Today was a beautiful sunny day, and it was actually pretty warm for February in England. It got me longing for the spring and to be doing something green… but what to do?

I heard about the guerrilla gardening movement towards the end of the summer last year. Sadly it was a bit too late for me to have a go myself. This year, however, I am hoping things go differently. I have already found a perfect spot near where I live! The council recently changed the paving’s a few minutes walk from my house and they left a nice big gap around the base of a tree. I’d guess it’s just over 2m sq so it’s a pretty sizeable little area. However, it’s quite near a bus stop, so I don’t know how badly it will be affected by passers by. I suppose that remains to be seen.

I’m planning on doing some more research and my first port of call will be the first guerrilla gardening blog I discovered: GuerrillaGardening.org There are some amazing examples, and some are just minutes from where I live!

There’s a few options for routes I could go down. I could ask the council for permission, that way I don’t have to be afraid of getting ‘caught’ (I’m a goodie-two-shoes so getting ‘caught’ would embarrass me so much!) but I’m guessing there are pretty strong odds the council will say no. But if I’ve already asked, they will know who I am. Richard Reynolds of GuerillaGardening.org said that he could have asked for permission from councils, but they told him that if he had asked they would have said no, but when they saw his work they ended up giving him permission. In fact, he said that often the police drive-by when he is doing guerrilla gardening just to check out what’s going on, but he says they have never stopped him.

I can also pick between planting actual plants (more time spent on the site committing the deed!) or sewing seeds (the odds of getting caught are super slim!). Sewing seeds might be a good way to start, and Perhaps seed bombs are the way to go!

There’s lots more for me to read up on and learn about, so watch this space for some updates in the spring about my progress as a guerrilla gardener!