A lot of our neighbors on the other end of the street have ivy for their front yards. (Mixed with honeysuckle and weeds, naturally - I keep sneaking honeysuckle to get the nectar, and the nieces do too now!) I keep shuddering as I look at them, because it goes right up to their porch. In this case the yard goes right up to our *house*, forget the porch, so... no, no thanks.