Improving DC's Public Spaces
Learn about our mission and how you can help!
Improving DC's Public Spaces
Learn about our mission and how you can help!
Learn about our mission and how you can help!
Learn about our mission and how you can help!
We are proud that our Potomac Triangle Parks Project has been selected as a VoicesDMV Community Action Awards winner! This award comes with funding from the Greater Washington Community Foundation to support the work of our volunteers to develop equitable green spaces for the Potomac Gardens and Hopkins community.
Potomac Triangle Parks on August 26, 2020
Guerrilla Gardeners of Washington DC teamed up with Brothas Huddle and the residents of Potomac Gardens and Hopkins to landscape two adjacent parcels known as Potomac Triangle Parks.
Potomac Triangle Parks on September 26, 2020
Together, we helped to organize the community to reclaim these overgrown and underutilized spaces and make them more attractive, usable and safe - and keep them that way.
There is much more to come in this five-year project to transform these spaces.
With ominous forecasts of snow and temperatures dropping into the teens, it's hard to imagine that Spring is just a few weeks away. However, it will not be long before each of the 4,000 daffodil, tulip and Asian lily bulbs planted by our volunteers in 2020, the last of which went into the ground on December 23 send their shoots up through the soil in search of the sun. CONTINUE READING
Guerrilla Gardeners of Washington DC is mentioned in an article about volunteering to improve public spaces:
Washington Post Going Out Guide: Start the year off fresh with one of these outdoor cleanup activities
Guerrilla gardening started in the 70’s by environmentally conscious people with a green thumb and a mission. The practice is intended to make unused and neglected spaces beautiful, green and healthy. Early guerrilla gardeners performed their work in the dead of night, though recently the practice has become more open. There are blogs and community groups that can provide you with a guerrilla grow guide and support if you want to try a little random act of growing in your neighborhood.
There are many reasons that people take up the cause of guerrilla gardening. The activity is sometimes an attempt to increase urban green space for recreation. It can also provide spaces with edible plants for neighborhood use. Some gardeners simply do it to cover up unsightly areas or take back overly developed regions. It may even be a protest against inadequate government maintenance practices. Whatever the reason, creating guerrilla gardens is a satisfying activity that can be meaningful in many ways.
- Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist
We want make our community a better place for all of us.
We were 'guerrilla gardening' before we knew it had a name.
Come get your hands dirty, we're always looking for recruits!
Reclaiming public space for our community
Supporting our birds, bees and butterflies
One mile of
people-powered beautification
A tribute to a guerrilla gardening pioneer
We are a 100% volunteer 501c3 nonprofit organization.
Your contribution is tax deductible.
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