Seed bombing

Seed bombing

Seed bombing, also known as "Seed Grenades" is a technique of introducing vegetation to arid soils or otherwise inhospitable terrains. A seed bomb is a compressed clod of soil containing live vegetation that may be thrown or dropped onto a terrain to be modified. The term "seed grenade" was first used by Liz Christy in 1973 when she started the "Green Guerillas". The first seed grenades were made from balloons filled with local wildflower seeds, water and fertilizer. The seed grenades were tossed over fences onto empty lots in New York City in order to make the neighborhoods look better. It was the start of the Guerrilla Gardening movement.

ee also

*Seed ball
*Guerrilla Gardening

External links

* [http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggtips.html Guerrilla Gardening]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/apr/25/seedbombing Richard Reynolds making and using seed bombs]
* [http://www.bittermelon.org/SeedBomb.htm Bitter Melon Homeopathy for Urban Renewal]
* [http://greenmuseum.org/content/work_index/work_id-4__artist_id-3.html Environmental Art Museum, Kathryn Miller]
* [http://www.landliving.com/articles/0000000616.aspx Kathryn Miller, Artist] (LandLiving.com)

* [http://www.lizchristygarden.org/lcbh_files/seed_bomb.html Original Seed Bomb instructions]


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