Florida couple told to uproot her vegetables, but now she's fighting back
This
year, Hermine Ricketts' front-yard garden was filled with plants and
fruits — but no vegetables. She's suing to change that. (Greg Allen/NPR)It happened in Quebec, we watched it play out in Orlando,
and now in the town of Miami Shores, Florida a retired architect named
Hermine Ricketts and her husband Tom are fighting city officials who
said they couldn't grow vegetables in their own front yard.
Hermine Ricketts says she gardens for the food and for the peace it brings her. (Greg Allen/NPR) As she explained to NPR in a radio segment that aired Monday, Ricketts planted her vegetables in the front yard because it faces south—"that's where the sun is." But now, even though she gardens "for the food and for the peace it brings her," city officials told her she had to uproot the veggies and remove the garden.
As Greg Allen reported for All Things Considered:
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