tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post476672121260025661..comments2024-03-26T09:18:49.821+00:00Comments on Rose: Guerilla GardeningRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-32889059660052637782010-11-23T08:46:37.574+00:002010-11-23T08:46:37.574+00:00Guerilla gardening is a wonderful movement! I just...Guerilla gardening is a wonderful movement! I just hope that it does not become so common that the cities themselves decide that they are not going to spend any money on keeping the city green and flowering, since it apparently gets fixed anyway by well-meaning guerilla gardeners!Fannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884979720360070270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-60233284820846677222010-05-14T09:55:57.818+01:002010-05-14T09:55:57.818+01:00Hi That's not my age- how lovely to see his wo...Hi That's not my age- how lovely to see his work all the time, I used to live quite nearby but I don't get over there so much now- It would make me grin from ear to ear to see the sunflowers!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-22036937442778197112010-05-13T22:47:48.029+01:002010-05-13T22:47:48.029+01:00I love the idea of guerilla gardening & bought...I love the idea of guerilla gardening & bought this book for my friend a couple of years ago. I've seen Richard's work at the Elephant (we live nearby) - and last year when we got back from our holiday a row of gigantic sunflowers had sprung up in the middle of the traffic island. I wonder....That's Not My Agehttp://thatsnotmyage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-56783781855580096862010-05-13T15:00:41.382+01:002010-05-13T15:00:41.382+01:00Was there? I shall have to look this up.
Yes, De...Was there? I shall have to look this up.<br /><br />Yes, Detroit has become a rather (woeful) media darling. One of our national weekly newsmagazines sent a team to live there for a year, and document the experience.<br /><br />In the same way one would send a team to Rwanda, or Afghanistan, or the steppes of Russia.<br /><br />Once upon a time, it was a city that typified urban America. I guess the morbid fascination is the hanging question, does it now do the same?ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-13786715903128616712010-05-13T10:52:10.322+01:002010-05-13T10:52:10.322+01:00Hi Helena, I think you must be right, I thought it...Hi Helena, I think you must be right, I thought it was Countryfile but he deserves his own programme! Me too, I shall water with wild abandon. I really would like to try and guerilla too<br /><br />Hi Scentscelf- it just makes me so happy people do these things. There was a completely brilliant documentary about Detroit on the BBC recently 'Requiem for Detroit'- it was worth the licence fee alone. I had no idea it was in such dire straits.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-17723077686656134892010-05-12T21:58:36.841+01:002010-05-12T21:58:36.841+01:00Yes, guerilla gardening and variations...like the ...Yes, guerilla gardening and variations...like the people who dared plant within spitting distance of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn (if you know the reputation the Gowanus had at some times, you'd know that spit sometimes seemed like the better choice between that and that which burbled in the waterway)...or any number of housing challenged urban areas where neighbors take over vacant lots. Heck, they're now talking about officially returning some areas of Detroit to cropland.<br /><br />Growing green cheerfulness is a Good Thing. I once tried to persuade my school to invest in plantings along the curb...studies show that traffic speeds reduced at least 5mph in "zones of interest"...ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-60512994469169253292010-05-12T20:28:33.208+01:002010-05-12T20:28:33.208+01:00Rose,
I did hear about this some time ago, it'...Rose,<br /><br />I did hear about this some time ago, it's such a great idea. I think there was a TV programme about the guy?<br /><br />I'll be looking out for the sunflowers and watering them if I have a bottle of water in hand while passing on a hot summer's day.<br /><br />Helena xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-56247067945368613582010-05-12T10:12:01.413+01:002010-05-12T10:12:01.413+01:00Hi - visiting from MLS. My aunt is a guerilla gar...Hi - visiting from MLS. My aunt is a guerilla gardener here in Paris.Miss Welcomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539794668863414776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-87250693165676967932010-05-12T06:40:07.004+01:002010-05-12T06:40:07.004+01:00No I had not seen this before , I think it is a wo...No I had not seen this before , I think it is a wonderful idea, gardening is so therapeutic. Anything that encourages people to appreciate nature is wonderful. I love my garden and it is so neglected at the moment I could weep... but I will get to it.. eventuallyWildernesschichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204518870992194687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-30421341247229801832010-05-11T22:36:58.816+01:002010-05-11T22:36:58.816+01:00I am all for guerilla gardening though sadly I fai...I am all for guerilla gardening though sadly I fail dismally even to keep up with my regular, suburban "making sure your front borders look tidy for the neighbours" gardening commitments, never mind taking a loose paving slab by surprise. : - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-83647459348519057242010-05-11T10:35:10.675+01:002010-05-11T10:35:10.675+01:00Oh, I think you would love this page: http://thepo...Oh, I think you would love this page: http://thepotholegardener.com/<br /><br />I have tagged you in a photo meme - only if you are game, of course. x MM<br /><br />http://www.metropolitanmum.co.uk/2010/05/spread-the-blogging-love/Metropolitan Mumhttp://www.metropolitanmum.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-11995368726884789842010-05-11T10:28:56.662+01:002010-05-11T10:28:56.662+01:00Hi Jayne- yes I head about it *whispers I think on...Hi Jayne- yes I head about it *whispers I think on countryfile* and sort of forgot and then I saw the book. I think it's an amazingly simple and wonderful idea and like you I'd like to give it a go- time or lack of it just seems to get in the way which is silly.<br /><br />Hi La Bonne Vivante- you should definitely look into setting up, all you need are some plants and some time- I should really look into doing it too!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-82002020653021875132010-05-10T15:36:48.642+01:002010-05-10T15:36:48.642+01:00That is such a fabulous idea. I love movements tha...That is such a fabulous idea. I love movements that beautify! I'll have to see if anyone does it around my neck of the woods, and if not, start something... My garden patch is so small, I need an outlet!La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618358253237839493.post-32987166912023538042010-05-10T12:04:44.231+01:002010-05-10T12:04:44.231+01:00I first heard about guerilla gardening four years ...I first heard about guerilla gardening four years ago when researching an article. I think it is a wonderful idea. I even started browsing the forums to see if there was a dig near me I could feasibly get to, but there wasn't... as for creating my own near where I live - I'd be too scared, haha! Not sure it is the sort of area that invites walking around at night with gardening implements. But I love the idea of it... there are too many unloved patches, and flowers brighten everyone's day.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.com