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Surreptitious gardening, Round 1

8/22/2013

 

Have you ever heard of the trend known as "guerilla gardening?" Basically it means that you put plants in places over which you don't technically have "jurisdiction"--that you don't, er, "own," and which you have no legal business messing with.

But you mess with it anyway. Because you're a succ-er. And succ-ers are the badasses of the gardening world.

I tried my hand at guerilla gardening for the first time the other day. There are some unattractive concrete planters near where I work, filled with oft-neglected geraniums. So what did I do about it? I smuggled a wee, hardy little echeveria with me and as I walked by the concrete planter--BAM!--I quickly planted it!

Observe:

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Okay, so it's dwarfed within the planter, but you get the idea. I'm totally going to do this some more, because it is AWESOME.

Here's your challenge: do a piece of guerilla gardening yourself, then send me a picture. I'll post them (anonymously, if you wish) on this blog.

maureen
8/23/2013 01:17:57 pm

I LOVE this idea!! I must admit I have thought of doing this but did not know there was an official name for it. Keep us posted on future "plantings".

Debra Lee Baldwin link
8/24/2013 12:25:49 pm

I'm humbled and amazed. My guerilla gardening has been doing one of these when no one was at home next door: (1) shoving cloudlike tufts of dandelion seed heads into trash bags; (2) pulling dandelions before they formed seed heads; and (3) tossing fistfuls of pre-emergent herbicide over the fence. I'm not particularly proud of the last one, but it did make a repeat of (1) and (2) unnecessary.

Mandy Bulmer link
8/24/2013 01:24:27 pm

That's great! I would say that my guerilla gardening has been limited to good natured neighbors who let me and another succulent obsessed neighbor put whatever we want in their yard when we feel the need. Sometimes we ask and sometimes we just plant it and remind them to water it!

Candy Suter link
8/26/2013 08:39:27 am

What a great idea! Now I have to find a spot! Imbricata echeveria would be a good choice! They grow like weeds!


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