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Guerrilla gardeners take root

Guerrilla gardener Scott stops to look over the garden he began planting 10 years ago in a median space in Long Beach. Though residents and city officials admire his work, he remains anonymous, weeding and cultivating on a regular basis in the early morning. More... • The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A. Also in Home & Garden • How to make seed bombs • A split-level home for modern living • A friendlier footprint: Green on 19 • New looks in woven furniture • Eye Candy: Home & Garden Photo Galleries

Guerrilla gardener Scott stops to look over the garden he began planting 10 years ago in a median space in Long Beach. Though residents and city officials admire his work, he remains anonymous, weeding and cultivating on a regular basis in the early morning.

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• The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A.

Also in Home & Garden

• How to make seed bombs
• A split-level home for modern living
• A friendlier footprint: Green on 19
• New looks in woven furniture
•   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Guerrilla gardeners

A member of a burgeoning movement of green enthusiasts who plant without approval on land that’s not theirs, Scott has transplanted succulents from his own home garden in a median strip in Long Beach.

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• The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A.

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• How to make seed bombs
• A split-level home for modern living
• A friendlier footprint: Green on 19
• New looks in woven furniture
•   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Guerrilla gardeners

Scott has turned the patch of dirt along Loynes Drive into a colorful garden viewed daily by drivers along the busy Long Beach median.

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• The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A.

Also in Home & Garden

• How to make seed bombs
• A split-level home for modern living
• A friendlier footprint: Green on 19
• New looks in woven furniture
•   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Guerrilla gardeners

A succulent glows in the morning light on the median on Loynes Drive.

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• The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A.

Also in Home & Garden

• How to make seed bombs
• A split-level home for modern living
• A friendlier footprint: Green on 19
• New looks in woven furniture
•   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Guerrilla gardeners

The guerrilla garden on the median strip of Loynes Drive is reflected in the sunglasses of the mysterious keeper of the succulents and flowers, who identifies himself as Scott.

More...

• The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A.

Also in Home & Garden

• How to make seed bombs
• A split-level home for modern living
• A friendlier footprint: Green on 19
• New looks in woven furniture
•   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Guerrilla gardeners

Scott admires some of his plantings.

More...

• The guerrilla gardener movement in L.A.

Also in Home & Garden

• How to make seed bombs
• A split-level home for modern living
• A friendlier footprint: Green on 19
• New looks in woven furniture
•   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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