London's secret scenes
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Contributors Simone Baird, Peter Culshaw, Malcolm Hay, Sara O‘Reilly, Photini Philippidou, Andrew Shields, Rebecca Taylor
Posted: Tue Sep 12 2006
Guerrilla gardening
In late 2004, green-fingered radical and Elephant and Castle resident Richard Reynolds set up his own underground movement, giving himself the mission to ‘fighting the filth in public space with forks and flowers’. The idea is to overhaul neglected areas of greenery – large or small – with the help of volunteers, and over the last few months the number of ‘digs’ being carried out across the capital has grown exponentially. So a heavily weeded bed near Manor House on Seven Sisters Road (sprinkled with the obligatory needles, cans, vomit, and a discarded knife) was last month transformed into a luscious herb garden, and a few days before an area of scrubland around a solitary tree in Stockwell was planted with Russian vines. On the website, you can see what digs are planned, and suggest your own.
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5 comments
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Why not go to the original painting gig at Westbourne Studios in Notting Hill.They do recycled canvases for £30 and it is a way cooler venue. www.fig108.com
£40 is steep and makes me think it might only attract city types, etc (who I'm not necessarily interested in meeting). The materials can't cost much more than a fiver so I'd be expecting a lobster dinner for my money.
I agree with Marcus - I'd love a go at this but it's far too expensive... I would maybe fork out 25 quid.
good idea but so exspensive. can we people not organise something this simple with a smaller price? paintjam at your house!