Sick of crap parks and gardens? Try Guerrilla Gardening!

The is a memorial register ran by TaMS, where by you can apply for fauna to be planted by TaMS, and where citizens can care for them. However, applications were rarely given, as this was a hangover from Deparment of Territories days (think pre-cambrian era of ACT govt admin).

Hey lets go plant some nice shady trees in that Linear Park in Gungahlin! oh wait…they paved the bloody place. Maybe next time folks.

It would be frustrating though to go put in the effort only to have TaMS rip it out.

I sometimes see neighbours planting natives in the reserve across the road. Good on them – it makes the reserve a much nicer place than if it’s just full of weeds and bare earth.

There are some nicely manicured lawns around Parkes that could do with some shade trees and maybe a smattering of prickly pear and lantana across the road from OPH.

I wonder how long before we see dope in Commonwealth Park.

There is a random rose plant surrounded by flowers on Gundaroo Drive. Its even enclosed within a little wooden fence. I doubt this is a work of the council. Probably a memorial of some type but it is quite nice. This sounds like an interesting idea.

I remember reading somewhere recently (and I can’t remember where I saw it – probably the Chronicle) that a Canberra resident had sought permission to plant in a public area and she had received absolutely no response from TaMS in regard to approval despite her attempts to do all the right things.

Also there used to be a formal (government supported) program to beautify roundabouts and nature strips, that too seems to have fallen by the wayside. From memory the requirements for insurance was a huge impediment on that one.

In terms of the Guerrilla Gardening concept, I guess the worse that the authorities can do is pull out what has been put in.

yeppers. Just down the road from this.