Guerrilla Gardening in Los Angeles | SubCultures

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CREDITS:

Guerilla Gardening -- Crew

Creator & Director: Erin Cantelo
Producer: Christian Heuer
Producer: Matt Pittman
Cinematographer: Barry Elmore
1st AC: George Nienhuis
Sound Mixer/Boom Operator: Kevin Faber
DIT: Tyler Owens
PA: Jordan Ungar
Editor: Kevin Mastman

Featuring:
Kenneth Rudnicki
Rebecca Pontius

Guerilla Gardeners:
Blair Neighbors
Eduardo Dujic
Victor Dujic
Ramiro Navarro
Leonardo Becerra
Timur Zeinapur
Lori Altobelli
Erin Cantelo

Music By: "Crezima" by Manuele Atzeni, "In Fielder" by Miró Belle, "Solo Acoustic Guitar" and "Thingamajig" by Jason Shaw.

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[KarlaIvethXD]

This is like graffiti, but with plants. Oh I love this so much

[Xplorer]

I'd be afraid of the police thinking we were terrorists. STEP AWAY FROM THE FERTILIZER! 

[erincantelo]

Hey guys, glad you brought this up! They actually get a lot of donations from home owners who have extra plants laying around, as well as donations from smaller local stores and they simply tell folks what they're doing. Rebecca actually grows a lot of succulents at her home, which you can clip off to start new plants which is a really economical way of doing this. If you're interested in GG, don't be afraid to ask around for donations, you may be surprised! :)

[dslynx]

Beautiful idea, and great coverage. I'm extremely impressed with the subculture series.

[brothapipp]

soul pancake and guerilla gardeners everywhere, thank you.

[katherinespiel]

Such an awesome subculture to learn about.
The entire series is such an amazing concept to spotlight local niche communities.

[shb]

Drought tolerant edibles would be even better, no? Who doesn't love free pomegranates or figs?

[amiradelal]

This is the coolest subculture I've seen/heard of yet. I hate any sort of landscaping more than anything else in the world, you probably couldn't pay me to do it, but I would love to be a part of this.

[jennygennie]

Such a cool idea! I love how communal you guys make it :)
I used to live in a rural area & ever since I moved to the city I've missed green spaces

[SimplyFeisty]

This and the way it's been approached is legitimately a cool idea. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside about the humanity again. Hopeful, if you will.

[TheSmreeder]

Paccasandra and Blanket Juniper low maintenance and pretty... YEA...

I knew I would remember

Many Blessings and Good Work

SMR

[schizescribe]

the idea is not just planting, but also making a community... you don't really build a community and get random people seeing you gardening and wander over from off the street to help plant with you by *landscaping*

[riderlibertas]

I love that this is leaderless. It's just people who want to do it going ahead and doing it. No money is involved yet they clearly enjoy it. If we could all think this way about more things we might find we don't need very much government at all.

[xandraassur]

Aw that's really cool; it makes me smile to think about gardens spontaneously popping up around the city. How nice =)

[elandres]

I thought about that too, I guess its not for everybody.

If this were a thing I could do in my area: kickstarter.

But I guess this could be considered a hobby or a form of charity. Not everyone subscribes to such notions of giving back, as it is hard looking out for #1 these days. But we are social creatures, and we share space, especially in big cities. So contributing to society is directly valuable, if you can afford it. And indirectly, you'll find it does come full circle.

[agneshoy]

What a beautiful idea for creating beauty and community in degredaded areas. Continue spreading this wonderful practice for the good of the earth and for all those around.Congratulations for the initiative! True there are so many areas in need of beauty and new life! This is just great!!!!

[elandres]

Just wondering, Do Guerrilla Gardeners typically live in apartments? I feel part of the motivation is that they do not have their own yard to do the same. This sounds fun, I live in the burbs, and everything nearby that is public is very well kept, ??unfortunately??

I have had to help with gardening in the yard all my life, and sure I resented it in my childhood and early adolescence. But as I matured, I gained a real appreciation of gardening, not to mention the work and skills required.

[richyrich]

like..like..like, a thousand times over guys!! you're awesome!:)

[flutisticwonder]

What a wonderful idea! It would be cool if we brought this sort of thing to other areas, like not just in gardening. :)

[cmaandmistic]

Kalanchoe! awesome plant. I have a bunch in my dorm room at school.