Comments on: What Is Seed Bombing & Guerrilla Gardening? http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/01/12/what-is-seed-bombing-guerrilla-gardening/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lori Whalen http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/01/12/what-is-seed-bombing-guerrilla-gardening/#comment-23014 Lori Whalen Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:41:24 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2676#comment-23014 Regarding Guerilla Gardening... I do have issues with suggesting that people bypass the land manager to seed or plant an open space area - especially if it is NOT urban, or if it is an urban edge area or wild space that is potential habitat. Unless the "gardeners" have specific knowledge about the ecology of an area, they may not be aware of the consequences of introducing non-native (potentially invasive) plant species into an area that may appear to be "vacant" or "weedy" but which is really habitat for animals where specific plants grow that specific animals need, etc. Even if someone THINKS a plant is native ("well - they're just California poppies...") they are likely not taking into consideration the location where the seeds were collected (i.e. the "native" poppy seed sold at Home Depot was collected in Northern California, so seeding with those seeds in Southern California is interfering with the genetics of the original local population. I know - TMI! You get my drift. :) Regarding Guerilla Gardening… I do have issues with suggesting that people bypass the land manager to seed or plant an open space area – especially if it is NOT urban, or if it is an urban edge area or wild space that is potential habitat. Unless the “gardeners” have specific knowledge about the ecology of an area, they may not be aware of the consequences of introducing non-native (potentially invasive) plant species into an area that may appear to be “vacant” or “weedy” but which is really habitat for animals where specific plants grow that specific animals need, etc.

Even if someone THINKS a plant is native (“well – they’re just California poppies…”) they are likely not taking into consideration the location where the seeds were collected (i.e. the “native” poppy seed sold at Home Depot was collected in Northern California, so seeding with those seeds in Southern California is interfering with the genetics of the original local population. I know – TMI! You get my drift. :)

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