Guerilla Gardening, Richard Reynolds

What I dont get is that they call it public land, therefore the public own it and you guys are members of the public therfore you should be able to improve the land in question by landscaping it by planting without being subjected to possible arrest. And how can creating a flower bed on a patch of weed ridden ground be criminal damage. The Law is an ass and should be used to catch real criminals and not people like yourselves who are trying to do good. Keep up the good work!!

Cameras change everything with police
just keep that in mind

best show ever yay!yay!

i hate this show with a passion its lame and it makes me want to smash my tv set every time its on !!!

This is not "a show"! I think you might be confusing this documentary footage filmed by The Guardian newspaper with the shit that's on Channel 10 in Australia that masquerades under the name Guerrilla Gardeners. I hope so anyway, because everyone here is a volunteer and ended up having a confrontation with the police, largely I think because we agreed to let a news journalist tag along!

maybe try doing your gardening in the middle of the day wearing a hi-viz jacket? I doubt anyone would call the police then, as you'll look like legit council workers.

I can confirm that 10 months on the flowers are doing very well, that more have been added and that a few weeks after this first dig the police drove past waved and honked a friendly toot. I think the camera with us made them over react. It was a rare incident.
Richard

Well done!

Fun. I wonder if the flowers were left there and kept growing? Here in the states the people almost certainly would have been ticketed when the police came. In this video it looks like they get a verbal warning. Also, here, if they'd come back and succeeded in planting the flowers, the city would have come and pulled them out within a few days. :|

that is why you never stop planting, also why if more people did it, the police would give up with there stupid shit all together