Stop the War on Front Yard Vegetable Gardens - Arrêtez la Guerre contre les Potagers sur les Cours Avant

Posted to Kitchen Gardeners International
Jul 18, 2012

We won! By "we" I mean the over 30,000 people who took action in support of the food garden cause. The Drummondville front yard garden case attracted over 30,000 petition signatures, significant international media attention and what seemed to be an endless parade of supportive emails. The Drummondville Municipal Council announced that henceforth front yard kitchen gardens will be allowed and have even invited gardeners, Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp, to help shape the city's new guidelines for urban food gardens. Thank you for your support!

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To: Municipal Council Members of Drummondville, Quebec

We WON! Thanks to all who signed this petition. Read up on what happened here: http://eepurl.com/oyggb

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with front yard gardeners Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp and call upon you to reverse your decision ordering them to remove their gardens by...

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This petition closed on August 16, 2012.

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For more info about Josée's and Michel's garden, please see: http://www.lepotagerurbain.com/

Background:

Earlier this year, Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp of Drummondville, Quebec planted the front yard of the future: a gorgeous and meticulously-maintained edible landscape full of healthy fruits and vegetables. Now they're being ordered by town officials to remove most of their gardens (town code states that a vegetable garden can't occupy more than 30% of the area of a front yard) by September 1st to make their yard conform with newly harmonized town code. Front yard kitchen gardens are not the problem; they're part of the solution to healthier and more sustainable communities. Thanks for helping us to defend them.

If you want to write to council members directly, you can do using the French language petition text above and these addresses:

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Plus tôt cette année, Josée Landry et Michel Beauchamp, de Drummondville au Québec, ont aménagé la cour avant du futur: un aménagement comestible magnifique et méticuleusement entretenu, plein de fruits et légumes sains. Aujourd'hui, des fonctionnaires de la ville leur ordonnent d'enlever une bonne partie de leur potager, d'ici le 1er Septembre afin que leur terrain soit conforme aux règlements municipaux. De plus, la ville, avec son nouveau règlement harmonisé, veut dorénavant tout simplement interdire les potagers sur les cours avant et les cours avant secondaires.

Pour plus d'infos sur Kitchen Gardeners International (Potagers sans Frontières), le promoteur de cette pétition, voir http://kgi.org ou se joindre à notre liste de diffusion ici http://eepurl.com/lh4ub

Pour plus d'informations sur le potager de Josée et Michel, voir: http://www.lepotagerurbain.com/

Si vous voulez écrire aux membres du conseil directement, vous pouvez le faire ici:

Update #7

Posted on Aug 15, 2012

We won! Read up on what happened here: http://eepurl.com/oyggb
Update #6

Posted on Aug 3, 2012

Dear Garden Advocate,
We just went over 17,000 signatures on our front yard garden petition on our way to 20,000 by next week. While we're waiting for the local authorities to react, we have another garden mission for you if you choose to accept it: vote our entry in the Do Good Outdoors contest into 1st place here: http://outdoors.maker.good.is/projects/sow-it-forward
There are less than 3 hours left to vote and we're currently in 3rd place out of 115 entries with just a handful of votes...
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Dear Garden Advocate,
We just went over 17,000 signatures on our front yard garden petition on our way to 20,000 by next week. While we're waiting for the local authorities to react, we have another garden mission for you if you choose to accept it: vote our entry in the Do Good Outdoors contest into 1st place here: http://outdoors.maker.good.is/projects/sow-it-forward
There are less than 3 hours left to vote and we're currently in 3rd place out of 115 entries with just a handful of votes separating the top three entries. If we win, we'll use the $5000 prize to help start new school and community gardens across the country. Voting is quick and easy for facebook users - just 2 mouse-clicks! Here's the link again: http://outdoors.maker.good.is/projects/sow-it-forward
Thanks for fighting for food gardens. Together, we're making a difference.
Roger Doiron
Cause Leader
Update #5

Posted on Jul 26, 2012

Thanks, again, to all who signed our petition. We're now in a holding pattern until August 13th when a review committee meets to discuss the specifics of Josée's and Michel's case. I'll keep you updated on that. In the meanwhile, you can help the garden cause in another way. KGI, the petition sponsor, is currently in 3rd place out of 115 nonprofits in a contest. If we can move into 1st, we'll win a $5000 grant which we'll use to help schools and communities grow new gardens.
If you have a...
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Thanks, again, to all who signed our petition. We're now in a holding pattern until August 13th when a review committee meets to discuss the specifics of Josée's and Michel's case. I'll keep you updated on that. In the meanwhile, you can help the garden cause in another way. KGI, the petition sponsor, is currently in 3rd place out of 115 nonprofits in a contest. If we can move into 1st, we'll win a $5000 grant which we'll use to help schools and communities grow new gardens.
If you have a minute today, please vote for us here:
http://outdoors.maker.good.is/projects/sow-it-forward
Many thanks,
Roger Doiron
Kitchen Gardeners International
PS: If you want to send an email on Josée's and Michel's behalf to town Drummondville officials, we think we've figured out a way to do that here:
http://is.gd/eVEq3M
Update #4

Posted on Jul 23, 2012

Dear Kitchen Garden Supporters,
Here's a breaking update on Canada's most famous front yard garden. Multiple media sources (see links below) are reporting that Josée and Michel have been given a stay until September 1st which will allow them to harvest most of their produce and allow town officials to review the case in greater detail. So we've won the immediate battle and have until September 1st to organize and win the war!
Thanks to all who signed our petition and/or sent emails to...
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Dear Kitchen Garden Supporters,
Here's a breaking update on Canada's most famous front yard garden. Multiple media sources (see links below) are reporting that Josée and Michel have been given a stay until September 1st which will allow them to harvest most of their produce and allow town officials to review the case in greater detail. So we've won the immediate battle and have until September 1st to organize and win the war!
Thanks to all who signed our petition and/or sent emails to Drummondville officials. We'll be keeping this Causes petition open until September 1st to build more support.
More as the story develops,
Roger Doiron
Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI)
PS: If you're yet on the KGI e-list, please sign up here http://ow.ly/bsvDu
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-http://www.lapresse.ca/la-tribune/regions/201207/23/01-4558165-le-couple-de-jardiniers-contestataires-obtient-un-sursis-de-la-ville.php
-http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/regional/archives/2012/07/20120723-175141.html
Update #3

Posted on Jul 23, 2012

Our campaign is currently featured on the homepage of the Huffington Post. Here's the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/illegal-kitchen-garden_n_1687558.html
Keep the good things coming: we're going to win this!
Update #2

Posted on Jul 20, 2012

You good people are getting it done. Thanks so much. At this pace, we'll be over 5000 before we know it. Onwards!
Update #1

Posted on Jul 19, 2012

Wow: over 850 signatures in less than a day! Great work, everyone. We should be able to reach the 1000 mark today. For those concerned about installing the Causes app, I can tell you that it's no more intrusive than facebook itself, for what it's worth. If you don't want to install it, you can still help the cause by sharing the link and sending the council members an email.

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Stop the War on Front Yard Vegetable Gardens - Arrêtez la Guerre contre les Potagers sur les Cours Avant

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