Guerilla Gardening

October 2010

Stay tuned for more details..

Pimp My Yard

Darrens Abandoned Garden

Can Darren be pimped?
Will Lianne be pleased?
Lets give it a go!

Current Ruins

Proposed Garden

   

Current advantages of Darrens garden

• Fertile soil and organic
• Natural drainage – irrigation channel built with slope
• Natural selection re: companion planting
• Large space

 Dis-advantages of Darrens garden

• Jungle disheveled appearance
• Thick undergrowth
• Snakes and/or homeless people may live here
• Cluttered
• Clay soil++

Objectives

Forest gardening

• Food production and land management based on woodland ecosystems
• Utilising edibles: fruit or nut trees, herbs and vegetables

Enhanced with companion planting

• intermixed to grow on multiple levels in the same area, as do the plants in a forest.

Budget

• $50
• Compost = $15
• Fertiliser = $35

 
Workload thus far

• Planning = 1 hour
• Shopping = 1/2 hour
• Manual labour = 3 hours