On the heels of la Tomatina, the hugely popular annual tomato fight in Spain, comes Batalla Verde or Green Battle. Batalla Verde is a form of guerrilla gardening where organizers first locate a site in need of greening. Any large field will do, whether it’s a vacant lot, rooftop or abandoned construction site. Players show up armed with green mud balls filled with seeds and begin pelting each other, paintball style, until they and the field are covered in the green mud. It’s good fun, costs virtually nothing and in 2-3 weeks the once unsightly battlefield becomes a beautiful garden.
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Tags: Batalla Verde, guerrilla gardening, Spain
