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Raves
Manifesto
We are:
Convinced
that
gardening MATTERS.
that
gardening MATTERS.
Bored with
perfect
magazine
gardens.
In love
with the real, rambling, chaotic, dirty, bug-ridden gardens.
with the real, rambling, chaotic, dirty, bug-ridden gardens.
Suspicious
of the "horticultural industry."
of the "horticultural industry."
Delighted by people with
a passion for plants.
a passion for plants.
Appalled by chemical warfare
in the garden
in the garden
Turned off
by any activities that involve "landscaping" with "plant materials."
by any activities that involve "landscaping" with "plant materials."
Flabbergasted at the idea
of a "no maintenance garden."
of a "no maintenance garden."
Gardening
our
asses
off.
Having a
hell of a lot
of fun.
What about the 1991 Eastbay fire! Over 2,000 homes destroyed numerous deaths due to Non-native trees, primarily Eucalpytus trees. 1921 Berkeley fire destroyed 2/3 of the town due to the -non-native trees planted in the hills after they cut down tens of thousands of majestic NATIVE redwoods that covered the Berkeley and Oakland hills-my Grandfather was killed in that fire!
1906 Fire (after the earthquake) killed over 7,000 people in S.F. (newspapers stated 2000, but there was not accurate-not one chinese name is listed and SF chinatown was annilated by fire-my grandmother told me who lived on 6th street in Berkeley that the entire bay was covered with small boats, pieces of ‘wood’ and each had a chinese family riding them toBerkeley! SF & Berkeley were built with ‘native trees’ in the SF Bay Area! You don’t know what you are talking about–Skyline Blv was covered with Redwoods-Doug Firs, TanOak, etc! My son lives in the Oakland hills not far from beautiful groves of second growth redwoods!-James Lick spent a lifetime cutting down Oaks in Santa Clara Valley-(Lick Mill Blv). I’ll be glad to meet with you and set you straight–Eucalyptus-Monterey Pines have prevented the growth of native trees. Check out Pt. Reyes -Bear Valley & Bolinas Ridge and you’ll see what the Bay Area use to be like–