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1. Urban Gardening
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== Urban Gardening ==
  
 
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2. Guerrilla Gardening
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== Guerrilla gardening ==
Activists regenerating urban waste/neglected areas sans permission  
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Activists regenerating urban wasteland / neglected areas without permission.
Aesthetics
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Promotes aesthetic aims.
De-toxify soil  
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De-toxifies and improves soil.
Grow edibles/medicinal herbs  
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Also to grow food and medicinal herbs.
  
3. Permanent Agri-culture
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== Permaculture (permanent agriculture) ==
Founder Bill Mollison (the first guerrilla gardener planting oak trees in peoples lawns and wastelands)
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Founder Bill Mollison (the first guerrilla gardener, planting oak trees in peoples lawns and on wastelands).
Practical, multi-scale sustainable lifestyle & philosophy  
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Practical, multi-scale, sustainable lifestyle & philosophy.
Conscious design of environment and agricultural productive systems  
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Conscious design of environment and agriculturally productive systems.
Integration of landscape and people
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Integration of landscape and people.
Working to imitate nature with evolving system
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Working to imitate nature with an evolving system.
Permaculture can be a guiding
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Permaculture can be a guide in having a garden seed rather than fail, through creativity, observation, and resource management.  
source in having your guerilla garden “seed”, rather than fail, through creativity, observation and resource management.
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Helping the entire community at large.  
Helping the entire guerrilla gardening community at large.  
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With limited resources, stretching these resources is a valuable tool.  
With limited resources stretching these resources is a valuable tool.  
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Most gardeners will not have an own yard, but can work in zones (a concept from Permaculture).
As Guerilla Gardeners we will not have our own yard and therefore it is best to work in zones taken from Permaculture
 
  
4. Typical GG problems
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== Help with typical problems ==
Guerrilla gardeners often face problemswith pests, soil conditions, water, and sunlight.  
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Gardeners often face problems with pests, soil conditions, water, and sunlight.  
Permaculture lends itself to these problems by answering questions that may arise.
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Permaculture lends itself to these problems by answering questions that may arise.  
not promoting the use of chemicals,
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Eschewing the use of chemicals.
Helping in accomplishing ones ultimate goal creatively while doing as little damage to the eco system as possible.
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Helping to accomplish one's goal creatively, while doing as little damage to the eco-system as possible.

Revision as of 16:02, 1 May 2017

Urban Gardening

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Guerrilla gardening

Activists regenerating urban wasteland / neglected areas without permission. Promotes aesthetic aims. De-toxifies and improves soil. Also to grow food and medicinal herbs.

Permaculture (permanent agriculture)

Founder Bill Mollison (the first guerrilla gardener, planting oak trees in peoples lawns and on wastelands). Practical, multi-scale, sustainable lifestyle & philosophy. Conscious design of environment and agriculturally productive systems. Integration of landscape and people. Working to imitate nature with an evolving system. Permaculture can be a guide in having a garden seed rather than fail, through creativity, observation, and resource management. Helping the entire community at large. With limited resources, stretching these resources is a valuable tool. Most gardeners will not have an own yard, but can work in zones (a concept from Permaculture).

Help with typical problems

Gardeners often face problems with pests, soil conditions, water, and sunlight. Permaculture lends itself to these problems by answering questions that may arise. Eschewing the use of chemicals. Helping to accomplish one's goal creatively, while doing as little damage to the eco-system as possible.