Rethinking Curbside Gardens

The photos of curbside gardens (“Curb Appeal,” by Ann Herold, Style, Jan. 21) are lovely, but in most cities curbside strips are city property, not that of the adjacent homeowner. These strips are what animal-control ordinances mean when they require dog owners to “curb” their pets (and to immediately remove waste).

Your magazine exists to celebrate our dense megalopolis and the arrangements we constantly make for people with diverse interests to get along. You might ask yourselves whether free advertising for hostile signs aimed at dog owners and asserting squatters’ rights for gardeners on public land are good ideas.

Mary H. Farley

South Pasadena