Kid keeps picking flowers from garden bushes - shall I say something?

It would annoy me all round, but the dropping them in the street aggravates me. That just shows a total lack of respect. They're not even being picked to take home! Which again would be wrong without asking. I would definitely be saying something about this. It's wanton vandalism. 💐

It's not on to pick flowers off other peoples plants/ bushes. Only wild flowers.
Next time you see them, just politely say please can you stop picking my flowers! I picked a neighbours flower, just one when I was a kid and got a right walloping! Not suggesting that, but I never ever did it again!

Probably Dandelions and Daisy's which are OK to pick

Peonies? 😡

People in the UK seem to feel weirdly entitled to intrude into other people's front gardens, I've noticed.

I'm in UK. We see roses, daisies, daffodils, crocuses and many other flowers on a daily basis. We blew at a dandelion yesterday. Granted, we live rural so less damage from cities and pollution. Many people are totally disconnected from nature. They look at the man-made calender and assume they know what nature is supposed to be doing.

Oh give over Miss Trunchbull! 😂. Bit far don't you think.

I have the same issues once my peonys flower at our front wall, we live near 3 schools, so along with enjoying having my drive blocked I also get my flowers picked. Feels petty to be annoyed but a lot of love and nuture goes into my garden, and others just come along and remove them before I have a chance to enjoy them!

There you go again! 😂😂

Water pistol and say sorry thought there was a cat 🐈‍⬛ 😜

😂

That telling the mother without “pouncing” or sounding angry would be a good plan. Honestly in hindsight I can see we were being annoying and it wasn’t a good idea but at the time I was just doing the best I could. I would imagine flower picking child’s mum thought it was a fun thing to do and “no harm”, but it’s obviously not what OP wants going forward.

Hide behind and shout get off my flowers....

If someone picked all the flowers off my camellia I would be raging!

Your husband is wrong. The flowers are there for everyone to enjoy - in situ. People can’t go around taking whatever they want.

I would kill with kindness. Since you know the time they pass by give them a lovely bunch of flowers and say I noticed you like the flowers on my bush. Please don't pick too many or the bush won't look pretty any more.

I’d go mad. Camelia’s are so pretty you don’t want the flowers just abandoned.

Definitely say something

What's the relevance of this anecdote?

I can't believe how some pp are blatantly missing the point here. It's your private property and no-one has a right to take it from your garden. We planted Laurels in the front of our house which took several years to establish well. One day I caught a teen standing idly picking the leaves off them and dropping them on the floor, I told her to stop as they were private property. What's even odder in your case op is that mum is helping this child and then letting her discard them in the street, they weren't even taking them home to put in water or anything! Definitely say something and make it clear you're not happy.

Wait outside tomorrow. Ideally spring up from behind the bush and ask them to stop.

This.

This is terrible that the mother is standing by and allowing it! It is stealing. It just is. Children have to be taught, and to learn.

Here's my story - I used to walk along a quiet residential road to primary school. I don't know what age I was, maybe 7. Anyway I saw a flower - a hyacinth I think - in someone's garden rockery and thought my mum would like it, and picked it and took it home. Instead of delight I got a lecture about stealing and she marched me straight down to the house, stood at the bottom of the drive and made me go up and ring the doorbell. I was terrified but I did it. A woman answered and I told her I'd taken it for my mum but now realised I shouldn't have. She took it back but was a bit bemused I think, and said it was fine. But there you go - lesson learned!

Do it for the bees. Say
Please don't pick my flowers they are there specifically for the bees and for everyone to enjoy

YANBU OP. I see this happen all over - the worst at National Trust places with parents watching fondly or taking photos as their kids pull out all the flowers.

There are some keen gardeners on my estate and woe betide the parent who doesn’t step in and prevent their kids from pulling up flowers. Which is as it should be - if parents aren’t going to do any parenting then don’t complain when someone else does.

No @fitzwilliamdarcy

Can we only experience nature by picking it and discarding it to die, then?

Say something.
I absolutely hate passers-by attacking my hydrangea. The stems and branches are of the flexible, stringy kind and don't break easily, so at some point there are wilting, half-broken flower heads just hanging on the pavement side.
People are fuckwits.