‘Guerrilla Gardening’ In London
A Links entry from Thursday, May 24, 2007‘Guerrilla Gardening’ In London
[T]he London tourist board pulled off the ultimate ‘guerrilla gardening’ stunt, laying down 2,000 square metres of turf overnight around the city’s famous landmark. Visit London decided to green up the square to promote the city’s many ‘villages’, the local neighbourhoods to which many foreign tourists never venture. For the next two days, visitors to the square will be able to soak up the sunshine in the specially laid-out deckchairs, enjoy a picnic, or take part in a Tai Chi class.
Cool photo. I wonder if the classes are taught by Ren Guangyi, Lou Reed’s Tai Chi master. (I highly suggest you click this link.)
(Thanks to The Lede.)
Richard Reynolds
Bryan. I disagree with you. The lawn in Trafalgar Square was not guerrilla gardening at all, it was fully sanctioned and funded by London’s official tourist board, and was a thoroughly misguided way to promote London’s Green Spaces. As a guerrilla gardener in London and as someone who encourages people around the world to improve neglected spaces in sustainable ways I protest strongly at this terrible waste of public money and resources. Visit http://www.guerrillagardening.org to see our response to the Trafalgar Square loony lawn.
Bryan Klausmeyer
Well, just as a sidenote, the title of my post is from The Lede. I don’t really know much about ‘guerrilla gardening’—I just thought the picture was cool.
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