LAST OF THE GUERRILLA GARDENERS

摘要

They came for 'Percy Thrower' last night. I was on my way to deliver some Pink Brandywine tomato seeds when I saw the first police car. I turned the corner and saw a fleet of them parked outside her house, complete with sniffer dogs and a space-suited forensic team heading for her potting shed.I averted my eyes and walked past on the opposite side of the road, feeling the envelope of illegal seeds in my pack broadcast my guilt. As I left her road, the sterilization van arrived, its flame throwers ready to destroy 'Percy's' irreplaceable collection of plants.I got away. The others weren't so lucky. As I waited for the bus I checked our secure server and realized they were rolling up the whole network. 'Monty' had been the first, but in catapulting a package of herb seeds into Buckingham Palace gardens he'd gone too far. His arrest had been the trigger for raids across the country. 'Bob' had sent out a warning as they smashed down his door, but they'd been ready for us all. If I hadn't been on a delivery run they'd've caught me as well.