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"The “seed bombs”—essentially seeds packed with mud—started dropping in 2009. The group says it is teaching the masses to collaboratively cultivate open spaces to combat rising food prices and wean the populace off traditional supermarkets. Its website boasts a stylized manifesto that proclaims (in Spanish) “I know you/I know/where I come from/I help/help me/I live here/I care/I learn/I eat/as others see me.” “Our goal is for people to find carrots, courgettes or quinoa when they take a stroll … and we want to show them how to care after the crops,” a coordinator told Reuters. Although it is arguably more vital with every passing day, guerilla gardening is nothing new. For decades, crafty cultivators have been tossing seeds into underused pocket parks, sidewalk cracks and road planters. The idea is to reclaim “orphaned” land and make it productive and beautiful to benefit the community."

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Secret Seeders Plant Edible Veggies for Inner-City Poor | TakePart - Inspiration to Action (via apsies)

Galvanize Valentine’s Day (hide splendid things for people you love) Idea #4:

Guerilla Gardening. You could give flowers. [Yawn.]

Or you could plant flowers together (or bulbs and direct friends there in a few months!)

Go, you rogue Cupids, go!

(via apsies)

11 February 2011 ·

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