{"id":977,"date":"2010-03-23T14:46:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/03\/brain-break-do-gooder-guerrilla-grandma.html"},"modified":"2010-03-23T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:46:50","slug":"brain-break-do-gooder-guerrilla-grandma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/03\/brain-break-do-gooder-guerrilla-grandma.html","title":{"rendered":"Brain Break: Do-Gooder Guerrilla Grandma!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the beginning of spring, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/03\/23\/guerrilla-gardening-givin_n_506566.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post published a great feature<\/a> on &#8220;guerrilla gardening,&#8221; the practice of sneaking living, lovely things into otherwise ignored spaces like the blighted dirt on many road medians or under urban trees.<\/p>\n<p>The tips and videos in their feature come from Richard Reynolds, the British guerrilla whose website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guerrillagardening.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">guerrillagardening.org <\/a>is a treasure trove of the hows, whens, and whys of guerrilla gardening.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>This video shows that he comes by his subversive tendencies naturally&#8211;his 93 year-old grandmother&#8217;s daily constitutional involves picking up trash in the nooks and crannies of her neighborhood.&nbsp; See what happens when Richard and his grandmother head out to commit some green anarchy!<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xx9PwY5cyfY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xx9PwY5cyfY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\" itxtvisited=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\" itxtvisited=\"1\"><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the beginning of spring, Huffington Post published a great feature on &#8220;guerrilla gardening,&#8221; the practice of sneaking living, lovely things into otherwise ignored spaces like the blighted dirt on many road medians or under urban trees. 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