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Guerilla Gardens of the Plateau

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Guerilla gardening in the Plateau with John Misrahi  
Last week my friend John took me around his area of the Plateau, not far from metro Laurier to show me the various guerilla gardening which he has planted and is cultivating, as well as some cool grow operations from his neighbours and community. This year the city of Montreal has been cutting out concrete slabs from the sidewalk, filling them with rich soil, and topping them off with mulch. Mainly they are planted with easy-growing decorative plants, but the potential is huge for guerilla gardening within them, and other mini green spaces around the city.
John said it well - "There are so many spaces around to grow food in, people have no reason not to try, they should just start doing it! They`ll love it!"

Check out these photos from our walkabout.
Planting zucchini and basil between the cities decorative plants - the great thing is that the city workers water them and leave them to grow!
This divider in the road has been opened up and planted with tall grasses, and a huge zucchini plant!

Using a concrete garbage can to plant lovely herbs and vegetables.
Another concrete container in a ruelle, this time filled with potatoes!
A great sunny spot for some curcubits.
Starting yet another mini-garden. Just find a sunny square cut out of the concrete, remove weeds and garbage, throw down a little compost, and plant a tomato and bean plant, as seen above!
Tomatoes!

Cute little spaghetti squash chilling out on the mulch.

Check out this great spot right in front of a depanneur! Free fresh healthy food, or expensive unhealthy packaged food? YOU CHOOSE!
Check out this ruelle-facing balcony, which takes great advantage of minimal space with vertical gardening.
This little garden along the curb is in it`s 3rd year. All herbs, it even includes a little pair of scissors to cut your own fresh!
These folks do not have any soil, and work around their limitations with some small container planters.

Trying out the local harvest!
These bins are set up by a local non-profit and filled with plants. The sign reads: Food to Share.
A great use of old recycling bins to grow beans!

Using a church courtyard with containers and tables to create multi-level accessible garden.
Rainbow chard and other delights, protected a bit by a little fence from feet.
These deep raised-bed boxes are great for vegetables along the street.


Pallet help to keep the roots from these potatoes in geotextile bags from getting overly wet.
Rows of beets in bags in a public park.

Making use of small space: Container planters on multiple levels.

Using old food bins and other found planters to create a garden in a little concrete nook.

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