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The Rise of Guerrilla Gardening: A Form of Protest and Community Building
TLDR Guerrilla gardening is a form of protest against rules and procedures that involves stealing plants and planting them in neglected areas. It has evolved into a community garden movement that brings people together and beautifies urban spaces, although it can result in fines.
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Guerrilla gardening involves stealing plants from someone's yard and planting them in your own yard.
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Guerrilla gardening involves stealthily tilling and planting in neglected areas to make the world a better place.
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Guerrilla gardening started as a struggle with the city, but eventually became a community garden and memorial park, with seed bombs evolving from condoms filled with seeds to clay mixtures that can be thrown from a moving car to spread beauty and feed the plants.
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The gardener initially got refunded by the residents for maintaining the common area, but then encountered problems when the management failed to uphold their agreement for him to continue taking care of it.
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Guerrilla gardening can be seen as a form of protest against rules and procedures, and can also serve as a way to bring communities together.
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Guerrilla gardening can result in fines, but local nurseries often support the movement and people should look for locations with trash or overgrown weeds to plant indigenous, non-invasive species.
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To maintain a guerrilla garden, it's important to choose plants that require minimal upkeep, such as drought-resistant plants, and it's also possible to ask for plant donations or buy them yourself, gather a team or do it alone, and go out to garden at night or during the day when it's less likely to be noticed.
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