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On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries
Richard Reynolds
3.59 AVERAGE
14 reviews for:
On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries
Richard Reynolds
3.59 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
This book is simply written, feeling more like a high school or college paper than most nonfiction. It is perhaps too vague in many ways to be helpful, though gives plenty of examples of guerilla gardening should that be what you want. At this point it may also be a bit dated, especially when referencing things like Myspace, so the web resources and organizations/programs mentioned may be defunct now.
rating based on the context it was written in rather than relevance today - niavely brief mentions of gentrification, class divisions/antihomeless architecture and the importance of forums/MySpace reminded me how much has changed (socially) since this book was written. Nevertheless the history and the basic principles remain incredibly helpful !
An interesting idea, hard for me to grasp as a rural-living person, but I could see how city-dwellers would be into reclaiming un-gardened space and making it their own. A bit too heavy handed on do this not that, call it this, not that.
Inspiring, practical, and though not entirely politically does not shy away from quoting Mao or Che.
Excellent model and encouragement.
"Guerrilla gardening has been important in revitalizing in New York. Adam 276 showed me parks around Hells Kitchen that the city has recently renovated.β We raised the bar,β he said, βand the Parks Department had to follow.β"
"Guerrilla gardening has been important in revitalizing in New York. Adam 276 showed me parks around Hells Kitchen that the city has recently renovated.β We raised the bar,β he said, βand the Parks Department had to follow.β"
Another manifesto to go plant some goodies on land you don't own. Love it!
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I always get to this time of year and yearn to plant something, but this is the first year where I cannot plant anything because I live in an apartment with no balcony. This gave me my hit of gardening dopamine that I needed to get through the year. I loved the pictures through the books and the inspiration of guerrilla gardening. I'm curious how it has changed now 15 years after the book was published. Anyway, a great read!
picked up at random from the uni library.
a cool read! definitely gained a recruit for the cause...i'm very invested in this idea ;O
nice and informative! though now i have to pick up a few books on gardening...or go interrogate my grandma i guess :P
the book itself was a bit slow though - could've been a bit shorter imo
my fave part of the book is the photo on page 143...that girl has so much energy and it's so dynamic i almost started crying (ok im a bit unstable at the moment so that may be why)
a cool read! definitely gained a recruit for the cause...i'm very invested in this idea ;O
nice and informative! though now i have to pick up a few books on gardening...or go interrogate my grandma i guess :P
the book itself was a bit slow though - could've been a bit shorter imo
my fave part of the book is the photo on page 143...that girl has so much energy and it's so dynamic i almost started crying (ok im a bit unstable at the moment so that may be why)
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced