Background & History of Urban Gardening
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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.
