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The term Guerrilla Gardening was first coined in 1973 by New Yorker Liz Christy, she called her group the Green Guerillas.

In layman term, guerrilla gardeners are those that plant without permission on lands that are not theirs, they beautify neglected or vacant public spaces with flowers and plants.

Last week The LA Times wrote an interesting article on the guerrilla gardening movement. Link

Scott is a guerrilla gardener, a member of a burgeoning movement of green enthusiasts who plant without approval on land that’s not theirs. In London, Berlin, Miami, San Francisco and Southern California, these free-range tillers are sowing a new kind of flower power. In nighttime planting parties or solo “seed bombing” runs, they aim to turn neglected public space and vacant lots into floral or food outposts.

Part beautification, part eco-activism, part social outlet, the activity has been fueled by Internet gardening blogs and sites such as GuerrillaGardening.org, where before-and-after photos of the latest “troop digs” inspire 45,000 visitors a month to make derelict soil bloom.

Extra reading: The Mirror joins the Guerrilla gardener who is secretly brightening up London, Guerrilla gardeners wage turf war, Richard’s Guerrilla Gardening blog

Watch this inspiring video of Sean Canavan, a blind guerrilla gardener: