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Show #608: GUERRILLA GARDENERS
Guests: Mr. Stamen, from LA Guerilla Gardening and Steve Frillman, from New York City Green
Subject: Cities, like forest fires, grow out from an ignition point, consuming land. Unlike burned forests, however, new growth does not willingly spring from inner cities. Enter gardeners who, with or without permission, plant new life in that no man’s land. These green guerrillas lead us to ask… Who owns the city’s no-man’s land? (#608)
Topics include why inner cities become stagnant; what gardens bring to neglected cityscapes; and what right, if any, do individuals have to plant gardens in the neglected property of others.