{"id":652193,"date":"2013-04-12T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=74537"},"modified":"2013-04-12T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:27:37","slug":"10-amazing-comments-from-renegade-gardener-ron-finley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652193","title":{"rendered":"10 amazing comments from renegade gardener Ron Finley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ron Finley, the self-described renegade gardener, gave a hit talk at TED2013 on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html\" >his gardening efforts all over South Central LA<\/a>. Finley is an object of my fascination for more than one reason: In the 35 days since Finley&#8217;s talk went live, he&#8217;s left 178 comments on the site, making him the 3rd most prolific speaker commenter. (Trivia: the 1st and 2nd are Curator Chris Anderson and TED2011 speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/janet_echelman.html\" >Janet Echelman<\/a>). To put it in context, as someone who receives speaker comments in a daily digest sent to me by email: Of the 1250 speakers on the site, only 211 have left comments, and the average number of comments they&#8217;ve left is 19.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my 10 favorite comments left by Ron Finley on TED.com &#8212; with just a touch of context, since that&#8217;s how I receive them in my inbox. Click on the link to see the full discussion going on in the thread:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=617484\">Mar 7 2013, on his own TED Talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! I&#8217;M SITTING HERE CRYING READ YOUR PASSIONATE COMMENTS. MAN THIS IS A BIG TASK!!! WHAT THE HELL DID I GET INTO!?!?LOL CAN&#8217;TSTOPWON&#8217;TSTOP!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/1d369b73bf27ebdb1450605454d66229bda2ab1c_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions.html?c=639019\">Mar 31 2013, on Richard Turere&#8217;s\u00a0talk about defending his land from lions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIm so Proud Of my &#8216;LiL Brother Richard!!! Seeing him here brings me to tears. So happy for him. He deserves it all. Someone offered to sponsor him at MIT this summer, as soon has he walked off stage!! That is what TED is About!! . . .<strong>Thats me barking in the back ground!!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=617574\">Mar 7 2013, on his own talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEACHONEREACHONEEACHONETEACHONE\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=617581\">Mar 7 2013, on his talk:<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Thank you A! Start NOW. <strong>No Wait!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=640607\">Apr 2 2013, also on his own talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank You Leslie!!\u00a0<strong>Find The Train!<\/strong>\u00a0~r\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/4cc03dff50e6b306ded38e85fdde15c4bf961f3e_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx.html?c=642669\">Apr 4 2013, on Stephen Ritz&#8217;s\u00a0talk on gardening in the South Bronx<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTEPHEN YOU ARE THE TRUTH! A REAL LIFE GAMECHANGER, A REAL LIVE, LIFE CHANGER!!! TED PRIZE!!!!!! AllGoodThings! ~r0n\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=628560\">Mar 20 2013, on his own talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIm working on IT!!!. . .<strong>Give me Thyme\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=622552\">Mar 13 2013, also on his talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlants SunFlower First.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=623310\">Mar 14 2013, you guessed it, on his own talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi Helena,\u00a0<strong>Waiting for you &amp; your Big Ass Shovel!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html?c=629211\">Mar 20 2013, by far my \u00a0favorite comment of his ever, on his talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an agreement,\u00a0<strong>They don&#8217;t pee in my garden I don&#8217;t Eat TheM!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/74537\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/74537\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=74537&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/5CcX7ZkOVoU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Finley, the self-described renegade gardener, gave a hit talk at TED2013 on his gardening efforts all over South Central LA. 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