Protestors bombed the proposed site of a giant Tesco store yesterday - with seeds.
The move, in the west end of Glasgow, was the latest stunt by the organisation All Tomorrow's Particks, outraged at plans by the supermarket giant to develop waste land in Beith Street.
Around 100 campaigners mixed seed bombs at the site near the River Kelvin before firing them into the area with a medieval catapult.
The protesters, who suggested alternative uses for the space, are trying to convince Glasgow City Council to reject the plans, which they say will affect a vital green area.
Nic Green, spokesman for the group, which in April staged a mass massage in protest at the proposals, said: "During the massage event, everyone filled out wish cards. A lot of people wanted to see more green space - so that's what we're going to make happen, by planting hundreds of seeds on the site. If this is what the community wants, why shouldn't they have it?"
Tesco has now submitted a second, smaller planning application for a store on the site in case its original bid fails.
Among campaigners catapulting seed bombs yesterday was Consuelo Haller, 32, a postgraduate student who lived in Partick for more than three years before moving to the east end of the city.
She said: "My wish is to have some kind of amphitheatre under the stars rather than a lot of cement that does nothing to benefit the local community. People come out to the west end to get away from the city. If this proposal goes through, the area is just going to look like the city centre."
John Lewis, 27, a web developer who also lives in the east end, said: "We need something here that will benefit the community.
"Independent shops are going to be so badly affected by this development, which isn't needed because we already have more than enough supermarkets around Partick."
Janette Belcher, 53, headteacher at a nursery school who lives in Kelvinside, agreed. She would prefer instead to see a sensory garden, an allotment or park on the site.
Meanwhile, Tesco is to open two new small-scale stores in Glasgow, one at the historic Beresford Hotel in Sauchiehall Street and another at the site of the former Creme de la Creme in Argyle Street.
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