Eric Boyd, a Toronto resident, is known for his innovative approach to urban gardening. This article explores the concept of urban gardening and the role of individuals like Eric Boyd in creating sustainable and vibrant communities. Urban gardening, also known as community gardening or rooftop gardening, is a form of gardening that takes place within urban environments, challenging conventional ideas about land use and offering solutions to food insecurity and environmental sustainability.

“It was like a dopamine hit for me,” says the 61-year-old from her home in British Columbia’s remote Cariboo Mountains. “I’ve always been a hard-core gardener. I eat, sleep and breathe gardening.” She says she now regularly treks to a community shed near her home to drop off hundreds of seeds she has cultivated over decades to encourage more people to do what she had done — guerrilla gardening. “Guerrilla gardening is the act of gardening on land that does not belong to you without permission,” Dyck says. “It’s revolutionary. Especially in today’s climate, there’s so many people that don’t (own) land or can’t afford groceries. It’s better for the planet. It’s better for communities. It’s better for everybody.”

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