In the backyard of her Rockville, Md., home, Valeria Roman walks her St. Bernard, Teddy, who greets 2 1/2-year-old Anthony Davenport. The stiff wire fence helps keep Teddy off the plants (though it doesn't seem to work as well for Anthony). Illustrates GREENSCENE (category l), by Joel M. Lerner, special to The Washington Post. Moved Monday, March 24, 2008. (MUST CREDIT: Photo for the Washington Post by Sandra Leavitt Lerner.)

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Plants and dogs can have peaceful, healthy coexistence

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• March 24, 2008