First person

Ciarán O’Byrne: 35, guerrilla gardener, Dublin

Guerrilla gardening involves going out at night, or when there’s no one around, to plant flowers or seeds. It’s about the beautifying of drab or uninspiring landscapes. I go out at night so I don’t get caught, and also so that people don’t vandalise or disturb what I’ve planted.

One night someone did catch me. But it was just one of the young barmen from the local pub smooching his girlfriend. I was ...