Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study
This feasibility study examines guerrilla gardening or informal planting as a community-led urban greening and food security strategy in Quezon City. Using a mixed-methods approach including surveys with 54 respondents across 18 barangays, 18 key informant interviews with barangay officials, and fie...
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CGIAR System Organization
2025
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| author | Anunciado, Ma. Shiela Kimayong, Doreen Del Rio, Susan Schreinemachers, Pepijn Perez, Cristina Bonifacio, Pocholo |
| author_browse | Anunciado, Ma. Shiela Bonifacio, Pocholo Del Rio, Susan Kimayong, Doreen Perez, Cristina Schreinemachers, Pepijn |
| author_facet | Anunciado, Ma. Shiela Kimayong, Doreen Del Rio, Susan Schreinemachers, Pepijn Perez, Cristina Bonifacio, Pocholo |
| author_sort | Anunciado, Ma. Shiela |
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| description | This feasibility study examines guerrilla gardening or informal planting as a community-led urban greening and food security strategy in Quezon City. Using a mixed-methods approach including surveys with 54 respondents across 18 barangays, 18 key informant interviews with barangay officials, and field observations. The study assessed the social, environmental, and policy feasibility of informal gardening in underutilized public and private spaces. Results show that informal gardening is widespread, socially accepted, and primarily driven by food security and economic needs, particularly among women, older adults, and long-term residents. The practice generates multiple benefits, including improved access to fresh food, cleaner and greener neighborhoods, stronger social cohesion, and positive mental well-being. While public and barangay-level support is strong, informal gardening faces practical constraints such as limited tools, technical knowledge, soil quality issues, and policy ambiguity, as existing urban agriculture policies focus mainly on formal, registered farms. The study concludes that guerrilla gardening is a feasible and effective complement to formal urban greening programs. With targeted resource support and enabling local policies, informal planting can contribute meaningfully to urban food security, environmental sustainability, and community resilience. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1802412026-01-21T02:15:22Z Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study Anunciado, Ma. Shiela Kimayong, Doreen Del Rio, Susan Schreinemachers, Pepijn Perez, Cristina Bonifacio, Pocholo domestic gardens urban areas food security This feasibility study examines guerrilla gardening or informal planting as a community-led urban greening and food security strategy in Quezon City. Using a mixed-methods approach including surveys with 54 respondents across 18 barangays, 18 key informant interviews with barangay officials, and field observations. The study assessed the social, environmental, and policy feasibility of informal gardening in underutilized public and private spaces. Results show that informal gardening is widespread, socially accepted, and primarily driven by food security and economic needs, particularly among women, older adults, and long-term residents. The practice generates multiple benefits, including improved access to fresh food, cleaner and greener neighborhoods, stronger social cohesion, and positive mental well-being. While public and barangay-level support is strong, informal gardening faces practical constraints such as limited tools, technical knowledge, soil quality issues, and policy ambiguity, as existing urban agriculture policies focus mainly on formal, registered farms. The study concludes that guerrilla gardening is a feasible and effective complement to formal urban greening programs. With targeted resource support and enabling local policies, informal planting can contribute meaningfully to urban food security, environmental sustainability, and community resilience. 2025 2026-01-20T17:25:52Z 2026-01-20T17:25:52Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180241 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Anunciado, M.S., Kimayong, D., Del Rio, S., Schreinemachers, P., Perez, C. and Bonifacio, P. 2025. Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study. Montpellier, France: CGIAR System Organization. |
| spellingShingle | domestic gardens urban areas food security Anunciado, Ma. Shiela Kimayong, Doreen Del Rio, Susan Schreinemachers, Pepijn Perez, Cristina Bonifacio, Pocholo Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study |
| title | Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study |
| title_full | Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study |
| title_fullStr | Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study |
| title_short | Guerrilla gardening or informal planting in Quezon City: Feasibility study |
| title_sort | guerrilla gardening or informal planting in quezon city feasibility study |
| topic | domestic gardens urban areas food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180241 |
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