Guerrilla Gardening Gaining Ground

By Vanessa Richins

There’s a new style of gardening that is secretly being practiced throughout the country.

Nicknamed “guerrilla gardening”, it is the practice of stealth planting to beautify your community.

Planting in places that don’t belong to you is illegal in many areas (so be careful if you decide to participate and find out the local ordinances!), but that doesn’t stop everyone from trying to make the world a better place through plants. Treehugger.com suggests these three rules to remember:

1) Use only land that is unused or unwanted.

2) Leave the land in better condition than when you found it

3) You’ll Read the rest of this entry »