Abstract
There exists a type of expressive property outlaw—the guerrilla gardener. Guerrilla gardening is the practice of gardening without the legal right to do so. The practice of guerrilla gardening can sometimes take on rooted permanence, and as a result, progressively higher stakes. Guerrilla gardeners can operate over years, planting plots of greenery in areas where their hard work can be removed, quite literally, overnight. Many guerrilla gardeners operate with the implicit consent of their neighbors—consent that can be revoked at any time. However, when one bends away from the light insurrections of nonoffensive trespass and examines the other end of the spectrum, where guerrilla gardening can appear to create real property claims, guerilla gardening can germinate thorny issues of ownership and property.
Recommended Citation
Anna Benham,
Expressive and Acquisitive Norms of Property in the Municipal and Private Contexts: Guerrilla Gardening and Property Reform,
15
Mich. J. Env't. & Admin. L.
365
(2026).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjeal/vol15/iss2/7