Is guerilla gardening illegal in the UK?
While there are laws regarding trespassing and damaging property, there are no laws pertaining specifically to guerrilla gardening and, as long as it is being done in a public space, generally it comes down to what individual councils will permit. This creates a grey area and there are key issues to be aware of. Guerrilla gardening is the act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that the gardeners do not have the legal rights to cultivate, such as abandoned sites, areas that are not being cared for, or private property.
What does gardening mean in Gen Z?
Coined by TikTok creator Natalie Benson (@notnataliebenson), “gardening” is, allegedly, TikTok’s slang term for smoking, or consuming, marijuana, since content surrounding the plant is typically banned on the platform. Gardening” is a recently coined code word referring to marijuana usage on social media, especially TikTok.