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Resident urges council to allow food gardens and fruit trees on city boulevards
Summary
A Ward 2 resident asked the Springfield City Council to amend local rules that bar planting on boulevards, saying small-scale gardens would aid pollinators and relieve yard-space constraints for residents of small lots.
At the Aug. 6 Springfield City Council meeting, resident Lisa Irving of Harvard Park (Ward 2) asked the council to reconsider local rules that she said prohibit planting on city boulevards. "I'm asking that we please reconsider, amending these codes to allow for the planting of fruit trees or fruit plants and vegetables on our boulevards," Irving said during the public-comment period. She told the council she was told by…
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