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Guerrilla Gardening

James David Morgan wrote this post at 1:02 pm on April 10th, 2008.

Guerilla Gardening is a war against the neglect of public space. It’s an informal organization, a network of underground cells of subversive “seed-bombers” who (re)claim orphaned land. Their mission:

Guerilla Gardening Motto

Founder Richard Reynolds began by beautifying London, and his blog inspired others around the globe to take part what’s become a movement.

Guerrilla Gardening dot org

He’s released a book, On Guerrilla Gardening, which has received extensive press coverage.

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  3. JustSeeds.org Booklist!


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Sounds like a great idea. I am a big fan of guerrilla composting so even the weeds on my lawn will get some sweet compost lovin’.

Maybe this book written during WWI will help aspiring guerrilla gardeners

http://books.google.com/books?id=DTJJAAAAMAAJ