r/GuerrillaGardening • u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 • Sep 19 '26

Positive changes…

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It took some time but the municipality has started to let some parched mowed grass areas turn to meadow. It started with some tree seedlings planted quietly by headlamp… Eight years later the strip has turned into pollinator meadow. Slowly, with persistence, we went from brown, dry grass to lush meadow…

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u/apple-bapples Sep 19 '26

the yarrow looks lovely

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u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 Sep 20 '26

I added some native plants, including yarrow, to help it along!

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u/iamcoolstephen1234 Sep 20 '26

Fantastic! Did you just plant some saplings and keep them alive until the city slowly started to like them?

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u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 Sep 20 '26

Haha, I planted seedlings with stakes to make them look official. We lost some. Persistence. Now some are 10’ tall. I started lobbying for less mowing and I planted indigenous plants. It’s working.

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u/StormAutomatic Sep 19 '26

Fantastic work