Guerilla Gardening (2015)

Post by intrepidhero » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

mikekchar wrote: post #30

zxexz wrote: post #22

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As somebody who has (and continues to) partook in their fair share of "guerilla" gardening, and who has seen many parts of their local ecosystems decimated by invasive species, I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment. However, I do think perhaps if you're making such powerful statement, you shouldn't perhaps go into more detail, and maybe spout some wisdom as to how people can avoid introducing said invasive speci…

I'm guessing it's the California Poppy picture, which according to USDA "can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below" (the source being [0]). In fact it is interesting that one of the commenters in other threads claimed to intentionally plan California Poppies wherever they go. They grow wild where I live in Japan, so it clearly is somewhat invasive, but I'm not sure what kind of damag…

Post by stinos » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 7:08 PM UTC

aliswe wrote: post #42

stinos wrote: post #40

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While I'm all for the principle and applaud people wanting to take actions like that, and don't doubt their intentions are good I came here to say the same, and one other thing. Things like these are quite popular and people are for instance all 'for the bees!' while actually not knowing the basics of biology/biodiversity/habitat systems/... and they end up, unknowingly, doing more bad than good. Some of the before/a…

"One other thing"? :)