Tag: Guerrilla gardening

Ask Silver Lake — The London Street Garden

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This article was written for the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council feature, "Ask Silver Lake." โ€œAsk Silver Lakeโ€ is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you'd like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org. Los Angeles is widely known for its … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — The London Street Garden

Those Useless Trees — Guerilla Gardening with Agave

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If you've ever walked anywhere in Los Angeles other than to and from a car, you've no doubt noticed that there are dirt squares along many sidewalks into which the city occasionally plants trees. I don't know what the technical name of these squares is or even if they have one. I think that I've … Continue reading Those Useless Trees — Guerilla Gardening with Agave

Nobody Drives in LA — A Parking Lot Pothole Garden in Echo Park

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The private automobile is the scourge of cities. In Los Angeles, on an average day, such cars injure or kill 39 Angelenos. They pollute air, land, and water -- except for the electric ones, which rely on child slave labor to mine the precious materials required for their batteries. Electric or smog-box alike, they all … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — A Parking Lot Pothole Garden in Echo Park