I’ve been very active on our nature strip, madly guerilla gardening in several citrus trees, a bay tree, kaffir lime, and lemon-scented tea tree. My next step is to progressively get rid of the grass which is competing with the trees (no small task, will be waiting for some cooler weather!). One of the residents [...]
Posts Tagged ‘guerilla gardening’
From little things, big things grow
Posted in Guerrilla gardening, tagged guerilla gardening, nature strip, olives on December 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Council gives Guerilla Gardeners a green light
Posted in Guerrilla gardening, tagged community gardens, guerilla gardening, Guerrilla gardening, marrickville council on November 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yarra Council in Melbourne has recently come out in support of Guerilla gardens in their municipality. This will set a precedent for other councils. Are you listening, Marrickville Council? In the meantime: As Rebecca Solnit, the inspiring San Francisco-based activist, concludes in her book Hope in the Dark: the Untold History of People Power, there [...]
Planting our bay tree in the nature strip
Posted in Growing our own food, Guerrilla gardening, tagged bay tree, garden, guerilla gardening, nature strip, tree on April 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had a bay tree for 3+ years, and it’s been happily growing on my balcony in the old unit. Without full sun, it was getting a bit scrawny, but it nonetheless provided plenty of bay leaves for cooking. With the move to Lewisham, the time was right to give it a proper home in [...]
