The book explores how unused and under-used urban spaces - from grass verges roundabouts
green spaces - have been made more visually interesting and more productive by informal (and
usually illegal) groups known as guerrilla gardeners. The book focuses on groups in the English
Midlands but the work is set in a broad international context and reveals how and why they
undertake this illegal activity. Guerrilla gardening is usually viewed uncritically and
promoted as a worthwhile activity: this study provides a more balanced evaluation and focuses
on its contribution in terms of local food production.
