I think I may have simply been slow on the uptake about noticing this, but it appears to me that it is becoming increasingly trendy - at least in Crescent Hill, and maybe the Highlands too - for peeps to dig up their small front lawns and fill them full of garden plants, flowers and ivy instead. Looks pretty, reduces the need for grass-cutting, and somehow seems very "green." My wife even did it at our house while I wasn't paying attention.
Are you seeing this in your neighborhoods? I doubt that the idea has traction in subdivisions with large lots, but it sure seems to be coming on strong in the city, or at least the "blue zone." If anyone has links to articles discussing it as a trend, with extra credit for how-to stuff, I'd be eager to read them.
