Gothamist: Guerrilla Gardening Secretly Greens New York

MrStamen

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:31:10 -0500

Check out what's being done in Los Angeles. http://LAGuerrillaGardening.org

sonyactivision

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:53:25 -0500

These dirty "gardeners" are a menace and must be stopped. There needs to be a special unit of the NYPD to deal with these animals. Our precious concrete and asphalt are at risk!

solidago

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:05:14 -0500

This sounds suspiciously similar to the Garden Club my grandmother and every one else's grandmother belonged to (at least out in Connecticut). They'd find some ugly median or traffic circle, plant some flowers and make it look quite nice.

babyhitler

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:46:18 -0500

while the idea of a gurreilla garden is nice and it's practical and I'm all for it, at the same time It's fucking ugly. Too bad there's no pre-fab guerrilla garden.

matukonyc

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:05:15 -0500

Since when is "guerrilla" spelled with one "R?" Sort of sums up the whole idea, doesn't it: pretentious and stupid.

andoman

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:49:53 -0500

They just call it 'bombing' cuz that makes it more fun. Why plant seeds when you can seed bomb.

Kojak

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:48:35 -0500

If they want to be seen as a guerrilla movement they should be treated as such. I recommend contacting the Feds so they can promptly beat the shit out of these hipsters and throw them in Jail. Then blow up their shrubbery with some C4 explosives.

virgil

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:37:31 -0500

What a bunch of grumpy old farts.

thedroog

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:45:05 -0500

what's annoying is a 'movement' that considers itself subversive or 'guerilla' and use terms like 'seed bombings' to describe what they do. it's gardening. i think it's great that people want to reclaim urban space. i'm all for it. but can we just call this what it is and leave the politically and socially charged terms for the movements that deserve them? come on people, this isn't the cuban revolution. it's planting some shrubs and trees. get over yourselves.

Spiritof76

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:43:27 -0500

I'm thinking Atlantic Yards will need some greening as soon as Ratner decides he's had enough and takes off.

JRod5417

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:36:57 -0500

Smith Street could really use some of this guerilla gardening. Take away the boutiques and restaurants and the strip is a virtual desert.

matty

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:33:09 -0500

My mom is the shit.

Dude69

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:29:50 -0500

These people are vandals and should be arrested. I will promptly file a report to the NYPD if I see activities as such. Reminds me of those hipsters that took over valuable park spaces by the curb to plant temp. green spaces.

virgil

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:21:51 -0500

No one said it was a new york only thing. But since this blog tends to focus new york, they're letting us know about the local manifestations. It doesn't diminish your mom's coolness in any way.

drewo

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:19:32 -0500

Never mind that our taxes should be paying for the greening of New York City - not DIY. I guess the idea of planting trees and beautifying the city, while sounding good when coming from the lips of politicians on Earth Day, is not something that city government can actually accomplish.

matty

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:07:45 -0500

How is this a new york only thing? When the city uprooted a hug tree in my mom's chicago neighborhood she put bricks around it and turned it into her own garden. I guess she was hip before hip was in! I hate it when people take something that people have done for years and then say it's now a "new cool MOVEMENT or CRAZE instead of just what it is - in this case "planting gardens in urban areas".