City officials are waging a war on gardens

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City officials are waging a war on gardens

Across the country and even in Canada, cities’ thinking about front lawns is more than a little bit antiquated. It comes down to this simple formulation: Grass good! Vegetables bad. We’ve heard one too many stories in which people decide to use their yards to grow some fresh vegetables, only to have city officials come down hard on them, forcing them to tear out their food or bulldozing the gardens themselves. If building a few bike lanes counts as a war on cars , this is definitely a war on gardens. The latest skirmish took place in Drummondville, Quebec, where Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp built what supporters describe as “a gorgeous and meticulously-maintained edible landscape full of healthy fruits and vegetables.” (You can judge for yourself: It’s the garden in the picture above.) Under the town’s new code, a garden like that would be illegal. It covers too much ...

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@dream2screen » 14 Aug '12, 10pm
City Officials are waging War on Gardens... Really? [link] #yeg #yyc #yyj #yvr
@GreenHomeSA » 14 Aug '12, 7am
Crazy Days: Canadian Town Outlaws Food Self-sufficiency [link] [link]
@klaatu » 09 Aug '12, 10am
RT @nanewsnetwork: Canada: City officials are waging a war on gardens. [link] #NoAgenda
@nanewsnetwork » 09 Aug '12, 9am
Canada: City officials are waging a war on gardens. [link] #NoAgenda
@katerina391 » 08 Aug '12, 2am
Why planners need to take an active role in the food system : [link]
@WinyanStaz » 06 Aug '12, 8pm
A town in Canada just made growing food in your front yard ILLEGAL!!! [link]
@OceanUmi » 06 Aug '12, 6am
This is insanity..we all should be growing organic veggies and juicing... [link]
@TransitionVoice » 03 Aug '12, 1am
Local govts need to encourage gardening, not require front lawns. [link]
@TarenTatuy » 01 Aug '12, 1am
In the #USA is fine to hold a weapon but is illegal having a vegetable garden at your own home [link]
@TarenTatuy » 01 Aug '12, 1am
En #EEUU es legal tener armas en casa, pero es ilegal tener una huerta familiar... [link]
@granolanisme » 31 Jul '12, 11pm
I really hope they don't pull this crap here. [link]
@JulieNeedler » 31 Jul '12, 12am
RT @EvolvingCities: RT @RobElmore: The war on #gardens: How certain cities are regulating fruit & veggies gardens. [link] #urbanism
@evolvingcities » 30 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @RobElmore: The war on #gardens: How certain cities are regulating fruit & veggies gardens. [link] #urbanism
@RobElmore » 30 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @greenforall: The war on #gardens: How certain cities are regulating fruit & veggies gardens: [link]
@greenforall » 30 Jul '12, 11pm
The war on #gardens: How certain cities are regulating fruit & veggies gardens: [link]
@GreenBoardCoop » 30 Jul '12, 5pm
RT @NARGREEN: City officials are waging a war on gardens. What do you think of using your yard for garden space instead of grass? [link]
@sfamn » 30 Jul '12, 4pm
Re: backward-thinking cities - here's many examples on cities kiboshing urban gardens. Get with the program, Tulsa! [link]
@NARGREEN » 30 Jul '12, 1pm
City officials are waging a war on gardens. What do you think of using your yard for garden space instead of grass? [link]
@radicaloptimist » 28 Jul '12, 2am
"City officials are waging a war on gardens: Grass Good, Vegetables Bad!" [link] #urbanagriculture
@De_Eetbare_Stad » 27 Jul '12, 8pm
De oorlog tegen moestuinen (in Noord-Amerika) [link]
@nomadicorganics » 27 Jul '12, 3pm
Confused Priorities: Food Gardens under siege [link]
@carolyblakeslee » 27 Jul '12, 2am
Here we go again! [link]
@DailyAdams » 26 Jul '12, 5pm
The Widespread Municipal War Against... Vegetable Gardens [link]
@TNFoodPolicy » 26 Jul '12, 3pm
[link] Now that's a cool front yard! [link]
@ColeenRajotte » 26 Jul '12, 1am
So speaking of gardens..on our show Vitality Gardening we have done stories about more and more requests to use... [link]
@rohtonson » 25 Jul '12, 7pm
“@S_Interventions: "If building a few #bikelanes counts as a war on cars, this is definitely a war on gardens." [link]
@TheHPAlliance » 25 Jul '12, 3pm
I read an article about some home owners who might have to demolish their beautiful garden. What do you think? [link] -AS
@citygreennj » 25 Jul '12, 1pm
RT @ediblejersey: Front yard farming. You gotta' problem with that? [link]
@ediblejersey » 25 Jul '12, 12pm
Front yard farming. You gotta' problem with that? [link]
@earthlyacupunc » 24 Jul '12, 8pm
City officials are waging wars on gardens... this is messed up: [link]
@RossAppel » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
Planning at its absolute worst. Out of touch and unresponsive to positive changes. MT: @APA_Planning [link]
@KatMartindale » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
From fines to bulldozers, the cities waging war on domestic vegetable growers [link]” (via @APA_Planning)
@mpetty » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
Cities everywhere are making residents tear up their gardens. Not in Fayetteville, front yard gardening is legal here. [link]
@landurbanism » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @APA_Planning: Only 30% of yard’s area can be used for growing vegetables, so couple has two weeks to pull out their garden: [link]
@JimQualls » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @StrongTowns: Just like other infrastructure, front yards are better when given multiple purposes! [link]
@APA_Planning » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
Only 30% of yard’s area can be used for growing vegetables, so couple has two weeks to pull out their garden: [link]
@kapowers1 » 24 Jul '12, 3pm
UH this is so infuriating. Lawns are the bane of my existence sometimes: City officials are waging a war on gardens [link]
@MsWorld3911 » 24 Jul '12, 1pm
City Officials across the country are waging a War on Gardens [link]
@corey_latislaw » 24 Jul '12, 11am
RT @tinahernandez: Not everyone needs to grow a perfectly manicured lawn, especially when vegetable gardens can look just as attractive... [link]
@tinahernandez » 24 Jul '12, 11am
Not everyone needs to grow a perfectly manicured lawn, especially when vegetable gardens can look just as attractive... [link]
@Treegrubber » 24 Jul '12, 11am
[link] #growyourown
@etoastw » 24 Jul '12, 3am
Let's hope we aren't seeing similar stupidity in Australia: City officials are waging a war on gardens [link]
@ContentedRhen » 24 Jul '12, 2am
Sad. Aggravating. Ridiculous. [link]
@Bonifer » 23 Jul '12, 7pm
urban gardeners vs. the status quo. nobody said changing the game would be easy. [link] #gamechangers
@odi » 23 Jul '12, 5pm
WTF? RT @theswiss: Bevor ich die Kanadier auslache .. es ist in der Schweiz NICHT verboten, Gemüse anzupflanzen, oder? [link]
@theswiss » 23 Jul '12, 5pm
Bevor ich die Kanadier auslache .. es ist in der Schweiz NICHT verboten, Gemüse anzupflanzen, oder? [link]
@CReturnsGreen » 23 Jul '12, 4pm
Grass good! Vegetables bad. [link] #yeg #greenedmonton #energyefficiency
@EatingTheWeek » 23 Jul '12, 4pm
City officials are waging war (hyperbolic much?) on gardens [link] via @grist
@KelleySmith7 » 23 Jul '12, 1pm
Using your yard for a beautiful garden for home grown veggies [link] via @grist #food #sustainability
@stylishorganics » 23 Jul '12, 12pm
Some towns are not liking a front yard theme as pictured in this article. What do you think? [link]