Ron Finley needs our help to save his "gangsta gardens" headquarters from a ruthless developer.
Because it sounds cooler to say you grew it out back.
In 2010 Ron Finley turned a sidewalk strip alongside his South Los Angeles home into a garden. Threatened with development, he is trying to save the garden.
LA-based artist, designer, and gangsta gardener, Ron Finley, is taking his art to the streets to inspire people around the world to reconnect with their food and each other. Ron spoke to us about growing up in South Central, his early work as a fashion designer, how gardening has transformed his life and lives of people around the world, and why he’s living for his legacy now to preserve the planet for future generations.
The celebrity trainer dishes on why locally grown fruits and veggies are so important
LA-based artist, designer, and gangsta gardener, Ron Finley, is taking his art to the streets to inspire people around the world to reconnect with their food and each other. Ron spoke to us about growing up in South Central, his early work as a fashion designer, how gardening has transformed his life and lives of people around the world, and why he’s living for his legacy now to preserve the planet for future generations.
Ron Finley describes himself as a “renegade gardener,” and he’s here to tell us all about his home, in South Central, or South Los Angeles, as city planners attempted to rebrand t…
Back in 2008, I started growing where ever I could grow - front lawn, behind the fence, on my balcony - everywhere. Then I worked to donate the food I grew to l
Ron Finley travels to cities around the world to drop some of his knowledge on communities looking to follow in his guerrilla gardening footsteps. He’ll be in Denver from Oct. 9-10.
Back in 2008, I started growing where ever I could grow - front lawn, behind the fence, on my balcony - everywhere. Then I worked to donate the food I grew to l
Here are 14 individuals (out of hundreds!) who are transforming how we all get our food -- educating others about how we can eat well and still leave the planet healthier in the process.
Budget and experience don't matter as Ron talks you through how you can grow things anywhere with soil, water and some knowledge about your local climate conditions.
An LA pioneer of sustainable food is coming to town for the first time. We find out how gardens contribute to communities.
For Ron Finley, gardening is a form of activism. Read on for how he uses greenery to take a stance.
Back in 2008, I started growing where ever I could grow - front lawn, behind the fence, on my balcony - everywhere. Then I worked to donate the food I grew to l
With his new Everybody.World collaboration, Ron Finley is using fashion to promote the power of gardening.
We’ve teamed up with guerilla gardener and consummate community activist, Ron Finley, to create an all-new run of Responsible pieces designed to be put to work—The Digging In Capsule. A portion of the proceeds from these pieces will go to his namesake project, The Ron Finley Project for the community's gardening space.
Yes, in America, the land of the free, in some city's you cannot grow eatable plants, or have a garden. I've reported on this before in my blog Rooster Politics. It hard for me to believe we've gotten so greedy. That's what the gamblers who control and participated in Wall Street market have done and will to any economy. We need organic produce for good health. They don't want neither. Chemicals are big money too. More folks because we have to as well vegetarianism (health) are moving into fruits and vegetables. So what will the government control next You guess it; the gardener. Design your own Foods Ron’s has a wonderful sense of humor and passionate stance on healthy eating have made him a well-known guerilla gardening hero. He fought the law, and he won. He describes himself as “a renegade gangster provocateur game-changing gardener.” A TED talk he gave in 2013 has been watched by over 2 million people, and as a fashion designer Ron appreciates beauty. “For me, the whole urban gardening thing is about art,” Ron says. “I want everyone to be able to design their own life.” https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg Give this man a change to teach us more. http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/04/go-to-home-grown-food-summit-2015.html Get more ideas from the Food Summit too.
With his new Everybody.World collaboration, Ron Finley is using fashion to promote the power of gardening.
Re: Hearing at the LA Dept of Public Works on Wednesday, August 17. Ron Finley is called to appear after receiving notice to take down his edible garden. South Los Angeles has been called a food desert by the US Department of Agriculture because of the lack of access to fresh, healthy, affordable food. The City has recognized this crisis of health and livability on a number of levels. The Mayor ha
Because gardening is so much more than a hobby.
In TIME100 Talks: Health, gardener Ron Finley and musician and food entrepreneur Questlove talk about how food builds community.
