Ex. 1 Match the words with their definitions and write the words next to them.
____________________ • A group of people living in
the same place or having
shared interests.
____________________ • A path for walking, usually
beside a road.
____________________ • Arranged in a clear and
orderly way; having a plan or
Cause system.
Community ____________________ • Land that belongs to everyone
Litter and is not privately owned.
Neighborhood ____________________ • Normal or usual; not special
Ordinary or different.
Organized ____________________ • Small pieces of trash left in
Public land public places.
Sidewalk ____________________
• The area where people live
Trash near each other.
____________________
• Things people throw away;
garbage.
____________________
• To let something happen; to
permit.
____________________
• To make something happen.
Ex. 2 Read the sentences below. Decide if each sentence is true or false based on
an interview.
1. Guerrilla gardeners only work on private land.
2. Bruna says people feel better about their neighborhoods when there are
plants and flowers.
3. Guerrilla gardening groups only grow flowers, not vegetables or fruits.
4. Bruna’s group has a community garden in Toronto.
5. Trash and litter increase in places where guerrilla gardeners work.
6. Guerrilla gardening helps people in neighborhoods talk to each other more.
7. Guerrilla gardeners always ask for permission before planting on public
land.
8. Gisele thinks making cities greener is very important.
9. Guerrilla gardeners can legally plant anywhere they want.
10. Bruna says guerrilla gardening is about working together to help the
community.
Audioscript
Host: In today's show we ask the question: What is guerrilla gardening? We
invited guerrilla gardener Bruna Andreotti to help us answer that question. Hi,
Bruna. Can you tell us what a guerrilla gardener is?
Bruna: Yeah, sure. A guerrilla gardener is a person who grows plants in the
middle of a city. We use public land that nobody else is using. It can be the ground
along a sidewalk, the space between divided roads, or some land in the corner of a
parking lot. Anywhere that the land is public, not private.
Host: Why do you do it?
Bruna: Oh, we're just ordinary people who love our neighborhoods, and we want
to make them nicer to live in. And it has a really positive effect. When places have
nice plants and flowers, people don't throw their trash there. There's much less
litter than before. And people feel better about their neighborhood. They sit outside
on the street more and chat with their neighbors. It's a good thing!
Host: So, are there organized groups who do this? How does it work?
Bruna: Yes, there are groups. I'm a member of a group here in Toronto. We plant
along sidewalks, and we also have a community garden in a local park. We grow
fruit and vegetables, which means we spend less money at the grocery store. But
it's not just about that. It's about working together to do something good for our
city and our community.
Gisele: It's new for me, but I really like the idea of guerrilla gardening projects. I
think it's very important to make cities greener, and if the government won't do it,
then it's great that other people will! The most important thing is that they only
work on public land and don't cause any damage. One alternative is to work to
change the law and allow people to do these gardening projects openly and in the
daytime.
