An odd, bitter battle over a nuisance tree in Prairie Village

Illustration by David Babcock

John Michaels takes landscaping seriously. Michaels and his wife recently built their four-thousand-square-foot dream home in Prairie Village, but he still does all his own lawn work. “I love it—and I’m picky,” he says. “I don’t want big riding lawn mowers going across my lawn, rutting it up.” Another thing Michaels didn’t want: the sweetgum… Continue reading An odd, bitter battle over a nuisance tree in Prairie Village