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In reply to the discussion: Couple to be fined $500 a day for having a garden [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)want astroturf yards and every shrub is turned into a round ball. Used to call them poodle trees. They don't let anything have a natural growth habit, they keep cutting trimming them until there is never any new growth.
The landscapers now cut to make sure their boss can see they did some work instead of taking care of the plants. Half of what they work on drops dead after a while.
The people who loved to see vines, groundcovers and native plants grow in their different habits are dying and new people don't appreciate it, or so it appears. They don't appreciate natural beauty at all. The places are all starting to look like they're plastic. It's depressing.
God or Dog, what I'd give to have my own place and a garden again, best days of my life.