Drummondville plans to make vegetable gardens, like this one, illegal everywhere in the city this Fall. Drummondville plans to make vegetable gardens, like this one, illegal everywhere in the city this Fall. (CBC)

A Drummondville couple, fighting to keep their front lawn vegetable garden, got a reprieve Monday.

The city ordered Michel Beauchamp and his wife, Josée Landry, to dig up part of their garden, citing a city bylaw.

The bylaw says that front lawns in the couple's St-Charles-de-Drummond neighbourhood must be 30 per cent grass.

Last week, the couple was told they would have five days to comply, or they would face fines of between $100 and $300 per day.

The city decided to suspend the notice, giving the couple until Sept. 1 to uproot some of their vegetables.

A spokesperson for the city said its council will hold a meeting on August 13 to discuss the case.

This fall, Drummondville plans to make it illegal to grow vegetables on front lawns anywhere in the city.