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I do some "guerilla seeding" now and then where I live, scattering seeds in abandoned city spots that are waiting for new housing to be build (which can take ye
by rapnie 5y ago
I do some "guerilla seeding" now and then where I live, scattering seeds in abandoned city spots that are waiting for new housing to be build (which can take years). It is so beautiful what flowers emerge, and when I see how both residents and tourists enjoy them, taking pictures and such, I felt it should be common practice to sow such spaces with flowers. Suggested it to our municipality, but after a "Maybe, we'll consider it" nothing happened. It is such low effort, low cost though.. it has a good ROI in terms of well-being for bees and humans alike :)
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoI’ve been doing something similar. Collecting native seeds from plants that grow well here after they bloom, and distributing them to barren spots that need more growth and color. I just started but hopefully next year there will be more Echium and Lupine around here.
- distances 5y agoSmall warning for Europeans: here Lupine is a introduced species that displaces endemic plants. It probably should be removed if it's growing in your lands.
- Rochus 5y agoDon't remove it; better a few foreign lupines than no more bumble or solitary bees.
- developer93 5y ago*replace it with native species
- Rochus 5y agoWell, what is native? The Lupinus polyphyllus is the most common lupine species in Central Europe and has been present here for more than a hundred years. It is also one of the better bumblebee plants. When farmers mow the meadows (cutting down most of the native bumblebee plants) the bumblebees can't find anything there and are grateful for any garden.
- _Microft 5y agoI know that nature conservation authorities had to do that here in Germany when these plants spread from people's gardens into natural reserves. Please use local species instead of invasive ones.
- developer93 5y agoI believe it's also poisonous
- jabl 5y agoWhere I live garden lupine is classified as an invasive species, and purposefully spreading it is criminalized.
- Sharlin 5y agoIn my city, a grassroots organization that started as a bunch of "guerrilla gardeners" now has their urban meadow projects sanctioned by the city, more meadows are being created, and they do paid consulting for the city as well on the topic of biodiversity and various restoration projects. Very nice.
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- Rochus 5y agoThat's a good approach; I looked around what to sow or plant; here is a site with useful information: http://hummelgarten.ch/dokumente/ http://hummelgarten.ch/dokumente/ (mostly German, but there are also a few English documents).
- matkoniecz 5y agoCities in Poland started doing this. One of motivations was that seeding wild flowers gives reason to cut grass less often, allowing to save money and noise. Maybe the same applies in USA and cost cutting could be used as an argument? Other motivations were biodiversity and that it is less ugly (though not everyone is fan of them). From city official website: https://www.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/237069,1926,komunikat,zdecyduj__gdzie_powstana_nowe_laki_kwietne.html https://www.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/237069,1926,komunikat,zdec... https://zzm.krakow.pl/dzialania-antysmogowe/393-sianie-lak-kwietnych.html https://zzm.krakow.pl/dzialania-antysmogowe/393-sianie-lak-k... https://www.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/247208,29,komunikat,nowe_laki_kwietne_w_twoich_rekach.html https://www.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/247208,29,komunikat,nowe_l...