Awhile back we had been talking about yarn bombing in class (Pam made an excellent post on it) and I started to look into other unique and alternative ways one might make their mark in their landscape. I came across moss graffiti.

“This simple, yet effective concoction is an old favourite of gardeners trying to encourage moss growth and provides an excellent alternative to spray paint.”

You can create your own, slow growing, natural (organic) and impermanent murals, typography, or graffiti anywhere!

Find a suitable damp and shady wall on to which you can apply your moss recipe (I’ll provide that, via mossgraffiti). Paint your art or design onto the wall by hand or using a stencil. Eventually, as long as the conditions are good and damp, moss should form and grow into a whole rooted plant – maintaining your chosen design before eventually colonizing the whole area.

Here is the Recipe:

• 1 can of beer
• 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
• several clumps of garden moss
• You will need a plastic container with a lid, a blender and a paintbrush.

Now that you have the recipe, you are free to go out into the world and create green, living graffiti!

I find the ways in which people personalize the urban world around them fascinating – especially when it is in such a unique way! I was familiar with guerrilla gardening, but this is completely new and exciting to me! I might just go make my mark on the world this weekend!