EAST RIDGE, Tenn. — One East Ridge man is demanding answers after he says the city destroyed a garden he spent three years cultivating with native plants meant to support wildlife.
Chester Perry says his front yard had been full of many exotic and native plants with the goal to “create a habitat for declining insect populations.”
But Perry says the city of East Ridge mowed it down, leaving the yard stripped.
“It made me feel heartbroken and just despondent,” Perry says.
The city says a nearby resident filed a complaint about Perry’s lawn in September…