Ron Finley

For the American football coach, see Ron Finley (American football). For the American Olympic wrestler, see Ronald Finley.

Ron Finley
Occupation(s)Fashion designer
Urban gardener
Known forGuerilla gardening
Websiteronfinley.com

Ron Finley is a Los Angeles-based fashion designer to professional athletes,[1][page needed][2][3] collector of original blaxploitation posters,[4][5] and proponent of urban gardening.[6][7] He is known for giving a widely-viewed TED talk on guerilla gardening.[8][9]

  1. ^ An Overall View of the Baggy Pants- Bib Look, Los Angeles Times, September 3, 1998.
  2. ^ Herman-Cohen, Valli (June 9, 2000). "Lakers and Their Fans Give Fashion a Full Court Press". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Stars sport superfly styles, CNN, August 8, 2002.
  4. ^ Black Films and their Posters Depict African-Americans' Cultural Past, San Diego Union-Tribune, February 25, 1999.
  5. ^ Poster Child, Black Enterprise, August 2002.
  6. ^ Simmons, Andy. "Meet the Gangsta Gardener". Reader's Digest. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "'Gangster Gardener' In Jeopardy Of Losing His Farm". CBS Los Angeles. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Ron Finley: A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA". TED. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  9. ^ Crouch, Angie (April 5, 2015). "Guerrilla Gardener Sparks Food Revolution in South Central LA". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved April 5, 2017.