Friends, As an old Lower East Side seedbomber (please note FBI lurkers whose computer programs will kick in when they sense the words "bomb," "bomber," or "guerilla," - a "seedbomb," a waterballoon filled with water, fertilizer and wild flower seeds thrown over a fence into a feral, rubble filled lot with the intent to create "shock and awe," through visual beauty.)
In all honesty, I get "nachus," (if you have to ask, you put mayo on your pastrami) from new English guerilla gardeners who say they got their inspiration from the LES seedbombers. Here's their website (http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ ) and the latest report from "Commandante" Richard Reynolds. Cheers, Adam Honigman -----Original Message----- From: Richard Reynolds <> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:28:01 +0100 Subject: Guerrilla Gardening New: 28 April 2006 Hello troops, that's all 759 of you now. Wow the weeds are shouting up now. And so does interest in Guerrilla Gardening. Thanks for the donations. Penny in Ealing called me round to take her collapsing yucca away on Monday, now relocated to the Elephant & Castle in South London, and a different Penny (and Les) from Colombia Road gave me a box full of hand tools, manure and some handy gorilla tubs. LATEST DIG Here in London we were back once again to the enormous traffic island in Lambeth outside Morley college for transforming the final and biggest quarter. It was the best evening yet: perfect weather, a great turnout, brilliant effort all round and a celebrity passerby. In went another sixty Lavandula angustifolia, Photinia, Hebe caledonia, Convolvulis cneorum, Euphorbia characias, Ornithogalum thyrsoides... basically a lot of beautiful plants. And out came two car loads of weeds. Thanks to Anne 074, Andy 157, Maria 355, Arfan 673, Carolyne 730, Chris 734, Claire 732, Clara 005, Gary 728, Jamie 158, Joe 004, Meike 155, Pippa 731, Rose 095, Ryan 674, Sarah 288, Shifali 733, Sonia 729 (sorry if I missed anyone out). Sarah, everyone loved your Anzac biscuits. It was cheering to have plenty of supportive honks from passing cars. Jenny Agutter rolled down the window of her cab for a chat with Anne. Just past midnight one man pulled over his Smart, to hand us B#10. The only disappointment was the cowardly performance of a Lambeth Council worker. In a van proudly marked CLEANING UP LAMBETH, he stopped at the traffic lights right next to us. When we spotted him his response was a look of utter fear and embarrassment. "Hey, why don't you join in?" I asked. He rolled down his window to say, "sure mate, let me just pull up when the lights change green". But he scampered. I've never seen a Vauxhall shift so swiftly. IN YOUR AREA Please continue sending me your reports of Guerrilla Gardening around the world. Joe (601) solved the destruction of Project Three by enrolling the vandals as guerrillas. Luc in Montreal sent me pictures of his fourth year guerrilla gardening in Montreal, Canada. There are more. News of that on the website. We are getting a little closer to the target of 100 acts of guerrilla gardening by 1 September. I'll update the website soon. Sorry about the delay in helping wannabe guerrillas around the country meet others. I will be putting you in touch with like minded guerrillas soon - it's just a bit of an administrative cat's cradle. I've had offers of IT help, and will get on to working this out. And for those who have requested them, troop cards are on their way. MEDIA ITV followed Meike (155) around yesterday for broadcasting the story of a female Guerrilla Gardener. It'll be on the local London Tonight this evening, 6pm ITV1. On a similar theme, Eve magazine were getting muddy last night too, putting together profiles of several lady diggers for their July issue. And we were all entertained by Rob Gifford from American National Public Radio who skipped around us for hours with his mini-disc player. NEXT BIG DIG Thursday 11 May in the Stratford area from 9pm. Let me know if you would like to be involved. AND FINALLY We learnt last night that the magic words to make a friendly drunk leave you alone are "my Dad's a vicar". Richard ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
