the urban world's a garden, waiting to be planted

The impetus for this guerrilla gardening is to bring colour to neglected urban landscapes. The goal is to develop sustainable beauty that will enrich the lives in the neighbourhood for years to come. Most of these gardens are in an industrial area full of homelessness, drug use, mental illness and prostitution. Needles, used condoms and makeshift shelters can be found within feet of these photos. But don't be surprised to find just plain old gardening in here too, I love it all!

Monday, August 07, 2006

CN triangle

here is the CN triangle. It actually doesn't look too bad in the first picture, but it's usually overrun with garbage and weeds. We hauled the soil down there (second photo) and now tonight Julie and I threw a few annuals in there to get some colour going before the 'real' garden gets in there. I don't feel too satisfied with it at the moment, but I guess it's still an improvement. I got 30 plants for $30 on Sat!!! from Emerging Hope (www.emerginghope.ca) a group that does gardening projects to employ people from the downtown eastside.