Neighbor hates my tree

Speak for yourself.
We don't know how healthy the tree is, despite seemingly so.
Agree
@AngelinaFibres , I've had a healthy looking tree suddenly break in half and fall opposite a kids play area.
One of those what could have been moments.

Seems the tree is protected enough OP, but no harm letting him know about the camera as that would deter him.
Camera won't be of any use after he's damaged it as he may just get a slap on the wrist.

What I wouldn't have done though, is put a bird feeder after he's mentioned the issue with the birds, especially as it sounds like you have a big enough garden to put the bird feeders elsewhere.

Also, by involving his son, you're doing what he was doing by trying to speak to your DH.

Won't be great if the son sides with him.

I don’t suppose he’s an old German man is he? He sounds like my neighbour 😂

You don’t see the wrong in the neighbour coming into the OP’s garden and helping himself to her roses?

And this is why people should get a reputable tree surgeon to assess their tree and advise if any work is required.

The majority of people don’t want to pay for tree work in any way, shape or form, then go ballistic when the tree falls.

His problem, not yours, which he's evidently had a long time.

So tell him to f. off, and do point out you have a camera.

Are you in Switzerland?

You could batch cook for him and offer to clean his house while you’re at it.

My BIL used to say things like this. He had a huge tree in his front garden in Ashford that he wouldn't deal with because ooo nature oooo the tiny birds. In a huge storm one winter it came down and went through the neighbours roof and front bedroom. They were so frightened that this would happen that they had slept downstairs. If they hadn't they would be dead. Trees in a rural environment can very often be left to grow unchecked and to fall when their time is up. Trees in an urban environment need to be managed.If a tree is too big for the space it's in it can be removed and replaced with a smaller sapling that will grow into something more appropriate for the space available. Just because something is there doesn't mean it must grow unchallenged.

Ask him for the stolen roses back! You have video evidence to report him to the Police if he doesn’t.
And apart from making sure branches don’t overhang his garden, you aren’t obligated to do anything else about the tree.

I would feel pleased that there is a lovely tree and am not an absolute planet killing idiot with plastic grass worried about the "mess" of leaves falling on it.

NDN is a cheeky fecker on all accounts! Keep the tree the birds and can you stop him climbing your fence to get in?

A higher fence?

The second sentence of the OP says that they aren’t in the UK so TPO is irrelevant.

She could check if the country she’s in has anything similar, or if they have other regulations that may apply. Or if she shares which country people could help her look.

I think she mostly wants a rant though. OP, your neighbour is very unreasonable and also annoying. I think it’s obvious that he’s not going to apologize for butchering your roses but hopefully now that he knows he was caught he won’t do it again. What an arse.

Linden trees have such a gorgeous scent. I also wouldn't remove one if I had one in my garden.
I would be raging if someone came into my garden and chopped of bits of my roses!
In this case with him hating your tree so much, I would probably let him know that you have a camera recording the wildlife in your garden so he knows you would see if he came in again and or tried to do something with your tree.

We’ve got some large trees in our garden - we are city centre but we have all sorts of birds visiting - jays, blackbirds, pigeons, crows, plus lots of small birds, and even tawny owls at night. My neighbour is OBSESSED with the leaves that my tree is dropping. Only mine though. Not everyone else’s big trees that are also dropping leaves. Every time I see her she asks when I’m planning to cut it down. I’m not - it’s very tedious. It’s not the tree wasn’t there when she bought the house! It’s been there for over 100 years…

The fact you kept your cool and said no to him, then he asked to speak to your DH, well im sorry what a prick. Like he doesnt want to talk to the little woman, a man will understand better! Er sorry mate, youve just made things worse for yourself

he's obviously a misogynist prick who doesn't take the little ladies word for anything.

Our tree had a tpo on it. Neighbours over the back knew this. They hired a tree surgeon to destroy it.
Man from council came round and announced never mind it will grow back. .
Fucking spineless idiot he was...
And he had a combover....

He's a bully. Get a TPO put on it if there isn't one already.

I've had a neighbour like this. He would argue with me. I realised the best way to deal with this was to have something rehearsed and just kept repeating it. ( "We like the linden. It's not going to be coming down".). Having leaves fall on your garden is pretty normal.

That tree is more important to the planet than you are.

Don’t do anything to your lovely tree. How hard is it for this twat to rake up leaves once a year? He’s being ridiculous.

Please get a TPO on the tree, make him aware that there is one and share some info with him about what that means from a legal perspective. I would also make him aware that you have wildlife cameras in your garden so he knows that if he comes in and decides to poison it or damage it in any way, you will have evidence.

Maybe one day Op you will feel your tree is too large. If you've got a tpo on it to spite your neighbour you may be very sorry.
I wonder how all the tree huggers on here would feel if they were in the position of Ops neighbour. Just because a tree is in the garden doesn't mean that its always going to be a suitable size for the space. Trees grow you know. Sometimes they get too big

He's a bully and thinks he can get away with it because you are new.

I have heard of too many instances of hedging and trees being cut down while people are away, so get a camera up.

It is so upsetting.
My best friend came home to the entire back boundary cut down while she was on holidays.

Hard to describe it.

New neighbours perpendicular to her house moved in and just did it while they were away on holiday.
They had never met them.
No conversation whatsoever.
Batshit.
She did have cameras.
Her next door neighbour was a lovely police officer and he too had been away but came back to them suddenly gone.
He went around immediately and spoke to the contractor doing it.
The contractor had been told they had full permission from the owners.
Idiots not to have checked.

Hard to describe the upset. Our friends were just devastated by it.

They made a police complaint for criminal damage and were so lucky that their police neighbour made a supporting statement, as did the contractors who were very pissed off to have been dragged into this.

It was settled out of court, the neighbours were advised they would lose.
They paid for pleached trees across the boundary.
Sadly the upset spoiled the house for my friend and when things were resolved they sold up and moved to a house where this could never happen again.

Honestly I could give you 5 versions of this that has happened over the past 20 years.