The Red, White, and Green

With modern-day victory gardens increasing in popularity, thanks to Michelle Obama’s White House edible garden and the realization by millions of cash-strapped and out-of-work Americans that growing your own food is a lot cheaper than a trip to the supermarket, plantings have been cropping up in the most unlikely of places. Check out this parking strip vegetable garden I encountered during my morning constitutional:

Evidently, Los Angeles isn’t the only city to boast city street–grown tomatoes: The Seattle Times reported last week that parking strip gardens have become a familiar fixture in the city since the Seattle Department of Transportation revoked its permit requirement for these plantings.

Unfortunately, if you live in LA, you run the risk of having your garden shut down: I checked with the LA Bureau of Street Services, and at present, only grass and tree plantings made by the city are permitted. (Don’t worry, owners of the garden above; I sure as heck am not going to report you.) 

–Jennifer Grayson

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