My name is Ella Martin and I think I'm guerrilla gardening...
Submitted by Marc on Tue, 2008-05-27 19:07.
Yeah, so. For all my sins I do try and balance everything out. I'm a country girl and I've ran into a little bit of trouble since I've lived in a flat.
A) I hate looking out of our windows at the Natwest air conditioning system.
B) We have no garden.
Thus I have taken matters into my own hands. I've, if you want to be petty about it, nicked Natwest bank roof to grow my veg.
I do get the odd look from dudes in the customer car park when I'm watering my cucumber plants but hey, I feel quite liberated. And check out what I've got up here -
Salad box
Herb box
Peppers
Melons
Butternut Squash
Beans
Strawberries
Toms
Cucumbers
Spinach
So if people moan they haven't got room - borrow some. If people moan they haven't got time - make some time. If people don't know where to begin - guess like me. And I have an alright crop.
Click here to read Ella's eco-baby blog
Yup . . .
. . Sounds like guerrilla gardening to me, the rare but delightfully mischevious variety of neglected private roof top space, which I have so far come across in Amsterdam, Shepherd's Bush and most recently near Monument. I'd love to know more.
Richard Reynolds
Editors Note: Richard is the founder of GuerrillaGardening.org and the author of a wonderful guide to the subject, On Guerrilla Gardening – A Handbook For Gardening Without Boundaries