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Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto
by
David Tracey (Goodreads Author)
The term “guerrilla” may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty. Once an environmentalist’s nonviolent direct action for inner-city renewal, this movement is...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by New Society Publishers
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This is a really entertaining, useful and important read. Tracey packs in loads of landscaping/gardening tips, political tidbits, advice on how to deal with city officials, and other essential know-how for the guerrilla gardener. The Q&A's with practicing guerrillas are very inspiring and instructive, and it's hard not to get the urge to start planting anywhere and everywhere after reading this book.
I also appreciated Tracey's discussion on "to ask or not to ask for permission," and I thoug...more
I also appreciated Tracey's discussion on "to ask or not to ask for permission," and I thoug...more
Tracey brings a fun, sometimes tongue-in-cheek tone to the topic that he embraced years ago. It is a political "hot topic" in some senses and Tracey accomplishes the heady task of speaking to those with a variety of comfort levels with guerrilla gardening. Definitely one I will recommend to many friends.
Niiice
Books on gardening should feature lots of colour photos. This book had few pictures and they were all black and white.
The book may have planted a seed though...
The book may have planted a seed though...
Fantastic book. Weaves ecology and politics together and has a load of fun doing it. I laughed more times reading this book than I can remember.
But most of all it's inspiring. We can change the screwed-up world one seed at a time. Now I'm a guerrilla gardening too and I can hardly wait to plant something.
But most of all it's inspiring. We can change the screwed-up world one seed at a time. Now I'm a guerrilla gardening too and I can hardly wait to plant something.
May 11, 2008
Chad
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
DIY (sub)urban planners and green-thumbed anarchists.
Recommended to Chad by:
Jennifer
Shelves:
to-finish-reading,
anti-capitalist-propaganda
Very funny and easy-to-read. Would be entertaining even to people uninterested in gardening. Even though the attitude is tongue in cheek, it provides very realistic ideas about how to deal with a blighted landscape.
Lexie got me this for Christmas, when she was scouting sites for her wedding to my brother--and I can't freakin wait to read it.
Best gardening book I've read so far. Definite must have for library.
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