guerrilla gardening
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- Instance of
- direct action
- Subclass of
- gardening
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- urban horticulture
- significant person
- Johnny Appleseed
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- seed bombing
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Guerrilla gardening on a Los Angeles street Guerrilla gardeners planting vegetables on previously empty space in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Guerrilla gardening is the act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that gardeners do not have the legal right to cultivate, such as abandoned sites, neglected public spaces, or private property. It encompasses a diverse range of people and motivations, ranging from gardeners who garden beyond their legal boundaries in defiance of state or local property laws, to gardeners with a deliberate political purpose, who seek to initiate change by using guerrilla gardening methods as a form of protest or direct action.
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