Hi. next to my house is an abandoned church. it's supposed to be redeveloped into apartments but work won't start for a year or two. There is an empty strip of grass next to it that used to have beautiful bushes, but the city/random vandal chopped it 5 years ago.

What should I do with the space? Do I need to buy soil?? It grows weeds every year and I want to do something nice with it this year. I was thinking of buying some wildflowers for bees and spreading them everywhere, thoughts?

Guerilla gardening for survival? I'm thinking of doing this as a means of cutting my food bill. I'm homeless so I don't know how much time I'll have to tend the location. I've read about guerilla gardening a lot. But haven't done it. The idea of seed bombs is just the coolest thing ever. I'm in a more rural area and it seems like there is something everywhere. Private property(angry people with shotguns private property) etc. I'm wondering how everyone finds locations mostly. Any tips would be appreciated.

Howdy, Ive seen several recipes for seed balls, between those that use clay they seem split on whether the seeds and compost should be encased in a wrap of clay, or mixed with the clay homogeneously. The clay I want to use comes from an excavation site, thick red clay that would require me to process it more if I were to go with the wrap method but would be perfect to mix in as is for the mix method. My thinking is that the mix method might be better anyways, as seeds would grow naturally as they came to the surface as the seed ball broke down, but I want to see what reddit's experience says.

At work there’s an overgrown outdoor space w lots of weeds so I don’t think planting my wildflower seeds directly will work.

If I pull weeds first is there a chance I’ll be spreading weeds?

Does anyone here view guerrilla gardening as a form of generosity akin to charity?

I know I know, I could plant something that has more uses like a fruit tree or nut trees but there's a hedge apple tree in my neighborhood and is the only one around for about 20 miles, and I was thinking they'd be a good pioneer species.

I have a huge black walnut tree in my backyard that is easily over 80 years old, and several of similar proportions in my neighborhood. All of these trees make tons and tons of nuts for several months straight, and I was wondering if planting the nuts was a good idea on properties that are completely vacant. Do baby walnut trees need lots of babying? How do I get them to sprout?

I’ve got a wooded park nearby that nobody pays any mind to. I’d love to get a sneaky food forest going. It’s less than a 5 minute drive from my house and I’ve never seen anyone else walking the trails there. In fact, every person I’ve mentioned this park to in town has no clue it exists. I would have no issue with faking an official looking planting. I just need to figure out what would work best.

The only thing I know that would work are pawpaws. Which are native to NJ and have been found to grow in woods.

So my apartment complex has a few ponds that are very poorly managed. My goal is to secretly plant some buffers to stabilize the conditions of the pond a bit. The pH of the water is pretty good too. Any recommendations for any tests, native plants I can add easily and secretly, and any potential fish I can even stock in there? Hoping to make this pond my fishing spot in the most ecologically responsible and low effort way possible. I’m first in the “what if” stage but I can get more pictures and things later in January when I return home.

Would love to connect.

This year I transplanted a volunteer amaranth plant from work to my bank yard and the little guy took off with beautiful red flowers, edible leaves, and about 12 oz of seeds with zero care from me.

There is a 3/4 acre utility easement/neighborhood walking path that is a block from my house. The lot currently houses weeds and grass that the utilities has cut down every summer. I've been thinking that amaranth might be something nice to plant there. The flowers would really brighten the area and attract pollinators.

I am concerned; however, that this easy fast growing and prolific seed producer could become an invasive pest in the future. Thoughts?

When transforming neglected urban spaces into thriving patches of greenery, what criteria guide your choices? Do you focus on visibility, accessibility, or impact on the community? Let’s share tips, stories, and challenges from the frontlines of guerrilla gardening.

Hello, I'm making short animation about guerilla gardening for my uni graduation project and I was wondering how did people get into it?

I don't have any experience with it (yet) so instead of making things up for the plot I'd like to ask some questions (i think it could also help beginners to hear experiences of others)

● how did you start doing this?

● how did you overcome your fear (if there was any)?

● how did your first time go?

● did someone ever saw you? what was your reaction? what was theirs? were they unfriendly? did it end up in unpleasant way?

● did you find community in guerilla gardening or are you doing everything by yourself?

● how do guerilla gardening groups operate (if you are in any)? do you organize group actions? are you all anonnymous or doing it in the open?

I'll be grateful to hear any of your stories 🙏

PS. I'm from Poland so if anyone knows more about Europe based or Poland based guerilla gardening resources - pls share!

Guerrilla gardening has a magic to it—reviving abandoned plots and creating pockets of life. What challenges have you faced while gardening without permission, and how did you overcome them? Share your stories of growth, beauty, and defiance.

There’s a tiny park near me that’s a mess. A few trees, a small grassy area that the council mows, a bench that the local yoof hang around and a good deal of earth that’s sparsely covered in weeds. It’s south facing, partly shaded by hawthorn and youngish silver birch. It’s a cut-through that’s used by a lot of pedestrians.

I’d like to sow a few wildflowers to help to birds and insects, and maybe improve human interest too. There’s a good deal of broken glass and I’m not happy about getting my hands dirty there because there’s also some flytipping and I’ve been told there are needles too, so I was hoping to just rake the ground to break it up a bit then chuck seed around. Where can I get enough seed for maybe 50m² of ground, in varieties suitable for the East Midlands?

Hi. I want to start spreading seeds in my neighborhood! I’m in Sacramento zone 10b. But I’m not sure which local mix to get. Any suggestions or links?

Thanks friends!

Hi all, I'm kind of new to guerilla gardening. I've ordered like 4 acorns of Nuttall's Scrub Oak (Quercus dumosa) but then realized it's not quite native to my city. So uhh, does anyone want them? They're endangered, low water, and they support all kinds of bats, caterpillar, and butterflies. I'll mail them to you for free when I get them. DM me if you live where they live.

https://calscape.org/Quercus-dumosa-(Nuttall's-Scrub-Oak)

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Plants for a future is a website where you can search for plants based on their uses, soil types, size, medicinal properties, hardiness, and much more!

OpenFarm is an archive for users to upload and update entries on how to farm crops, with an encyclopedic system on how each crop should be ideally grown.

I highly recommend you check out Plants for a future, because it also has information on soil types and acidity. I figured that if you're spreading seeds wherever, you might want to check for plants which would ideally thrive under the presented conditions.

What if you could make Biodegradable Nerf darts, filled with wildflower seeds? Then, sell them to local kids or have your own fun? I'm new here, are there any techniques that might work? It needs to be durable enough to be fired(likely from a motorized one) but ideally soft enough to not hurt. Anyone know of a way to do this?

I’m looking for gardening groups or guerilla gardening groups around the areas previously specified. Anyone know of any?

A sound barrier recently went up between my condo building’s fence and a road: about a foot and a half from the fence, specifically. To put it in, they dug maybe a foot or so at a real steep angle, so now there’s a near-straight drop a few inches from the fence, then just bare dirt till the sound barrier. I’m hoping there’s a good (native) groundcover that might make its way in and be able to stabilize the ground a bit, as well as providing at least a little more ecological value than bare earth. It would need to be something that could really just kind of fall in there as seeds and not need tending to germinate or maintain, since the area can’t easily be accessed… I know we’ve got wild strawberries around which is my main contender at the moment, as well as violets. Just wondering if there were any other good options!