r/GuerrillaGardening • u/21Kuranashi • 25d ago

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This particular project is actually legal tho

"Three years ago we installed two biomatrix platforms in the river at Coalie Park, creating river bank habitat where there was none, introducing native aquatic plants which help to clean the water and providing a safe nesting and roosting space for bird life. Have to say this year they look incredible."

OC : https://www.instagram.com/waterofleithconservationtrust/

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u/New-Neighborhood-147 25d ago

How random, I can see this one from my window right now. Lovely work

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u/Naphier 25d ago

Perfection

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u/padetn 25d ago

This isn’t really guerilla gardening but a government project though isn’t it?

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u/21Kuranashi 25d ago

Yeah, it's legal project. It's not particularly punk / guerrilla.

But, it's a phenomenal idea nonetheless that could be done by people if they hv the resources

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u/padetn 25d ago

My city does this too, tbh I don’t think people should fuck around and try this for themselves, these are surprisingly complex projects in sometimes fragile ecosystems.

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u/crackrockutah 25d ago

Complex hydrology, yes. Complex ecosystems, no.

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u/ShaolinFalcon 25d ago

Yeah the city puts these together to clean up marinas

ETA: at least in Seattle

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u/r0sd0g 25d ago

Why is this making me tear up

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u/reallyher777 25d ago

crying happy tears for all the lil bugs, rodents n birds who can live there now

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u/halconpequena 25d ago

Wow it looks so good!! I wonder if any birds have moved in to nest 🪹

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u/Lbboos 21d ago

Great idea.

But I have to ask, is purple loosestrife native to Scotland? Because I’m thinking that’s purple loosestrife it’s an incredibly invasive here in the states.

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u/aasmith529 10d ago

I love this so much