Neighbour planted 3 new bushes/trees in my garden!

[calistaraines]

Came home to find 3 newly planted trees in what is quite clearly my garden as it is my side of the fence!
Am I in my right to pull them out? I don't really want them where they are. Beside the fact that they could've at least asked for permission!!!

I bet the neighbours told him you wouldn't mind/ had already agreed etc.

Don't go pulling them up, whatever they've done. You're not 100% sure yet that there hasn't been a miscommunication. MN gets so irrationally angry so quickly.

Just speak to the neighbours and ask them wtf happened to your garden. And don't use your poor gardener as a pawn (why am I wondering if you're Lady Chatterley...?)

Apparently they don't like that they can see through this trellis
Doesn’t explain why they thought they could be planted on your side rather than theirs. CF!

If they don't want to see through the trellis, I would have thought the answer was to plant them on their side. Is it possible the gardener got the wrong end of the stick?

But you will be paying him for tomorrow and there's no way you should pay him to take them out. Either your neighbours pay or he does it for free. Also what was there before? Has it damaged your lawn / flower beds? You need to get it restored to as good as or better than it was originally - again on their dollar, not yours.

I would like to amend my answer. Don't get the gardener to remove them. Do it yourself and pop them into pots and flog them on Facebook Marketplace! And make sure to friend your neighbours before you do it.

I don’t understand why they haven’t put their own trees in on their side?

I think the gardener has misunderstood their instruction.

But at the same times Why on earth would the gardener blindly obey orders when he knew he didn’t have your permission and he would risk losing your custom?

It doesn’t make sense.

Nothing was there before, it has been like that since we moved in.
I believe they are being passive aggressive with us due to the issue with the back hedge

It’s their property so you have to return it. Make sure your gardener rectified any damage he’s done to your lawn/garden bed.

You really do need to stand your ground

Why should the OP take them out, it's clear that the gardener needs to do it at the neighbours' expense

@7yo7
Don't be a sap 😂😂
@onlyrealbutter
Best idea!
Who on earth olants things over a neighbours fence?
Off you go OP, chap ndn door and say they will be paying gardener to remove their trees from your garden. I would look into a locked gate into your garden and tell your gardener he's a knob.

I would take them out and knock and say there must be some mistake as they’ve been put on your side.

Is it still someone else's property when it has been planted on someone else's? It's now a fixture if you will, not some stray ball that's landed in your garden. Dig them and flog them.

@calistaraines what plants are they?

Gardener pulls them up and takes them back to neighbour and tells them you dont want them and didnt ask for them, I'd be more pissed off about someone coming in to my garden without my permission.

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If someone did that to my garden I wouldn't hesitate about taking them out.

What are people scared of?

It's your house, your land, take control and stop letting people walk all over you.

I wouldn’t talk to them about it. Gives them the opportunity to explain. I’d treat them like errant footballs. And there’d be a lot of wildflower seeds going over the fence over the next few months.

Can't believe their cheek! Absolutely, remove them.

How very odd! I'd consider them a gift, replant them into pots and position them wherever i fancied.

I would go out now, dig them up, dump them right in front of their front door, ring the bell and walk away.

Tell the Gardener never* to do anything in YOUR garden that YOU haven’t asked him to do. What WAS he thinking?

Why did your gardener think it appropriate to plant something on behalf of the neighbours on your land? It really isn't.
Tell him to remove the trees on his next visit to the neighbours (so that you don't end up paying for it as part of your hourly visit), and to make good any damage at their expense.

I'd sack the gardener! What's s/he playing at? Unless they genuinely thought you had given permission for the planting they need to go

Do you know what kind of trees they are? Will they grow to a great height and block out natural light or take the Sun from you'd garden? Remember too that trees can undermine your foundation's if planted too near your house. I'd get the gardener to remove them and replant in the neighbours at their expense you didn't want them this is total CF.