Preface -- Chapter 1. Guerrilla Urban Agriculture: Unearthing the Hidden Movement -- Chapter 2. Cultivating the City -- Chapter 3. Unearthing the Unpermitted Movement -- Chapter 4. On the Ground with Guerrillas: An Ethnographical Reflection -- Chapter 5. Deconstructing the Key Messages -- Chapter 6. Who Owns this Space? Authorities and Guerrilla Gardeners -- Chapter 7. Exploring Impact: Consulting Actors Surrounding Guerrilla Gardening Sites -- Chapter 8. Guerrilla Gardeners, Urban Agriculture, Food and the Future.-Full Book Reference List.

The book explores how unused and under-used urban spaces â€{u09B2}om grass verges, roundabouts, green spaces â€{u0A21}ve been made more visually interesting, and more productive, by informal (and usually illegal) groups known as “guerrilla gardenersâ€{uE0A0} The book focuses on groups in the English Midlands but the work is set in a broad international context.Âץ show, through detailed observation and interviews, the differing motivations of groups and individuals involved in trying to produce edible crops on a small scale in the â€f̃orgotten landscapesâ€{u0BE6} towns and cities.Â{u04EF}me are illegal by design, looking for the thrills â€{u0D28}e “naughtinessâ€{u0873} some say - in doing this secretly; but others simply have not obtained the right permissions from land owners.Âǵerrilla gardening has usually been presented uncritically, a generic “good thingâ€{u0880}{u086E}d we present a more critical and balanced evaluation of the activity.The amount of un- and used-used space is surprisingly high, although the amount of food that can be produced in this way will be relatively small.Â{u2808}However, local involvement in food production, in beautifying the environment even for a short while, can make a lot of difference. Michael Hardman is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Salford, and Peter J. Larkham is Professor of Planning at Birmingham City University.