Just got interested in guerilla gardening, or perhaps I should more accurately say semi-guerilla gardening. In our case this is where we see a neglected piece of land around a local park and fix it, but with the unofficial permission of the local council (thanks guys).We got sick of looking at a small area of ground at the start of our park where an old Hawthorn tree was overrun by brambles. They were encroaching across the path and we were a little worried for some of the less sure-footed local residents.

It started like this:

And went through this:

To become this: (dog not included)

Shortly after this the area was grassed, but we have plans for spring plantings – watch this space for more. Richard Reynolds would have been proud, and I got to use a mattock!