Greenaid-Seedbomb Vending for Greener Cities!

The Greenaid dispensary

Made from a mixture of clay, compost, and seeds, “seedbombs” are becoming an increasingly popular means combating the many forgotten grey spaces we encounter everyday-from sidewalk cracks to vacant lots and parking medians. They can be thrown anonymously into these derelict urban sites to temporarily reclaim and transform them into places worth looking at and caring for.

The Greenaid dispensary simply makes these guerrilla gardening efforts more accessible to all by appropriating the existing distribution system of the quarter-operated gumball machine. With a simple edict, “Change for Change”, the Greenaid initiative encourages urban dwellers of any age to become casual activists by taking part in the incremental beautification of their environment using only the loose coins in their pocket.

We recently built and placed several machines in the L.A. area containing native California wildflower seeds, and they’ve been received with enormous enthusiasm from local residents and businesses. We’re enlisting your help to deploy a fleet of 12 more machines in undeserved communities across L.A! We are in the process of determining the best locations for them, and as a backer you too can have a chance to help us determine where they’ll go!

Help us create more livable cities!

Click on the image to see a video of the project.