Guerrilla gardening: a manualfesto
The term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty. Once an environmentalist's nonviolent direct action for inner-city renewal, this movement is spreading to all types of people in cities around the world. These modern-day Johnny Appleseeds perform random acts of garde…
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- Full title :Guerrilla gardening : a manualfesto / David Tracey.
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The term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty. Once an environmentalist's nonviolent direct action for inner-city renewal, this movement is spreading to all types of people in cities around the world. These modern-day Johnny Appleseeds perform random acts of gardening, often without permission. Typical targets are vacant lots, railway land, underused pu
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- Publication Date:©2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Society Publishers
- Place of Publication:Gabriola Island, BC
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (240 pages) : : illustrations, portraits
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1550923897, 9781550923896
- oclc:ocn805931383
- LC Classification:SB472.7
- Dewey Decimal:635.09173/2
Table of Contents
The big idea (or, What to say if you're stopped) -- Where to start (You do live here, so why aren't you home by now?) -- What to use (don't reinvent the wheel, borrow someone's car) -- Growing basics (the root end goes down) -- Naturescaping 101 (there's always somebody home in a habitat) -- Get off the grass (make it a meadow) -- Grown your own community garden (it takes a village to raise a turnip) -- When to work within (the art of aikido politics) -- Start spreading the news (information is just fertilizer with better PR) -- Where to go from here (make your city the salvation of the world).
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