Hey! I Have A Plan And A Question As Growing Season Gets Closer And You're About The Only Solarpunk Person

Hey! I have a plan and a question as growing season gets closer and you're about the only Solarpunk person I feel comfortable asking this to, but for context, there's a park across the street from my apartments and they built a waterpark on part of it, but all the trucks and stuff left this large spot that collects and holds water pretty often I want to plant some semi-wetland wildflowers there, but my main concern is the plants getting mowed down once they start growing. Is there anything you think I could do to stop it?

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I haven’t done a lot of guerrilla gardening so I can’t speak from personal experience but I would think there’s a handful of things you could do to prevent mowing, mostly by making the area look as Intentional and Official as possible. This could likely include things like

- Making a sign. Something to name the garden, something like ‘abcxyz park wildflower garden’ or something to make it seem official or at least notable.

- Surround it with stones, I guess like paver stones or just Large Rocks. Or just in general something to signal ‘don’t mow here’ like wood beams or something. I doubt someone on a riding lawnmower or a push mower would dedicate the time to push/move it all aside (unless directly told to) and would instead just skirt around it. It could help if you added mulch as well maybe? They also sell like little short fences/borders and edging at places like Lowes or Home Depot that could maybe work too

- If you’re feeling funky maybe you could make a walking path through it? Make it look even more Intentional and Official. I think that would make it a Several Night Operation instead of just a one night thing, but it would make it look official and encourage people to enjoy the space. I’m thinking a path made of like. Pebbles or something at this point.

That’s all I can think of at the moment. Maybe if anyone else has ideas, they can chime in?

Best of luck on your project! Rooting for you!