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Most hobbies require time and effort to produce something nice.
So its perfectly understandable to get upset with others when they disrespect your work by destroying what you made.
What can be some good strategies to get back at people for doing that?
This Redditor thought that publicly shaming the culprits was the best way.
They decided to punish those who stole from their moms garden by putting them on the neighborhoodwall of shame.
The OP asked other netizens whether they went a bit too far since some neighbors had complaints.
Some people may think theres nothing wrong with cutting a rose or two off a bush.
Because plants are outside, one may think its public property.
In reality, thats theft as any other.
Its not just time and energy that gardeners put into their plants.
They also cost money some can even be worth hundreds of dollars.
Fancier varieties get sold on Facebook Market or eBay for as much as $1,000.
Seattle-based lawyer firmLewis&Lawswrites that stealing a plant or a tree is a property crime.
Heres where it gets trickier.
Its not always so easy to evaluate how much a plant is worth.
Lewis&Laws write about a case where neighbors removed some trees from a greenbelt.
The value of these trees turned out to be worth almost $5 billion.
Thats a Class B felony stealing anything worth more than $5,000.
The first option is probably to put up signs and let people know that this garden is private property.
The president of one association said gardeners separated their gardens with a string in the past.
Now they have to add locks to their gates.
For some reason, people dont seem to consider taking veggies and flowers stealing, she told the NYT.
Having your plants stolen leaves you with the same hurt feelings any other burglary would.
Creative gardening expert C.L.
Fornari wrote about her experience ina blog post.
In an open letter to her garden thief, she wrote about how gardening requires work and time.
From the outside looking in, it might appear that all of this comes easily to me…
I work at it, labor over what I do, and feel anxious about whether its good enough.
Why should I work so hard if people like yourself are just going to rip me off?
A community gardener in Calgary, Canada toldGlobal Newshow its not only the loss of property that stings.
