The non-violent way to reclaim the green spaces in your city with plants of your choice is fast gaining groundWant to reclaim the city space, beautify your area and be an architect of your own surroundings? Then you’re welcome to be a seed bomber - a technique that has people throwing live seeds, packed in a specially made, compressed bundle of soil. These little bombs germinate and catch soil easily during the monsoons so you don’t have to spend a lot of time gardening and make your ambitious patch of green in places that are hard to reachIn Mumbai seed bombing is fast gaining traction with plant lovers and gardening enthusiasts coming together to organise workshops during monsoon where they meet and share the various techniques to make these seed bombs. Aditi Punj, who organises these workshops at her flyover farm in Mohammed Ali Road, says that while usual gardening enthusiasts show interest, it is the kids who take to the activity in a big way, “ The concept is guerrilla gardening and it it is a fun way for people to be involved in making the city green. It’s easy to do, and a great and tactile way for the kids to be involved.”Another seed bombing enthusiast, Shaan Lalwani who owns a nursery in the suburbs organised a similar seed bombing run along the Mumbai Pune Expressway where him along with a bunch of other enthusiasts, “I had recently read in papers that around 3 to 5 lakh trees were destroyed while making the express way. The landslides that occur during monsoons are because of this indiscriminate chopping of trees.” To tackle this problem and find a remedy for the long run, Lalwani along with other enthusiasts took off in two cars with 500 bombs each and pelted the sides along the highway with these colourful bombs with sling shots. “We used seeds of plants as well as trees. The bombs were made of seeds including Neem, Peepal, Gulmohar, Badam, Umber and Bhindi. We used these as they are strong species, native to the area and ideal to be grown along the highway.”Making a seed bomb is a rather easy process, which involves very little in terms of materials. It is cheap, You can then go on to graduate to making the complex, fancier seed bombs.Invented by Japanese Masanobu Fukoka, this is the most common one to make.- Seed of your choice, or a mix (Important to use native plant seeds)- Compost, made up of dried leaves- Water- Mix 5 parts of clay with 1 part of compost and 1 part of seeds- Mix a few drops of water and knead into a mix.- Separate the clay and make tiny, clay balls. Each ball can have more than a few seeds.1) Plots of soft land2) Dividers between roads3) Building gardens4) Soft paths along highwaysAlways use seeds of native plants, as species that are not native to the environment can hurt the ecosystem of the place