on it) and some sort of maintenance schedule. I've seen some beautiful guerilla gardens that were being maintained by a group of people, and some really rangy and dying ones that looked like a bunch of weeds.
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Comment by Adam Sunman on March 18, 2010 at 8:32pm
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true, I was thinking of discussing policing of the project, and making sure that things got carried on, but I think that if people want the project to happen, it will happen, and they don't need to be made to! - After looking at your centre, I think that the key to this is would be education, and teaching people how they can grow and maintain, rather than just letting them get on with it.
My Local wood has a lot of wild garlic, and Some friends and I have been taking from, and ensuring the continuing supply of it for the last couple of years!
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Comment by Andrew Jensen on March 19, 2010 at 12:19am
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I have personally done this type of gardening. When a storm blew down trees in my neighborhood, I went out and planted apple and peach trees in the open spaces created. The city has "Adopted" them and maintains them. It's a lot of fun.
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Comment by Felix Albus on March 19, 2010 at 12:31am
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If a local community caring for such a garden got organized on the internet... with schedules and stuff... should not be a problem to care for the wh*** city. School children on their way to school, the old... everyone can take a little care and water. Wow, that would also boost the social climate I suppose. What is that called now? Evokation? GO FOR IT !
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Comment by Mikhail Shklyar on March 19, 2010 at 9:35pm
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Good idea and would work really well in small communities where it would be sufficient to have 1 - 3 passionate people just to promote it or where a pastor or a minister would be able to promote it in a church or something. Turning this into a group activity, say on a Saturday or a Sunday, would really help. I see this possibly spreading if it gets into some community and then catches a spotlight on TV. +1 for local insight
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Good idea. It would best work in small communities where it would be sufficient to have 1 - 3 enthusiastic people to get the wh*** neighborhood going. Like a pastor in a church or a speaker at a towns-meeting. The concept may be accepted by larger communities if it earns a spotlight on some TV show or news program. This is the first time I heard about this. +1 for Sustainability and Knowledge Share
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Comment by ben on March 21, 2010 at 2:59pm
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It would seem we have very similar views on this. However Guerrilla Growing insinuates an act of wilful rebellion against an authority...by that authority funding the project through land provision or seed provision it ceases to be truly Guerrilla...at least for some!
Having said this Guerrilla Growing is not a sustainable or scalable option, so a collective, social approach hand in hand with local authorities is the only viable option to solve the myriad of issues associated with land reclaimation in cities.
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Comment by Akinwale, Oluwadamilola on March 22, 2010 at 8:42pm
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I have seen a clip or two on guerrilla growing, it would be fantastic for land beautification, it would be a great way to bring communities together and even make contributions towards cleaner air. For food production however it may have to scaled upward, become a project financed by the council on larger unused property; in the event that there aren't any organic farmers in the area.
+1 for courage.
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Comment by The Garden Earth Project on May 10, 2010 at 6:45pm
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Are you pursuing this concept? I think it is an excellent one!
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