Guerrilla Gardening. Good neighbors or vandals? « Irvingparkgardenclub's Blog: "You may not even know it, but there could be an underground army in your neighborhood — people operating under a cloak of anonymity, working slightly outside the law, all for one simple cause: Beautifying their community.
It’s called guerrilla gardening — the practice of taking a tiny bit of control over the local environment by planting seeds in an untended place. Here’s how it works:
The guerrilla gardener identifies an unused lot or vacant property that’s neglected and would look so much better with some flowers, grass, or other non-invasive, native plant life.
Whenever they walk past the abandoned area, they’ll drop some seeds around, or throw seed balls, which are seeds and soil wrapped in a biodegradable capsule.
After a few weeks and a good rain, plants should start growing, and that vacant lot will be a lot more pleasant to look at."
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