In this unconventional look at how and why we garden, I’ll be considering the role of gardens in an era of ecological and social change, and how municipal grass and weeds bylaws need to be reformed in order to support biodiversity. Highlighting examples of gardeners who push against neighbourhood norms—and who are often subject to bylaws and other forms of social sanction—this talk encourages us to celebrate landscape diversity and the gardeners who challenge deeply held notions of garden convention.