How radical gardeners took back New York City

If you do this please use seeds native to the area you are seedbombing.

"So are you into politics?" "Yeah... I am a RADICAL GARDENER "

It’s weird watching a Vox video and not being depressed afterwards.

I did this to one of the vacant lots near me in Glasgow during lockdown. Spent 2 months cleaning out the trash, mostly on my own. I built 5 veggie beds from found items on the street when they stopped picking up trash for a few months. I've been growing beans and flowers for a year now. People have started joining me and have built a concrete BBQ, added bird feeders to the trees, and occasionally donate flowers, compost, and even a bird bath. I love it. <3

me age 23 thinking that I haven't found my calling and purpose in the society and realizing that Hattie Carthan found hers at age 64 ! really lifting thought, everyone has their own time

My dad briefly ran a community garden with his school and students in East New York, he says it’s the thing he is most proud of in his 30 years of teaching

Honestly this makes me so proud to be a part of my little community garden 🥺😭

I plant trees wherever I live. I have planted 75 Trees. I Geotag them and when i am in the area ill take measurements and photos for data. Update: Trees are in the following cities - Orlando, Florida 50 Trees - Camden, Delaware 10 Trees - I95 Highway 15 Trees - Melbourne, Florida "About to plant"

A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in

One of the few Tik Tok trends that actually make the world a better place

I found about this a few years ago in Texas. Their were people throwing these seed bombs anonymously by the roads, small fields and the grassy areas near the highways. They were mostly throwing bluebonnet, which is our state flower. I think it's sweet of them to do that.

Am inspired! In my village, forests have been cut and used for charcoal in the last two decades. It's so bad that it's hotter, rains are erratic and low. I decided last year during the lockdown to plant trees. I did 500 trees, only 393 survived the water stress. This year I planted 700 fruit trees and 30 shade trees. And actively watered them. I lost just 55 trees so far. Now..am thinking let's do 1000 trees each year and actively water them. Maybe in a decade my village will be cooler, have more rains and lots of mangoes!🌳🍋🌧

Didn’t expect to cry over gardening this morning yet here we are

Urban planning should always take into account the greens.

Don't forget that when they say they had to fight for their gardens, they had to fight. Hundreds of gardens that were once a part of the fabric of the community in NYC were sold and had condos built over them.

I love how Hattie Carthan was described as 'a woman who went beyind herself and created the template for life to happen'. What an incredible woman who left a fantastic legacy which is still standing and needed more than ever 💖

This is the most wholesome form of radicalism

Hey Vox, can you add Arabic subtitles to this video? I think the folks in Cairo would be really interested in this fight to preserve the trees and green spaces.

I'm crying so hard. This is tremendously inspiring. Seeing those magical green oasis in the middle of a concrete desert and how marginalized communities built them gives me so much hope and drive

This honestly made me tear up in a good way. As an advocate for gardening and preserving nature, watching this made me so happy. I live in a country that is rich in flora and worrying about having green spaces in our communities is not a thing so I take for granted that other people do not have the same luxury and have to fight for it. It made me so happy to see their work and how it has greatly benefitted the people living in those communities.