The Grass Doctor

My landlord refuses to let me grow my own food on his property. Is there any law protecting my rights?

Me and my landlord had agreed to build a garden until a silly neighbor complained that it would potentially affect her property value, so he stop and I'm stuck with some minor expenses but he wants me to remove the beds I installed and not garden at all. I'm growing food for myself not rose bushes or a lawn for aesthetics. Is there a law against him stopping me? Me and my landlord had agreed to build a garden until a silly neighbor complained that it would potentially affect her property value, so he stop and I'm stuck with some minor expenses but he wants me to remove the beds I installed and not garden at all. I'm growing food for myself not rose bushes or a lawn for aesthetics. Is there a law against him stopping me? Email me at: jacejasons@gmail.com

Public Comments

1. Nope, his yard his rules.
2. I would talk to a realtor, then get that realtor to talk the concerned neighbor, about affecting the property value. It really should not. It is HIS property, but you could get reimbursement if he made you take it down and you had originally payed for it. Because it his property, he can determine what you can do on it.
3. Being able to plant a garden on your landlord's land isn't a right. Your landlord can say no and there isn't really anything you can do about it other than find a new place to live that allows it.
4. The landlord can stop you, certainly, but the neighbor's objection may be off-base if your local regulations permit vegetable gardens. Because the landlord may have legal right to allow a tenant to garden, but the neighbor has interfered with your right, you can sue her for damages and teach her to mind her own business. It's called "tortious interference with contract rights", and maybe "interference with potential economic advantage" among other things; she has damaged your relationship with your landlord for her own twisted reasons, which caused the landlord to cancel his contract to allow you to garden ("landlord had agreed") and that will cost you money and deny you the savings in growing your own vegetables.