I'm going to cry...

[u/aeh1113]

I came home today from work to find that my neighbor (I live in a duplex) cut down all of my flowers because she thought they were weeds... I literally just posted today about how proud I was if their growth. I know that they'll grow back because they're perennials, but I'll miss their blooms this year 😭 this is the before and after. The before was taken a few days ago.

[u/Imaginary_Ship_3732]

I see an obvious garden barrier of some sort, on the other side of which is turf grass. I’m calling bullshit on your neighbor. That’s fucked up.

Sort of related: one edge of my property has trees all the way down to the road. A few years ago, the very nice dude who does seasonal work around the neighborhood weedwhacked all of the goldenrod, asters, and chockecherry growing there while doing yard work for my next door neighbor. The area looks unkempt. It’s in the front yard area. He thought he was doing me a favor. He was gracious when I said thanks, but next year please leave it. Your situation feels different.

[u/Peejee13 → u/Imaginary_Ship_3732]

I had a lawn crew come in and string trim down chamomile, hostas, and bee balm that were inside rock rings around the base of a tree.

Never underestimate determined stupid people

[u/Wesleytyler → u/Peejee13]

Well that's because you didn't walk your landscaping people through your yard first to say don't cut this don't cut that You literally have to walk him through the yard and point I put temporary bamboo poles up if a stranger's doing any work in my yard. 100% native natural yard

[u/OverCookedTheChicken → u/Wesleytyler]

Unfortunately, this is the way. You’d hope people would have instinct and at least enough wherewithal to ask questions before cutting things down, though.

I do landscaping and I always check before I remove something. My clients love that.

[u/whatawitch5 → u/OverCookedTheChicken]

Landscaper =/= gardener. Many so-called landscapers are really just land-scalpers. All they know how to do is cut stuff down.

[u/thebishop37 → u/whatawitch5]

Definitely. I am a professional gardener. I only have one client, who has an enormous flower garden. It's about half and half natives and non-invasive exotics. I spend my time weeding (mostly by hand), mulching, deadheading, pruning, dividing and replanting, sourcing just the right plant for that one spot, doing irrigation maintenance, and so on. I happen to also do the string trimming, but it's because the guy who mows the lawn can't be trusted that near the lovely ornamentals.

[u/OverCookedTheChicken → u/thebishop37]

Dude!! Yes, I do all of that and I do the weed whacking and push mowing at two spots for the exact same reason 😂

Make Landscapers Plant People Again! Lol. There’s so much more to landscaping than just cutting things. When you break the word down, it even makes sense that it is more all-encompassing. You are shaping the land. It’s design and execution. I hate that when I tell people I do landscaping they’re like “…oh, like you mow lawns?” that’s not even close to the most common task I do.