Wyoming, MI Invasive Plant Rules: Front Yard Gardens (2026)

Section 82-63(6) of the Wyoming Code of Ordinances treats ordinary private gardens, flowers and ornamentals, as permitted anywhere on a residential lot, but singles out vegetable gardens as an accessory use with its own footprint and dimensional limits. A vegetable garden may not cover more than 30 percent of the rear yard, ten percent of the front yard, or ten percent of either side yard. Plantings in a front-yard vegetable garden cannot exceed six feet in height, and every vegetable garden, front, side or rear, needs a minimum three-foot setback from the side and rear yard property lines.

Raised garden beds located in a front or side yard are separately capped at three feet in height. Beyond the size and height limits, subsection (6)'s lettered provisions impose upkeep duties: the garden must stay in a cultivated state except during winter, an abandoned garden that is no longer actively cultivated has to be removed and replanted or restored, and the growing area must be kept free of weeds year-round. These standards sit in Chapter 82 Article III, rewritten by Ordinance No. 10-22 on May 16, 2022, and apply citywide in Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan, distinct from the noxious-weed prohibition in the same section's subsection (3).