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Guerrilla garden springs up in Ann Arbor ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) - Lisa Waud is a gardener in Ann Arbor and she owns her own shop called Pot and Box. Normally, people pay her to come to their house do landscaping. But on Tuesday, Waud plans to do some complimentary landscaping:

"The idea is to take back neglected or abandoned land."

It's called guerrilla gardening. Tuesday night, Waud and others will meet up at an undisclosed location in downtown Ann Arbor and plant flowers in a spot where nothing but dirt was growing before:

"I've always really loved the idea of graffiti and street art," explains Waud, "and [guerrilla gardening] is a more acceptable version of that, because if you're planting flowers and edible things, maybe people aren't as upset as if you were spray painting their property."

Waud says plants will be provided, but participants will have to bring their own trowel. Waud will reveal the exact planting location via twitter (http://twitter.com/potandbox) and facebook.

Contact Jennifer Guerra at guerraj@umich.edu

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