[Avodah] Plants in Cities

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 03:48:55PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote to Areivim,
in a discussion of the lack of plants in a specific modern Israeli
urban area:
> But the Halacha does not allow trees in cities.  It seems the Torah does not
> agree with the modern idea that greenery in cities is a good thing. It wants
> plants and crops separated from the cities by 1000 amot.

Can you source the prohibition / disrecommendation about having plants
within the city?

Because I would have taken the gemara (Eiruvin 51a, 57a) to be
specitically about putting the fields for farming away from the city
walls. The migrash, the 1,0o0 amos (plus corners) is not razed, it
is left in its natural green state and is called "noi ha'ir". It's EY
before and after galus, we can assume land left alone is lush. At least,
that is how I imagine it, and thus the migrash.

And then the town has ownership of another 1,000 ammah for farming.

But if the migrash is noi, why not plants in the town squares?

We also know from Y-mi Kelayim it was normal to have a small vegetable
garden; I didn't imagine anything that tiny would a far walk from
the home.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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