21 - 28 September 2012. Graz, Austria

I'll be contributing to the Truth Is Concrete Marathon Camp in Graz Austria. It's a 24/7 gathering on artistic strategies in politics and political strategies in art.

23 - 26 August 2012. Stockholm, Sweden

It's the second year of FuturePerfect and this time it's on one of the islands near Stockholm.
I'll be there giving a talk and joining in with discussions.

10 - 12 August 2012. Cornbury, Oxfordshire

Wilderness Festival is 'a celebration of arts and outdoors in the wilds of England'. I'll be there with a guerrilla gardening talk and workshop within the Nature bit.

28 July 2012. Camp Bestival, Dorset

I'm back at the beautiful Camp Bestival doing something guerrilla gardening related in the Literary Tent. Performance time to be decided. Do come.

11 July 2012. Caversham, Berkshire

Caversham Horticultural Society have invited me to present a guerrilla gardening slide show at their monthly evening gathering.

19 May - 10 June 2012. Chelsea Fringe, London

The Chelsea Fringe is a new London wide gardening festival. I'm on the steering group and programming some of the content. I'll be giving a walking tour of SE1 guerrilla gardens on May 20th, a DJ set at the Garden Museum's disco garden party and do get involved by sharing or pimping pavements, I want you on the map. Contact richard@pimpyourpavement.com

1 May 2012. Around the Northern Hemisphere

It's International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day. A date for guerrilla gardeners to plant sunflower seeds all over the place. More details about this year's event coming soon.

21 April 2012. Trafalgar Square, London

I'll be presenting two installations in Trafalgar Square as part of the city's St George Day celebrations. The square is to be filled with gardens and garden related activity for the afternoon. There won't be any guerrilla gardening, though there'll be a short talk on it as well as two installations. One called PIMP YOUR PAVEMENT and the other a showcase of the new MOBILE GARDENERS park which is coming soon to Elephant and Castle. I'll also be on stage at 1.45pm talking about guerrilla gardening.

18 April 2012. Borough, London

I'll be giving a slide show at the monthly meeting of the Borough Belles WI group at the Welsh Chapel on Southwark Bridge Road. And I hear the women are keen to head out and do some guerrilla gardening afterwards... so Borough, look out!

14 April 2012. Leytonstone, London

The NewsFromNowhereClub.org which "challenges the commercialisation and isolation in modern life" have invited me to back to speak on guerrilla gardening after failing to make it last year due because a car accident. All being well I'll be there at The Epicentre E11 4LJ for the buffet at 7.30pm and talking at 8pm. It's made it into a Time Out London Critics Pick of the Week.

12 April 2012. Dartmouth, Devon

The Dart Valley University of the Third Age have invited me to speak, or to be more precise my formidable and boundlessly enthusiastic prep school headmaster Christopher Helyer has invited me to speak to his fellow Third Agers. More details to follow.

25 March 2012. Streatham, London

Transition Streatham and The People's Kitchen present "There is such a thing as a free lunch...!"
I'll be speaking at Sustainable Streatham's Food festival's sustainable feast. You're welcome from 3pm to cook your own dinner or come for the meal and my talk at 7pm. It's at the Woodlawns Centre SW16 2PJ. Contact info@transitionstreatham.org (Suggested donation: £3 individual or £5 family).

24 March 2012. Dartmouth Park, London

I'll be at Transition Town Dartmouth Park's Seedy Saturday event at Highgate Newtown Community Centre (NW5), probably on stage with a slide show at about 1pm.

21 March 2012. Charleston, Sussex

I'm sharing slides and a stage with gardening journalist Alys Fowler at the mini Garden Festival at Charleston at 7pm. Tickets are £10 and can be bought here. Charleston was the home and country meeting place for the writers, painters and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury group. The interior was painted by the artists Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, and together with their collection forms a unique example of their decorative style.

19 March 2012. Leicester, Leicestershire

I'm speaking with the Leicester Ladies WI at The Almanack in Leicester City Centre at 7.30pm

27 October 11. Warsaw, Poland

I'll be participating in the Museum of Modern Art's "Warsaw Under Construction" festival with a lecture this evening. More information here.

27 September 11. Leiden, Netherlands

I'm a speaker at the Home Garden Conference, "How to reach the Younger Generation?
Making the youth of today into the gardeners of tomorrow?" organised by FleuroSelect

24 September 11. Southwark, London

Presenting at Mint Street Park, a growing event organised by Bankside Open Spaces Trust

22 September 11. Lambeth, London

At the town hall in Brixton hosting the annual Estates In Bloom awards from Lambeth Living to residents in Lambeth.

14 September 11. Elephant and Castle, London

This summer I've helped launch the Elephant and Castle Urban Forest, a campaigning and interim use hosting group in 'Central London's Secret Woodland'. Normally I'm just an organiser but this evening I take to our alfresco stage and am one of three speakers at "Grass Roots Change", about how to turn your passion into a movement and am joined by Amisha Ghadiali and Nadia Idle. More information here

10-11 September 11. Jimmy's Farm, Suffolk

I'm curating the small Growing Stage at "Harvest at Jimmy's" and will introduce ten talks and workshops including Matt Tanton-Brown, Monty Don, Kevin Smith, Deb Hart, Zoe Cameron, Josie Jeffrey and my twin brother Kit Reynolds with wide ranging subjects from bees to pots to edible hats and fragrance in the garden. I'm giving two talks, one on guerrilla gardening the other on pimping your pavement. It's part of a weekend long festival of music, food and gardening. Find out more about "Harvest at Jimmy's" and buy tickets here.

29 August 11. Start@Kew, London

I'm doing a Q&A at 2.30pm at Start@Kew, an 'eco-extravaganza for all the family'

27 August 11. Glasgow, Scotland

The Forgotten Island will be arriving on the banks of the River Clyde and disappearing again in September. I'll be there talking and gardening this Saturday afternoon. Find out more here

3 August 11. Morchard Bishop, Devon

Back to the village where I spent the first three years of my life. I'll be talking to the Morchard Bishop Gardening Club with a slide show at 7pm.

29-31 July 11. Karlstad, Sweden

Futureperfect is a 'festival of sustainable living', three days of forums, talks, workshops, film and music under the long nights of northern Sweden. I'll be there. Details to be confirmed. The festival website has loads on it already but is still under construction as I write this entry (8/3/11). Join the Facebook event here.

5 July 11. Southwark, London

A free informal lunch time talk at the Urban Physic Garden. 1.15-2pm. Come and enjoy this beautiful pop up garden, lunch at the Rambulance and me rambling on too. More details here.

21 June 11. Portland Place, London

I'm on a panel at the Royal Institute of British Architects discussing "Could subversive tactics bring our public spaces back to life?" Also on the panel is Martha Schwartz of Martha Schwartz Partners, Peter Heath of Atkins Global and Ben Plowden, Director Better Routes & Places at Transport for London. From 6.30pm

28 May 11. Paris, France

At Jardins, Jardin aux Tuileries, (the "Chelsea Flower Show of France") to give a presentation at 4pm followed by seed bomb making from Gabeau of Paris Guerrilla Gardening and student presentations inspired by guerrilla gardening.

16 May 11. West End, London

Vitsoe, the people who believe "live better with less that lasts longer" and are best known for making shelves have invited me to give a talk in their Duke Street shop. Anyone is welcome. Tickets are available online here.

21 April 11. Liverpool

At FACT for the afternoon as part of their Green Week with local guerrilla gardeners sharing advice about how to make places of dereliction and apathy flourish. Details to be confirmed

17 April 11. Elephant & Castle, London

I'll be leading a walking tour around local guerrilla gardens of the Elephant & Castle and beyond at 2pm. The walk lasts about an hour and a half. £5 ticket includes sunflower seeds and seed bombs. Please contact me to book a place. We will meet at the centre of the North roundabout at the Elephant & Castle, just over the road from the Bakerloo line tube exit.

15 April 11. Rotterdam, The Netherlands

I'm taking part in Masters of Amateurism with Premsela, the Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion. I'll be in conversation with Ester van de Wiel. The event is at 5pm at De Dépendance, Het Schieblock, Schiekade 189, Rotterdam. More info here.

9 April 11. Leytonstone, London

The News From Nowhere Club, inspired by the vision of William Morris, has invited me to talk at the Epicentre in Leytonstone this evening. More details here

5 April 11. Highgate, London

A slide show to the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution at 8.15pm. The institution has been "a focal point of Highgate's varied cultural life since we were established in 1839". The event is £5 to non members, doors open at 8pm, space permitting.

4 April 11. Lewisham, London

I'll be at Lewisham Green Drinks at the Mr Lawrence Pub from 7.30pm. See the Facebook page for Lewisham Green Drinks for more details.

3 April 11. West Norwood, London

I'll be pimping pavements at the West Norwood Feast at 2pm. Come and get dirty on the pavements of South London. We'll be meeting at the Gardeners' Corner part of the event.

2 April 11. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, London

I'm at London's wonderful WWT in Barnes for a noon slide show and Q&A, part of a day of activities including a migration and wader walk and tree walk. More details here.
(Note this talk was originally on 3 April but has changed to Saturday 2 April)

5 March 11. Kensington, London

I'll be talking with the Kensington Gardeners Club at 2.30pm at Kensington Central Library.

2 March 11. Great Mongeham, Kent

A slide show at the Parish Hall (CT14 9LL) to the Great Mongeham Horticultural Society. The show begins at 7.30pm.

11 February 10. Bloomington, USA

Indiana University, SPEA Building Room #167 at 8pm. A free event hosted by John Galuska, lecturer of "Farming The City", IU's urban agriculture and food security course. Join the Facebook group here

10 Feb 11. Indianapolis, USA

I've been invited to speak at the Museum of Art, Indianapolis as part of their Planet Indy season of talks. Speaking at The Toby theatre at 7pm. Tickets available here.

9 Feb 11. Lake Zurich, USA

At the village of Lake Zurich near Chicago, talking in the church hall to the Lake Zurich Gardening Club at 7pm.

8 Feb 11. Chicago, USA

I'll be talking at the Regenstein School of the Chicago Botanic Garden. I'll be at the Alsdorf Auditorium for 7pm. More details and tickets here

12 November 10. Berlin, Germany

I'll be taking part in the ZELLEN / CELLS festival "Life Science Urban Farming" at Hebbel Am Ufer with a panel discussion with Marco Clausen and Robert Shaw, gardeners of Prinzessinnengarten in Berlin.

6 November 10. Paris, France

I'll be talking at Marjolaine, Paris' largest organic fair at Parc Floral de Paris Bois de Vincennes at 11am.

4 November 10. Garden Museum, London

London Environmental Education Forum's Urban Gardener's Question Time. I'll be on the panel. The event starts at 5pm at the brilliant Garden Museum in Lambeth. More details here.

28 October 10. Norwich, Norfolk

I'll be at the Millenium Library, The Forum, Norwich talking about guerrilla gardening, showing slides and contributing to the seed swap. Tickets available here

26 October 10. Ruislip, Middlesex

A meeting of the Ruislip Central Horticultural Society at St. Lawrence's Church Hall. I'll be talking about my slides from 7.30pm

21 October 10 Woodnesborough, Kent

My slide show on guerrilla gardening begins at 7.30pm in the Village Hall

14 October 10 Lambeth, London

I'll be speaking at and compering Lambeth's annual "Estates In Bloom" award at the town hall in Brixton.

11 October 10. Aarhus, Denmark

A lecture to The Kaospilots and then a guerrilla gardening session around the Latin Quarter of Denmark's second city.

9 October 10. International Tulip Guerrilla Gardening Day

The first guerrilla tulip planting day. More details at the Facebook event here.

9 October 10. Grand Designs Live NEC Birmingham

I'll be on stage at the Garden Theatre at 1.30pm, just after Three Men When To Mow. Wander my way and take away some advice, inspiration and a seed bomb.

7 October 10. Royal College of Art, London

I'll be at the event "Selling Sustainability" with fashion designer and educator Dilys Williams, pro-environmental marketeer Ed Gillespie and architect Ken Yeang CB discussing our personal strategies for broaching the sustainability question with different audiences, turning hearts and minds for the better. Click here and scroll down for more details. 6-9pm. Free admission, but book.

29 September 10. Trieste, Italy

I'll be speaking on the opening panel of the 3 day conference "Chances for Cultural and Citizenship Education within the Development of Cities and Urban Spaces” which brings together 200 architects, sociologists, NGOs, politics, media, multipliers and practitioners in cultural and citizenship education, to discusses the complex challenges with which cities and urban spaces are confronted from an interdisciplinary perspective.

26 September 10. Spittalfields, London

I'll be at the East London Sukkah at Spitalfields City Farm, E1 5AR in conversation at 5.30pm with David Barrie (The People’s Supermarket), Eike Sindlinger (ARUP), Heather Ring (The Wayward Plant Registry) and Vahakn Matossian (Fruit City)

20 August 10. Essen, Germany

I'll be speaking at Museum Folkwang as part of their Hacking The City exhibition.

13 August 10. New London Architecture, London

I'll be speaking at a free breakfast event at the New London Architecture offices at 26 Store St WC1E on the subject of Public Realm. Registration is essential

12 August 10. Kennington, London

I'm at Roots and Shoots in Kennington to talk to the Kennington Gardens Society. Doors open at 7.30, slide show begins at 8.

25 July 10. Secret Garden Party, Cambridgeshire

I'll be giving the School of Life Sunday Sermon at the Centre Camp of The Secret Garden Party. Something they describe as "a Sunday Sermon like you've never heard before, prepared by London's pioneering The School of Life (where the hymns are pop songs and the vicar has been replaced by an intriguiging left-of-field genius)"... but I hadn't been booked when that was written, and I may insist on a sing song of All Things Bright And Beautiful.

24 July 10. Windsor, Berkshire

I am one of the speakers at "Up the Garden Path! How Gardens benefit society" a conference at Cumberland Lodge. It's day two of a three day conference. I'm on at 9am with Mike Calnan, Head of Parks and Gardens, National Trust and Sue Minter of the Eden Project and Chelsea Physic Garden.

19-22 July 10. Tbilisi, Georgia

I'm participating in "Frozen Moments, Architecture Speaks Back" with the Laura Palmer Foundation in Tblisi. Our focus is the derelict Soviet Ministry of Transportation building, a 1970s monolith that's been described as one of the worst buildings ever constructed by mankind. Read more about the project here

4 July 10. Union Street Urban Orchard, London

Heather Ring (Troop 1986) of the Waywards Plant Registry has put together an Urban Orchard as part of the London Festival of Architecture. On the weekend of July 3 and July 4 lots of events are taking place there (bee keeping course, cider making, willow weaving). At noon on Sunday 4th Darren Wilson of Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening who has invented the Seedbom, designer Vanessa Harden creator of inventions for The Subversive Gardener and myself will be gathering for a seed bomb workshop. At 6.30pm I'll be doing a garden themed alfresco DJ set. Details here

20 June 10. Elephant & Castle, London

Under the label of my "Pimp Your Pavement" campaign, and as part of the London Festival of Architecture I'll be leading a walking tour of local guerrilla gardens at 3pm. Meet at the centre of the Elephant & Castle North Roundabout. More details here.

19 June 10. Myatt's Field, London

The Myatt's Field Park in Lambeth is having a party of stalls and talks. I'll be there at 3.30pm to talk guerrilla gardening.

19 June 10. Blackfriars, London

A cycling tour organised by Professor Jeremy Till of the University of Westminster of locations around central London where speakers will talk about The Productive City. The ride starts at 1pm, St John Street with the brilliant Carolyn Steel. I'll be at Blackfriars Bridge Road junction with Stamford Street at 1.45pm.

5 June 10. Stoke Newington, London

I and fellow Bloomsbury gardening author Laetitia Maklouf will be sharing a stage at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival in The White Hart at noon. Details here.

2 June 10. Henleaze, Bristol

A talk to the Henleaze Garden Club in Bristol at 7.30pm

29 May 10. Stockholm, Sweden

Lyla and I will be giving a guerrilla gardening workshop from 12 - 3 at Scandic Malmen in Södermalm, hosted by The British Council.

28 May 10. Stockholm, Sweden

I'll be talking and guerrilla gardening with Kulturhuset to mark the opening of their new exhibition Låt tusen blommor blomma. It begins at 3.15pm. Speakers include Mikael Källqvist from Stockholmshem, Peter Söderlund from IOUDesign from Charity/X-Cons, Josefins Oddsberg from Parkpollination and then comes me who will finish my speech by opening the exhibition.

15 May 10. Parliament Square, London

Back to Parliament Square for a guerrilla gardening event organised by the Democracy Village encampment. Pot plants and an open mic from noon. More details here.

10 May 10. Meopham, Kent

A return to Meopham Village Hall in Kent for a talk to the Meopham Garden Association at 8pm.

7 May 10. Grand Designs Live @ ExCeL, London

I'll be giving a talk and doing a classic seed bomb making demonstration at the Grand Designs Live show at 12.45pm on Friday 7 May

5 May 10. Great Mongeham, Kent

I'll be talking to the Great Mongeham Horticultural Society in the Great Mongeham Parish Hall, near Deal in Kent at 7.30pm

1 May 10. International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day

Once more guerrilla gardeners from around the world wander their neighbourhoods and plants sunflower seeds where ever they see potential. And this year it's a Saturday. More info here and please do join the Facebook Event so we can all share what's going on all over the Northern Hemisphere!

22 April 10. Regent Street, London. Earth Day

Anthropologie are celebrating Earth Day in all their shops and have invited me to their branch in Regent Street to chat about guerrilla gardening and sign a few books. I'll be there from 1pm. Also there will be Mark Laurence talking about Living Walls. A portion of the days takings will be donated to Soho Green, a community garden in Soho.

11 April 10. Arcola Theatre, London

At this evening will be a three course feast, a celebration of communal dining to focus on the importance of food production and soil fertility. It's created by the Arcola Theatre, This Is Rubbish and Pangolins Ark. I'll be one of the after dinner speakers together with Tristram Stuart

20 March 10. Munich, Germany

Buchvorstellung / SHOW & TELL Ampère/Muffatwerk, Zellstraße 4 at 7.30pm. More details here.

19 March 10. Hamburg, Germany

Buchvorstellung / SHOW & TELL. Stavenhagenhaus, Frustbergstr. 4 at 7.30pm

18 March 10. Essen, Germany

Buchvorstellung / SHOW & TELL. Buchhandlung Proust, Akazienallee/Am Handelshof 1 (im Allianzhaus) at 8 o'clock. More details here

17 March 10. Cologne, Germany

A talk at Europe's largest literature festival: Cologne's Lit Fest. I'll be on stage alongside Eva Demski and Sabine Reber at 8pm. More details here.

12 March 10. Covent Garden, London

It's a Garden Party at London Transport Museum, one of their Friday Late's. I'll be talking about guerrilla gardening in relation to their SUBURBIA exhibition. I hear Eco Mohitos will be served. Details here.

4 March 10. Brussels, Belgium

I'll be speaking at the CONFERENCE IBAI: VEGETALISATION, an event in Brussels organised by Recyl Art.

20 Feb 10. Southbank, London

Ctrl.Alt.Shift, Riz MC and British Underground present United Underground 2010 Pre-Event at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's Southbank from noon. "Think radicalism, activism, and underground music" I'm told. I'll be there with a Q&A at 7.30pm.

14 February 10. Kew Bridge, London

A talk at 1pm in the Eco Village at Kew Bridge. It's another Seed Swap event, I'll be giving a talk and taking a look around this thriving squat community.

7 February 10. Hove, Sussex

I'll be at the annual Seedy Sunday seed swap event in Hove this year, giving a talk and with a stall of GuerrillaGardening.org Lavender Pillows, books and some seed bombs. More details here

21 November 09. Stockholm, Sweden

The Swedish Architectural Association have invited me to speak at a conference on contemporary theories and practices of planning, urbanism, architecture and geography. They've quoted my old geography lecturer, David Harvey on their website, with a rousing comment on this time of change: "This foreclosure crisis, this financial crisis, has to be thought of as a crisis of the city, a crisis of urbanization - and if it's a crisis of the city and of urbanization, then the solution has to be a reconfiguration of the city and a redirection of what urbanization is about". It'll be interesting. More details at their website here.

11 November 09. Vienna, Austria

I'm talking at PHIL at 8pm this evening as part of Buch Wien (Vienna Book Fair). I've heard my slide show will be book ended by folk singing and that I might be required to dance. More details here in German

17 October 09. Ilkley, Yorkshire

The North of England's liveliest and most prestigious literature festival at Ilkley have invited me to talk on guerrilla gardening. The time and tickets are available here (in due course).

1 October 09. Bloomsbury, London

I'm lecturing, and doing a bit of gardening near by at one of the School of Life's classes again this evening. Enrole for some 'play' at this wonderful establishment.

27 September 09. Cologne, Germany

I'll be speaking at Plan Project's Forum for Contemporary Architecture. I read that this week long event "offers a network situation which serves not only to facilitate direct contact between those involved in architectural and urban development processes, but also to promote more public involvement with architecture, urban planning and building culture."

25 September 09. Lille, France

ATTACAFA have invited me to participate in their three day conference "The Street Belongs To Us" at Maison Folie of Wazemmez. They tell me "During this conference, researchers, sociologists, cultural actors of ground and inhabitants of districts will meet themselves through debates and workshops on practices exchanges leading to the construction of training programms for cultural and social actors".

19 September 09. Southwark, London

As part of the School of Life's Urban Gardening Weekend, I'll be giving a tour of some of the guerrilla gardens of SE1 and planting bulbs. Booking via the School of Life.

15 September 09. Mile End, London

The East End Women's Institute have invited me to talk at St Barnabas Bell Tower, Grove Road E3 at 7.15pm.

10 September 09. Lambeth, London

Once again Lambeth Council have asked me to speak to residents of their estates about guerrilla gardening and dish out the prizes at their annual Lambeth Estates In Bloom competition at the town hall. They seem wonderfully casual about guerrilla gardening in their borough, a far more open minded lot than the fools at Southwark Council who run where I live!

29 August 09. Southwark, London

I'm leading a walk around several of the guerrilla gardens of SE1 this afternoon at 2 until 3.30pm in partnership with the Museum of London - the world's largest urban history museum. Book in advance here.

13 July 09. Zurich, Switzerland

Buchhandlung Spheres Richard Reynolds besichtigt zunachst mit Interessierten Guerilla-Gardening-Orte in Zurich und halt im Anschluss daran einen Vortrag uber das Guerilla-Gartnern. Auch der beruhmte Zuricher Guerilla-Gartner Maurice Maggi wird mit dabei sein. Hardturmstr.66 - 19.00

11 July 09, Stuttgart, Germany

Buchhandlung Hugendubel Richard Reynolds stellt sein Buch vor und halt einen Vortrag uber die vielen Facetten des Guerilla-Gartnerns. Konigstrasse 5 - 18.00

10 July 09. Berlin, Germany

Linke Buchtage orange-press ist mit einem Stand bei den Linken Buchtagen vertreten. Am ersten Tag findet eine Buchvorstellung statt mit anschließendem Stadtrundgang unter dem Aspekt des Guerilla-Gartnerns. Mehringhof, Kreuzberg, Gneisenaustr. 2a - 18.00

9 July 09. Frankfurt, Germany

KAISER&CREAM Event im neuen Frankfurter Showroom von KAISER&CREAM. Vortrag, Diskussion und eventuell kleiner Spaziergang zu einem stadtischen Brachgelande. Mainzer Landstrasse 65-67 - 18.00

8 July 09. Bredgar, Kent

The Bredgar Women's Institute have invited me to talk at the Bredgar village hall in Kent at 7.15pm.

4 July 09. Munster, Germany

A talk at the Free Garden Academy in Munster, which this year is on the theme of "The Island of the Gardeners" (i.e. British Gardeners). There are many talks between 23 June and 23 August. Contact Wilm here for more details.

28 June 09. Hull, Humberside

As part of the Humber Mouth literature festival I'll be giving my slide show at the Pave Cafe Bar, (16-19 Princes Avenue) at 7.30pm. More details and tickets here.

25 June 09. Barbican Centre, London

As part of The Barbican's Radical Nature exhibition I'll be giving a talk this evening.

17 June 09. Romford, Essex

A return to Romford, but this time to Rush Green to talk to their gardening club.

12 June 09. Vienna, Austria

Guerrilla gardening is part of the exhibition "Die Lesbarkeit der Brache (How to read vacant lots)" showing at the Greenhouse, Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna from 3 June to 28 June. I'll be there giving a talk about guerrilla gardening on Friday 12 June.

1 June 09. German edition launch

The new German edition is out, published by Orange Press. It's a beautiful soft back packed with all the photos (and more) from the English hardback edition. Available here.

18 - 19 May 09. Budapest, Hungary

I'll be in Budapest talking about guerrilla gardening (venue and time to be confirmed). Contact Zsuzsa for more details here kravalik@gmail.com.

15 - 17 May 09. Linz, Austria

Linz is European Capital of Culture 2009 and in May they are hosting a Subversive Fair and have invited me to attend. I'll be there with Julia from Grune Welle in Berlin to talk about guerrilla gardening. Come to our stall for a chat.

11 May 09. Plymouth, Devon

A talk to Diggin It at the Roland Lewinsky Building, Plymouth University at 6pm.

4 May 09. UK paperback launch

The new paperback edition of On Guerrilla Gardening comes out today. It's got revisions and updates in every chapter, lots of new photos. More info at Amazon.

27 April 09. Dagenham, London

The Dagenham Club Green Fingers have invited me to talk at the Heathlands Centre, 7pm.

25 April 09. Southwark, London

As part of The School of Life's Urban Gardening Holiday I'll be leading a guided walk of the guerrilla gardeners of Southwark this afternoon.

18 April 09. Reading, Berkshire

A talk at Reading Central Library this Saturday afternoon from 3 - 4pm.

15 April 09. Ashford, Kent

I'm one of several speakers at the East Kent Women's Institute Gardening Day at Ashford School.

8 April 09. Canterbury, Kent

The National Vegetable Society have invited me to talk at Red Cross Hall, Canterbury at 8pm this evening.

8 March 09. British Museum, London

I will be speaking at the "Exploring Food, Connecting Communities" event at the British Museum's Clore Centre, an event that is part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) festival 2009. Doors open at 10.30am.

25 Februrary 09. Hackney, London

I'll be talking and signing books at The Broadway Bookshop, Hackney this evening at 7.

20 February 09. Hanwell, London

I'll be at the Methodist Church Hall at 10.15am talking to the Hanwell Gardening Club.

18 February 09. Okehampton Library, Devon

I'll be in Okehampton library just north of beautiful Dartmoor in Devon giving my slide show and talk at 7pm. My mother 008, and fellow guerrilla will be there speaking too about her activity in Devon.

10 February 09. Romford, Essex

I'll be talking to the Harold Hill Club Garden Friends group this evening at the Salvation Army Hall.

24 January 09. Pitlochry Scotland

I'll be talking at the Winter Words Festival in Pitlochry on Saturday morning.

19 December 08. Rotterdam, Netherlands

I am speaking at V2's Transagriculture event in Rotterdam. V2 are a twenty five year old Institute for the Unstable Media, an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology. Other speakers include Prof. Rene Boomkens, a cultural philosopher, Annalee Newitz, from Biopunk, Prof. Natalie Jeremijenko, and Michiko Nitta, with a fantastical and fatalistic vision of the future dubiously called Extreme Green Guerrilla. The day runs from 10 - 5.30pm, more information here.

2 December 08. Pewsey, Wiltshire

Pewsey Gardening Club have booked me for their Christmas calendar of events. I'll be with my slide carousel for more talk On Guerrilla Gardening at 7.30pm.

17 November 08. Somerton, Somerset

A slide show and book signing with the Somerton Hortiultural Club in the Parish Rooms from 7.30pm.

10 November 08. Kew Gardens, London

Main speaker with slide show at a talk to the Kew Mutual Improvement Society in the grand lecture hall of Kew Gardens.

2 November 08. Liverpool

The BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking festival in Liverpool have invited me to speak on guerrilla gardening at 10.30am on Sunday morning. More details to be found at their website here.

31 October 08. Moscow, Russia

The British Council have invited me to talk at their "Identity of Cities" conference in Moscow. The event is presented by the Network Effect. More details to follow.

24 October 08. Central London Walk

As part of This Is Not A Gateway festival I will be participating in a walk between guerrilla gardens of central London. The walk begins at Cafe Otto in Dalston, Hackney at 6.30pm.

17 October 08. Holsworthy, Devon

My home town of Holsworthy have asked me back to give a talk in the town library at 7pm.

15 October 08. The School of Life, London

I'll be talking to a class at The School of Life and taking them guerrilla gardening around the Brunswick Centre in London at 9pm. Guerrilla Gardening is one part of the very varied syllabus of the course called PLAY.

8 October 08. Cobham, Kent

I'll be presenting an hour of slides and sharing cake and tea with Cobham Garden and Hortiultural Association in the Meadow Rooms, Cobham at 8pm.

3 September 08. London Bridge, London

Luminopolis (previously known as The Synergy Project) have invited me to talk on guerrilla gardening at 11pm in the SE One night club beneath London Bridge railway station. I could have chosen the 3am slot, but although I'm nocturnal, 11 sounded more appealing. I'll also be making some seed bombs.

19 July 08. Camp Bestival, Dorset

I'll be on the literature stage on the evening of Saturday 19 July talking to the happy campers of Lulworth Castle in Dorset about guerrilla gardening. Click here for more about Camp Bestival.

19 June 08. Dundee, Scotland

Dundee Literary Festival have booked me to talk about guerrilla gardening on Thursday evening during their long weekend of events from a variety of colourful characters and occasional authors including John Prescott (who I hope remembers me, as we met late at night on Albert Embankment while I was out planting sunflowers and he cheerfully took a packet).

28 May 08. Debate at Museum of Garden History

I'll be talking and debating the subject of guerrilla gardening. Come to the beautiful Museum of Garden History in Lambeth London at 6.30pm for 7.00pm
5 pounds, glass of wine included. More details at the museum website.

27 May 08. USA Publication

The almost invisibly different USA version of On Guerrilla Gardening goes on sale. All pre-orders with USA retailers will be posted today.

17 May 08. Covent Garden, London

As part of Covent Garden's Spring Renaissance Festival on Saturday 17 May at 12pm I'll be on stage in the piazza giving a talk about guerrilla gardening and demonstrating the domestic production of seed bombs.

6 May 08. BBC1 "The One Show"

Christine Walkden from The One Show joined us last night for some guerrilla gardening in Kensal Green. It'll be broadcast tonight at 7pm on BBC1.

5 May 08. UK hardback publication

Today On Guerrilla Gardening goes on sale in the UK and all pre-orders via UK retailers will be on their way to you.

1 May 08. Night Waves, BBC Radio 3

I'll be in the studio for a live discussion on Night Waves (Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme) between 9.45pm and 10.30pm. You can listen to it here on the podcast, the interview is in the last 10 minutes.

23 April 08. Whitechapel, London

Guerrilla gardening is part of the East End Film Festival at the Whitechapel Gallery. A short documentary by David Bond and Ashley Jones will be one of four different films which explore the significance of place in the formation of identity in London's East End. Followed by a panel discussion including Marc Issacs director of "The Lift", Karsten Huneck from the Office of Subversive Architecture; Nick Edwards, Chief Executive of Fundamental Architectural Inclusion and me. I'll be distributing free packets of sunflower seeds to prepare you for ISGD2 on May 1.

Invite

If you would like me to visit you and talk about guerrilla gardening please e-mail richard@guerrillagardening.org