http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog The alternative blog in high speed format with RSS feed Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:25:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Location: Alexandrovsky Park, Moscow, Russia Guerrilla Gardening: Friday 31 October 08 I was in Moscow recently to speak about guerrilla gardening at a conference on the Indentity of Cities. This was a chance to plant a memorial to the first guerrilla gardener who is commemorated on a granite memorial right outside The ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/31/moscow-memorial/ Location: Half way up Denmark Hill, London SE5 Guerrilla Gardening: Saturday 25 October 08 I spent most of today cycling around Southwark planting. First stop was with The Southwark Cyclists at Southwark Park children’s allotment, then on to Nursery Row Park where the local community are campaigning to prevent construction. We planted ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/25/mor-bulbs/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="The new apple tree: Malus domestica 'Red Windsor' "][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Celebrating Apple Day"][/caption] Location: Westminster Bridge Rd, London. Guerrilla Gardening: Tuesday 21 October 08 It was crunch time on two accounts this evening. We planted an apple tree (Malus domestica ‘Windsor Red’) inspired by vague rumours of ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/21/crunch/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="A neighbour ambushes us with a tray of tea and biscuits"][/caption] Location: Hazel Road, Kensal Green, London NW10. Guerrilla Gardening: Sunday 19 21 October 08 At half past eight in the evening three of us were weeding the raised beds near Kensal Green tube station when a local resident ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/19/a-refreshing-surprise/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Bulb planting beneath the Brunswick Centre"][/caption] Location: Marchmont St, London Guerrilla Gardening: 15 October 08 I get asked to talk to all sorts of audiences about guerrilla gardening, (click here for more info). But this was my first that involved guerrilla gardening too. It was part of the Play ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/15/play/ Location: A living room in Forest Hill and a flat in deepest Shepherd’s Bush Stitching & Stuffing: Sunday 12 October 08 and for many days after that. Our harvest of lavender is dry and this years linen has been printed so I gathered together the Haberdashery Division for an intoxicating afternoon of ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/12/haberdashery-division/ Tim 035 and Angela 2057 planting the cyclamen With a gloomy mood about the city we set out to make some solid investments that would be sure to bloom. So four of us came back to the lavender field to plant some little Crocus tomasianus bulbs around the ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/10/02/bloom-time/ Sunflowers in the central reservation of Denmark Hill I’d forgotten all about planting these sunflowers. Back in May I was passing here, pulled over and prodded in the contents of half a packet of seeds in what was a barren central reservation on the busy Denmark Hill. It’s a ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/09/30/forgotten-sunflowers-of-denmark-hill/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="The incredible guerrilla garden of giant Sunflowers of Parliament"][/caption] We must thank either negligence or tolerance by the horticultural contractors for the triumphant blooming of giant sunflowers in guerrilla gardens in central London. We planted the seeds back in May and hoped the young plants would not ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/08/30/sunflowers-of-parliament/ Project Ten: Westminster Bridge Road The third annual lavender harvest from our two traffic islands in central London began at the civilised hour of 4pm. The sun dried blooms were ready for picking, stalks and all, back to where the pale new growth is coming through. Six of us divided into ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/08/23/harvest-time/ I get enquiries from all sorts of different media asking to come guerrilla gardening but it is rare they offer to pay for a lot of plants. This contribution came from a highly unlikely source: a TV show fronted by Noel Edmonds (a celebrity famous for fronting a gambling game ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/08/20/scotland-action/ Project Five: St George’s Circus, Southwark, London, SE1 Last time we were here a Transport for London foreman thundered over to ask “what are you doing with my plants”. He was out late resurfacing the road, which was unfortunate for us, but we took the chance to tell him these ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/08/09/all-the-fun-of-the-circus/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="The cascading gardens of Perronet House now contain plants from the RHS Hampton Court Palace flower show"][/caption] Most guerrilla gardeners make use of neglected land and from time to time we make use of neglected plants too be they surplus, damaged or even a bit diseased. One ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/07/29/royal-show-plants-get-recycled-in-guerrilla-gardens-and-beyond/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Stunt cyclists vandalise the beds in Februrary"][/caption] You may recall that in February the gardens I tend beneath my tower block were attacked by some youths on bikes. I’d forgotten all about their visit until this morning when I met one iof the vandals again in very ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/07/26/the-benefits-of-confronting-vandals/ Project Twenty Nine: Hawley Road, Camden, London, N18 In March Sarah 265 led the transformation of a barren traffic island into a promising garden of box hedge (see previous blog entry). A month later when we met to give the bushes a trim we were amazed to discover our first case ... http://www.guerrillagardening.org/wordpressblog/2008/07/25/the-reclaiming-of-camden/