Iris Logan and her gardens are a Hamline-Midway landmark.
She said she started putting her ornamentations on the boulevard 30 years ago, and the display has grown over the years without issue.
"I have so many people I have met," Logan, 69, said last week. "I have people walking and then they will see all of this and then they'll come down and they'll just say how great it is and how much work you put in."
But now the city is requiring her to remove parts of them after someone complained that the gardens had encroached on the boulevard illegally. Meanwhile, the neighborhood group is rallying residents and trying to figure out how to allow some of Logan's boulevard installation to remain or otherwise honor her contributions to the neighborhood.
She said she appreciates the support of neighbors but is frustrated that the city doesn't seem to enforce rules about boulevard gardens consistently. On her phone, she's collected photos of boulevard planters, boulders and benches — one much b...