moss graffiti

Moss graffiti is a recent trend in street art that uses living moss to write on the walls of public spaces.

Gran hauls out her Cuisinart to make the green “spray-paint” required for gardening activism’s biodegradable moss graffiti.

Unlike spray paint, moss graffiti starts as a wet, goopy mixture that is painted onto a surface where it sticks and eventually grows.

Moss graffiti is created by taking clumps of moss and blending them with water (sometimes beer), buttermilk, yogurt, and corn syrup to create a thick, paintable liquid.

Jesse Scott, founder of the Canadian chapter of the Graffiti Research Lab, based in Vancouver, discovered moss graffiti at a workshop last year at the Vancouver Hack Space.