george / jeff please send this on to your contact in tennesse.. as i dont see their email address in sacramento, we fought for a new landscape code.. old code from 1943 did not allow fruit trees, vegetables , etc.. only grass and low growing ground covers... after a 3 year battle.. things have changed and as long as the vegetation is living..its ok.. a few height restrictions around driveways and corner lots come into play.. but other than that.. anything goes.. so for low maintenance gardening.. plant native plants.. for less water use..and also plant things that wont grow too tall so pruning wont be needed...get rid of the typical lawn grass... and re-think your yard on many fronts. of course this will take money and time up front.. but lesser maintenence in the future .. which would be good for seniors bill maynard sacramento
>>> "George Campbell" <[email protected]> 7/12/2009 1:08 PM >>> It has been a while since I have been on the listserve. The activity was overwhelming my e-mail. I have missed the discussions and helpful insights. A friend's inquiry has brought me back. The question below came to my attention via Transition Tennessee.I am hoping that some of you might have some insight to this problem.Peace and blessings Jeff Campbell As a member of the city's Eco-Friendly Landscaping group and three of the city's Chattanooga Green action teams, I've spoken with city representatives about developing a program that helps elder members of the community naturalize their lawns, so that maintaining lawns in one's senior years doesn't become a crippling expense on a fixed income. If through age, or disability, you can no longer mow/maintain your yard yourself, you face court hearings if you can't develop a big yard budget. The strict interpretation of the ordinance currently exposes people to citations for overgrowth, if they don't naturalize their yard, such as turn it into woods or a meadow. Members of Sustainable Chattanooga are brainstorming this issue, and have even formed a group (GreenwayV), where those of us who are naturalizing our lawns help each other. A program that helps the elderly live longer in their own homes is valuable to the health of any community, even the fiscal health, seeing as we already are experiencing record foreclosure and bankruptcy rates! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090712/0cceddfb/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090714/ec165266/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
