Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance

treehugger.com 08 Nov '12, 10am

Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance

WKMG Local 6 /Video screen capture Tuesday's Presidential Election may have ended the war on women, but the war on gardens still rages on. Click Orlando reports that city officials had ordered Jason Helvingston to remove his front yard veggie garden by this week. According to the news segment, Helvingston’s garden is against city code that requires front yards to be planted with ground cover, which is suppose to provide a uniform appearance and keep property values up. The 25 x 25 foot micro-irrigated front yard edible garden consists of crops like beans, radishes, kale and Swiss chard. And is hardly an eyesore by the looks of the video. In an effort to reach a compromise that would allow him to continue to grow food in his front yard, Helvingston offered to put up a fence but the offer was rebuffed. What will happen now that the deadline to remove the garden has come and ...

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@naturallawncare » 05 Dec '12, 5pm
Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight AntiFront Yard Veggie #garden Ordinance Update - [link]
@MrBrownThumb » 17 Nov '12, 2am
TreeHugger this week: Orlando garden. [link] Gardens damaged by Sandy [link] Birding Grants [link]
@treehuggeruk » 16 Nov '12, 1am
RT @GriffithLawn: Florida gardener defies order to remove front yard veggie garden and replace it with grass. Will he get to keep it? [link]
@C_Vanderlinden » 14 Nov '12, 7pm
Yay!!! RT @mrbrownthumb: Developing: Orlando garden will get to keep his front yard veggie garden. [link] We did it!
@MrBrownThumb » 14 Nov '12, 7pm
Developing: Orlando garden will get to keep his front yard veggie garden. [link] We did it!
@BROOKSWOODWORKS » 14 Nov '12, 6am
RT @PSFK: Fight for your right...to garden! [link] via @treehugger -amazing, another city banning front gardens
@treehuggeruk » 13 Nov '12, 7pm
RT @TechBostonTrees: Since when is planting your own fresh, healthy, vegetable garden a crime? Apparently it's looks over health in Orlando. [link]
@SouthieTrees » 13 Nov '12, 6pm
Since when is planting your own fresh, healthy, vegetable garden a crime? Apparently it's looks over health in Orlando. [link]
@treehuggeruk » 13 Nov '12, 1am
RT @gardengeri: RT @MrBrownThumb:stay-at-home dad who won Right to garden offering the Orlando gardener help [link] . #TheLeagueOfGardenBros
@MrBrownThumb » 13 Nov '12, 12am
Now the stay-at-home dad who won the right to garden is offering the Orlando gardener help [link] . #TheLeagueOfGardenBros
@treehuggeruk » 12 Nov '12, 5am
RT @jessicamelusine: @LoraxCommunity: #Florida gardener & staunch proponent of #growyourown movement ordered to remove his veggie #garden [link]
@jessicamelusine » 12 Nov '12, 5am
@LoraxCommunity: #Florida gardener & staunch proponent of #growyourown movement ordered to remove his veggie #garden [link]
@MrBrownThumb » 11 Nov '12, 9pm
Adam Guerrero emailed to ask about the Orlando garden story ( [link] ). Nice that he's keeping up w/similar gardeners.
@treehuggeruk » 11 Nov '12, 6pm
RT @SeedLiving: If you live in #Orlando or would like to voice support for front yard veggie gardening, read this [link] via @TreeHugger
@SeedLiving » 11 Nov '12, 6pm
If you live in #Orlando or would like to voice support for front yard veggie gardening, read this [link] via @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 11 Nov '12, 3pm
RT @MHBoys: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance [link]
@treehuggeruk » 11 Nov '12, 6am
RT @borneoduweb: Le potager fait perdre de la valeur aux propriétés ? Ou c'est le légume SANS OGM qui dérange [link]
@borneoduweb » 11 Nov '12, 6am
Le potager fait perdre de la valeur aux propriétés ? Ou c'est le légume SANS OGM qui dérange [link]
@treehuggeruk » 11 Nov '12, 6am
RT @BlackedOutNews: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 10 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @tlhaas: “@PSFK: Fight for your right...to garden! Orlando is codifying the property equivalent of a mullet. [link] via @treehugger”
@tlhaas » 10 Nov '12, 12pm
“@PSFK: Fight for your right...to garden! Orlando is codifying the property equivalent of a mullet. [link] via @treehugger”
@BG_garden » 10 Nov '12, 12am
RT @jebbing9: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance [link] via @MrBrownThumb #gardenchat
@jebbing9 » 09 Nov '12, 11pm
Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance [link] via @MrBrownThumb #gardenchat
@treehuggeruk » 09 Nov '12, 6pm
RT @Lindy2Rescue: Against planting food in the front yard? Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance: [link]
@70sFashionista » 09 Nov '12, 6pm
Against planting food in the front yard? Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance: [link]
@EssentiaChicago » 09 Nov '12, 5pm
Fight for your right...to #garden! [link] via @treehugger #orlando #green #health #wellness #kale
@treehuggeruk » 09 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @CowleyGrovesiom: RT @PSFK: Fight for your right...to garden! [link] via @treehugger
@CowleyGrovesiom » 09 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @PSFK: Fight for your right...to garden! [link] via @treehugger
@treehuggeruk » 09 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @cjutting1: You gotta fight- for your right- to garden? Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance [link]
@cjutting1 » 09 Nov '12, 4pm
You gotta fight- for your right- to garden? Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance [link]
@treehuggeruk » 09 Nov '12, 2pm
RT @CheekyBloom: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 09 Nov '12, 12pm
RT @gratitewd: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@RossDuckham » 09 Nov '12, 11am
"Little Boxes": Suburbia shuts down front yard veggie garden. Heaven forbid there be something sustainable & different [link]
@treehuggeruk » 09 Nov '12, 5am
RT @deniseminge: A property mullet: RT @MrBrownThumb: FL gardener [link] ordered to remove front-yard veggie garden but allowed keep chickens
@deniseminge » 09 Nov '12, 4am
A property mullet: RT @MrBrownThumb: FL gardener [link] ordered to remove front-yard veggie garden but allowed keep chickens
@MrBrownThumb » 09 Nov '12, 2am
For the night crowd: Florida gardener who is all about the #growyourown movement [link] is ordered to remove his veggie garden
@treehuggeruk » 08 Nov '12, 10pm
RT @michelledendy: @KristinGiannas is on [link] with her garden rejection story #loveit [link]
@michelledendy » 08 Nov '12, 10pm
@KristinGiannas is on [link] with her garden rejection story #loveit [link]
@henandhammock » 08 Nov '12, 8pm
RT @MrBrownThumb: “You’ll take my house before you take my garden," [link] Orlando gardener fights to keep garden
@treehuggeruk » 08 Nov '12, 7pm
RT @viaarchitecture: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance [link]
@LizAGMoran » 08 Nov '12, 5pm
So fucked up. City of Orlando is possibly going to force someone to remove their garden. Florida Landowners, attack! [link]
@grumpyzen » 08 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @TreeHugger: Florida gardener defies order 2 remove front yard veggie garden +replace it with grass. Will he... [link]
@RobertJConnors » 08 Nov '12, 4pm
#Florida gardener ordered to remove front yard veggie garden, replace with grass. Will he get to keep it? [link] @TreeHugger
@TreeHugger » 08 Nov '12, 4pm
Florida gardener defies order to remove front yard veggie garden and replace it with grass. Will he get to keep it? [link]
@greenroofsuk » 08 Nov '12, 3pm
RT @RayBeckerman: Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance ~ #TH_RSS [link]
@RayBeckerman » 08 Nov '12, 3pm
Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance ~ #TH_RSS [link]
@MargaritaIP » 08 Nov '12, 1pm
City says garden has to go? No, common sense says regulations have to change. [link]
@TreeHugger » 08 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @C_Vanderlinden: More #warongardens -- Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance via @TreeHugger [link]
@C_Vanderlinden » 08 Nov '12, 1pm
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@treehuggeruk » 08 Nov '12, 12pm
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