Street grafting is better than graffiti

I believe in some parts of America it's illegal to collect rainwater. Very odd.

Haughwout helped found Guerilla Grafters, a group that grafts fruit branches onto city trees. Grafting is an ancient farming practice based on the weird fact that trees will accept new limbs. If you tape a cherry branch to an ornamental tree, the branch will start growing cherries. For Haughwout, grafting is a way to feed people for free. For the city of San Francisco, it's a crime. But that's okay; in fact, Haughwoute is counting on it.

"The city considers such vandalism a serious offense," said Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco's public works director, at the time. The government and grafters went back and forth, arguing their cases in interviews and articles.

But Haughwout didn't actually seem to mind all the negative attention. In fact, she considers it part of the project. "It exposes who city government really works for," she said. "Governments usually work for property. They say 'falling fruit attracts homelessness and rats,' which is obviously a really suspicious pairing."

https://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/why-guerilla-gardeners.html