Hoping to bring some color and cheer to the streets of Toronto, Canada, street artist, Posterchild, decided to become a guerrilla gardener by potting six perky marigolds in an abandoned flyer box. The newly-transformed planter box is illustrative of the point that forgotten pieces of urban furniture may be used to beautify the streets of the Canadian city with very little effort.
GUERILLA GARDENING: Flowers Beautify Abandoned Flyer Box
by Olivia Chen, 06/02/09
filed under: Gardening
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That’s a clever way to beautify an area with those flowers in that old flyer box. Nice!
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Why name it Gurilla gardening.In the vast overcrowded road system where every thing looks mechanical , the g gardening is real colourful