Rebels with a trowel
GUERILLA Gardening was started in New York by a band of underground gardeners, determined to transform ugly parts of the city.
But other rebels tired of seeing disused and unloved verges and beds are taking matters - and trowels - into their own hands.
These anonymous, balaclava’d Banksies of the botanic world go by the mantra ‘Let's fight the filth with forks and flowers’.
The trend is flourishing here too - but it isn’t just about aesthetics.
In Clitheroe, Lancashire, the community is turning its public flowerbeds into vegetable plots to help head off food shortages, fight climate change and promote sustainable communities.
One local councillor said: “This scheme is about getting the community to source food in their locality because we are going into an era with a lack of oil and gas and our dependency on shipping food from various countries all over the world will have to cease.
“We need to move towards a locally-sourced economy and take responsibility as individuals for our own food production.”
WEBLINK: www.guerrillagardening. org/
Go to the nebusiness.co.uk website to see a guerrilla gardening video link.
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