How many times have you walked past a public area where you live and noticed its a dust bowl of unused dead grass or dirt? Ever considered coming out in the middle of the night and planting fruits, flowers, and vegetables there, on your own, usually on private property? My guess is probably not. Well if you have not heard of this concept before, please allow us here at PGS to introduce you to an amazing movement that has its roots in London, but we sure could use some of this kind of activism in Sonoma County. It’s called Guerrilla Gardening . It’s such a brilliant premise for approaching change. Instead of complaining about neglected public areas, you can take on the problem yourself and plant gardens on others people property. Yes this is an illegal practice, but in all cases Guerrilla Gardeners improve and increase property values and help the community. I found a great site on Guerrilla Gardening Activism. A pioneer in the field is Richard Reynolds. He seems like a very intelligent and interesting fellow. I found his video on Seedbombs to be fantastic. It’s an urban version of Seedballs. I think an entire post on seedbombs will be necessary soon.
Imagine a world where kids plant incredible varieties of flowers, veggies, and fruits all over the urban landscape instead of spraying toxic hydrocarbon based paint, making graffiti and straight up vandalizing people property. I encourage anyone reading this to step up and take over a random neglected area in your neighborhood or beyond. Check out what this very cool guy has done so far and lets follow in his footsteps here in Sonoma County. Look what one guy can do. Imagine what we could do if we worked together!
PGS is proud to contribute and participate in intelligently planned Guerrilla Garden digs. If you want to get involved give us a call @ 1-866-PGS-GROW.
Thursday, 2. July 2009
This is the coolest thing you guys have ever posted~
Thursday, 2. July 2009
Wow, coming from you Jacob, that’s HUGE….. Thanks
Friday, 3. July 2009
Fruit trees at your santa rosa ave location would be cool
Friday, 3. July 2009
Great idea!
Monday, 6. July 2009
love the personality this site has! You guys have the most valuable info too, i really like hanging out here. How can I get involved in this gardening thing?
Monday, 6. July 2009
So cool, that makes me personally so happy as I spend allot of time creating this site for you guys! Thank you all so much for the kind words folks! Call us 1-866-PGS-GROW and we will tell you about our next dig and how you can be involved.
Thursday, 9. July 2009
I’ve been guerrilla gardening in southern California for over 20 years. Planting mainly succulent gardens because of the problem of getting water to a garden site. I also plant trees grown from seeds I pickup off the ground. I’ve been working with groups all over LA county that sprung up after the LA Times did an article about guerrilla gardening about a year ago. I’ve worked with many fellow gardeners I met through Richard’s great site and I recommend it for anyone who’d like to do the same. If your in the Los Angeles area or just want to learn more about guerilla gardening check out my web site http://socalguerrillagardening.org/ I’ll try to call you guys and I hope my digs meet the “PGS is proud to contribute and participate in intelligently planned Guerrilla Garden digs” standard.
Thursday, 9. July 2009
So frekin cool Scott. Thanks for reaching out to us. Please call us anytime, we have some great ideas and are planning a few digs soon. ALOHA