Guerrilla Garden #1 - Treasure Island

Abandoned naval dorm on Treasure Island. Cleared of trash, clover, weeds and dead plants all in a couple of hours. Re-planted with potato, chard and mixed greens. Mostly shaded or diffused light but we plan to add carrots and a few other shade tolerant plants on our next visit.

The site had no disgusting debri but a very strange collection of plastic bottle squirt lids was collected. Upwards of 100 bottle tops were found in the center area.

So we tried to begin collection of green debri in a compost pile and trash pile. Since we bike and bus to the spot the trash will need to be removed little by little. Hopefully we can sweep and rake the area on next visit. There are benches and an arbor that have been abandoned for years that surround the plot. This space is wide open for public use. Though the island can be wind
swept in places, and it's all landfill, there is some good dirt in the empty planter boxes. It is sandy but you just need to plan and work with what you have.

Well, this final shot shows the border pieces we dug out of the undergrowth as well as our sign. The wood for the sign was trash found on-site.

We planted 3 things today and will return for more. There is plenty of water nearby so we will need to return somewhat often to water.

No telling if this will make it for long but it seems to be an abandoned area that just needs someone to use it. Hopes are our sign will detour vandals and the mysterious water top bandit.