{"id":41898,"date":"2009-08-19T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/?p=10989"},"modified":"2021-07-02T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T11:01:39","slug":"guerilla-gardening-vandalizing-cityscapes-for-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/guerilla-gardening-vandalizing-cityscapes-for-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrilla Gardening: Vandalizing cityscapes for nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"guerilla gardening skills\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/guerilla-gardening-skills_fBp9P_11446.jpg\" alt=\"guerilla gardening skills\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though the term &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerrilla_gardening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guerilla Gardening<\/a>&#8221; might mislead you to warfare and all, it\u2019s nowhere related to Che Guevara\u2019s legacy. No doubt it involves the green wagon of various insomniac armed planters seeking to exploit the dead of night to carry out their secret responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Just keep tossing and turning through a restless night and you might encounter their vandalizing spree of eco-plantings. Leaving indelible imprints of their city-renewals behind for others, they keep on paying tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Appleseed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Whether public alleys or spaces or vacant lots, these gardeners won\u2019t ever ask anyone for permission to transform them. Anyhow, such endeavors are in complete unison with nature and these beautify environs to an unassailable degree. So, none should have a problem with that. Torontoists don&#8217;t have any&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The green ritual dates back to 1973 when Liz Christy and her Green Guerrilla group in the Bowery Houston area of New York transformed a derelict private lot into a garden. Since then, various groups and individuals have been perpetuating the inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve tried to capture some of their green works of art. Accordingly, we present the pictorial representation of some great Guerrilla Gardening exploits:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thebrightongardener.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/gardening-che-guevaras.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brighton<\/a> Guerilla Gardening:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"brighton guerilla gardening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/brighton-guerilla-gardening_rWH7K_11446.jpg\" alt=\"brighton guerilla gardening\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>West End Planting in Toronto:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"west end planting in toronto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/west-end-planting-in-toronto_8MPgQ_11446.jpg\" alt=\"west end planting in toronto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dundas West in Toronto:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"dundas west\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dundas-west_VzcIj_11446.jpg\" alt=\"dundas west\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2009\/07\/06\/poster-pocket-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster Pocket Plant:<\/a><\/strong><\/p><div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"poster pocket plant\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/poster-pocket-plant_1rifj_11446.jpg\" alt=\"poster pocket plant\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woostercollective.com\/2008\/11\/the_as_to_our_qs_edina_tokodi_aka_mossti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edina Tokodi&#8217;s art<\/a> in Brooklyn, NY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"edina tokodi guerilla gardening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edina-tokodi-guerilla-gardening_rVRi4_11446.jpg\" alt=\"edina tokodi guerilla gardening\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sherbourne and Carlton <del datetime=\"2009-08-19T11:13:21+00:00\">Flyer<\/del>Planter Boxes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"sherbourne and carlton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sherbourne-and-carlton_LE38g_11446.jpg\" alt=\"sherbourne and carlton\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/torontoist.com\/2009\/07\/green_sleeves.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kensington Market<\/a> green graffiti:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kensington street art\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kensington-street-art_hqn2d_11446.jpg\" alt=\"kensington street art\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maldinis.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/underground-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underground Life<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"underground life\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/underground-life_krpoO_11446.jpg\" alt=\"underground life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guerrilla Gardening Cans &amp; Plants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"guerilla gardening cans and plants\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/guerilla-gardening-cans-and-plants_PUdYD_11446.jpg\" alt=\"guerilla gardening cans and plants\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anne Gross and Guerrilla Gardening:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"anne gross and guerrilla gardening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/anne-gross-and-guerrilla-gardening_qinOa_11446.jpg\" alt=\"anne gross and guerrilla gardening\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>London Sidewalk: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"london sidewalk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/london-sidewalk_eQdhf_11446.jpg\" alt=\"london sidewalk\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, if you aren&#8217;t still satisfied or have any queries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guerrillagardening.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> for more info on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"guerilla gardening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/guerilla-gardening_1zAlj_11446.jpg\" alt=\"guerilla gardening\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; 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