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Pictures of the gardens and troops
April 2010 Seed Bomb Video A quick little video to show you how to make seed bombs. If you have questions on ingredients, send us an email.
Special thanks to Bonnie Hawthorne for shooting and editing this little gem.
February 10, 2010 My Midwest InFlight Magazine The Seeds of Revolution -- Working in the shadows, a growing movement is threatening to transform cities all over the world. Luckily, not one is complaining...read more via PDF or online
February 5, 2010 ACE -- Alliance for Climate Education Special thanks to the folks at ACE for putting this together. We were excited they could join us on the Seed Bomb (Bar) Crawl!
October 29, 2009 ABC 7, Los Angeles We were very excited to have ABC do a story about our Spaceland dig as well as our project at Cassidy Preschool. Phillip (the newscaster) was SUCH a trooper. He had the pick axe in his hands more than Mr. Stamen did!
October 6, 2009 GreenGoPost.com Guerrillas in the Midst Activism. Activist. They are words that many people love to shout out. To me, they often give me the creeps.
How many times have you heard someone say, “I don’t eat THIS” or “I don’t buy THAT” or “I don’t do ALLOFTHEABOVE.”
My response is: it’s always easier to NOT do something. It takes a lot more...
September 30, 2009 GG at Cassidy Preschool LAGG visited Cassidy Preschool to teach a little Guerrilla Gardening to some 4 and 5 year-olds. Mr. Stamen and Roly Poly were excited to share GG with the little ones. Check out pictures here.
August 2009 Foam Magazine(PDF) Gardening is No Longer Strictly the Province of Retirees
The term Guerrilla Gardening sounds violent, but the Guerrilla Gardening movement is a peaceful one , in which devotees plant and cultivate land not stirctly thier own. (Interview with Roly Poly)
May 19, 2009 Huffington Post Can a radical social agenda really take root in Los Angeles? ...I had the extreme fortune of stumbling upon one such group last night
while driving with my friend, Jenna. We were at Highland and Wilshire
Boulevards (a fairly prominent intersection) and noticed a group of
people in orange work clothes, gardening...read more...
May 1, 2009 NBC Channel One In School Special on Guerrilla Gardening NBC visited LAGG and the South Central Resistance to document gardening missions, seed bomb workshops and LA Guerrilla Gardeners. The news piece is being broadcasted in classrooms throughout the United States. Click on the above link to watch it online.
April 30, 2009 ABC Nightly News ABC came out to one of our first digs last summer and just aired a segment on Guerrilla Gardening tonight. Agent Bulbil321 is featured and there are lots of faces from LAGG. National news...very exciting.
March 18, 2009 The Garden a film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy In conjunction with Earth Day 2009, The Garden will begin it's theatrical run at the NuArt in Los Angeles on Friday April, 24, 2009, before rolling out to other cities across the country.
THE GARDEN chronicles the complex and emotional story of Los Angeles' South Central Farm. Created from the ashes of the L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farm came to be the largest urban farm in the United States. THE GARDEN documents the farmers' struggle against the city's backroom deals, and exposes the underlying issues of money, power, poverty and racial discord.
Check their website for other screenings and more info.
March 16, 2009 Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour April 4th & 5th, 10am - 4pm
A self-guided journey through 45 Los Angeles-area home gardens, each containing at least 50% native plants – and showcasing the region’s most creative homeowners and garden designers. Click on the above link for more details.
One of LAGG's friends who has donated plants will be on this tour. If you take the tour, make sure you say hello to Kory and Chris at Los Angeles Site #2!
February 5, 2009 Gardening as an act of Revolution?
The term "guerrilla gardening" evokes a gritty, iconic Banksy image come to life -- fighters in balaclavas, moving in shadows, poised to pitch their grenades. Except these bombs are filled with seeds, not shrapnel.
The guerrilla gardening strategy is this: Find an unused plot...Read more
Today is not only Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it's a national day of community service. Hundreds of opportunities to volunteer in Los Angeles County are available online, including cultivating two gardens in Hollywood for Los Angeles Guerrilla Gardening. MLK Day of Service --
Pictures posted on GOOD/blog
November 13, 2008 SoCal Connected Troop members from LAGG are featured in this KCET news story about GG in Southern California.
October 23, 2008 How Stuff Works LAGG is mentioned in this SUPER informative article about Guerrilla Gardening. Not only does it include a How-To-Guide, but it has information on the history of GG as well as lots of other GG groups around the world. This is a great resource if you're interested in starting your own garden.
October 13, 2008 Columbia Pioneers Interview Troop members interviewed:
Bulbil321, Greenhaus, Mr. Stamen, Manure and Roly Poly
October 11, 2008 Food Chain Radio Guests: Mr. Stamen -- LA Guerilla Gardening and Steve Frillman, from New York City Green. This interview is about an hour long, but worth listening to if you have the time. Simply click the logo above.
October 8, 2008 Mr. Stamen and Roly Poly visited Animo High School Gardening Club to talk about Guerrilla Gardening in Los Angeles. They've already started some gardens this past summer and LAGG is really looking forward to working with these students! Show your support and check them out on Myspace.
They will have a dedicated page here at LAGG.org as well.
September 24, 2008 Whateves.com "This is the most up lifting thing I’ve seen in a long time. Guerrilla Gardening has started in LA. People are taking to public land and planting new gardens. The city it just too big for for the..."
September 23, 2008 Curbed LA: City's Guerrilla Gardening Not Likely To Be Shut Down Transforming unused, public space into gardens (like that strip on
Wilton featured above), the group has gotten support from community
members (as well city council members). "It's pretty much bring your plants...
September 23, 2008 Frances Anderton came to our latest mission and interviewed a few troop members. The feature aired on 89.9 KCRW at 2:30pm -- Sep 23, 2008. LAGG will also be listed on Ms. Anderton's blog.
September 20, 2008 FALL IS HERE!
It's Fall and time to get planting. The best time for seed bombs is after the first rain. And LAGG will have seed bombs ready for you soon!
September 15, 2008 BPM Magazine (PDF) “Guerilla Gardening. The new school of urban warfare.
Terrorism in reverse, he said. Underground." (You can also read this online via BPM's digital copy, pg 129 )
August 10, 2008 Satellite Troop A new Satellite Troop has formed and they've created an amazing first garden. Click on the above link for pictures of their garden at the 101 Freeway and Odin.
August 5, 2008 The Daily Polluter To that end, First Breath and The Daily Polluter have arranged for Mr. Stamen, a representative of the L.A. Guerrilla Gardeners to come in and teach us about his organization... See photos from our presentation
July 4, 2008 The Associated Press It was a Saturday night and drivers whooshed past on their way to the Sunset Strip club scene...
June 20, 2008 CNN.com Guerrilla gardeners green their city on secret moonlit missions
May 28, 2008
LA Times Article Guerrilla gardener movement takes root in L.A. area
May 28, 2008 Digg Posting Most people simply ignore a sad traffic median full of weed, but not this guy...
