or should I be cross that someone just picked flowers out of my front garden?

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Well, lavender. A little bunch.

But it made me smile that she was stood there breathing in how delicious it is.

And there's loads out there but D2 is shocked and horrified.

But if it was something like roses I might have objected.

D2 is outraged.

But why don't I mind? And would I mind it it was something fancy like a dhalia?

Not making any sense am I. Sorry.

Well, I suppose it was still stealing but if she'd knocked at your front door, she would have been pleased that you said Yes and you'd have been pleased that she'd asked and that you made her happy.

For me it would depend on the age of the child. If it was an innocent gesture, I wouldn't care. Though I'd hope the parent would correct the behavior.

I did this when my parents took me on walks. Or I'd wander off and bring back a flower from my neighbor's garden for our house. I don't think the neighbors did much more than chuckle.

I think lavender's OK because taking a few sprigs doesn't really detract from the overall look of your garden. Roses definitely not! Dahlias would serve her right if they were full of earwigs (flowers of the devil IMO)!

Oh, I don't know. I would crack if it was a rose, too. But lavender is so lovely, and there's so much of it, and it's hard to resist and if it was only a teeny bit..

It was an adult not child. Share the loveliness.....

I agree with sharing the loveliness. Most of the lavender in my garden was taken as cuttings from my Dad's garden, so it has lovely connotations now he's no longer with us. I remember once worrying that it was starting to bush out across one of the paths and he told me that's all the better because as you walk past it you brush the fragrance into the air. Aah...

I often want to take a small piece of lavender or even some pine tree because I love the smells but I never do.
Perhaps I would if I knew the owners were like you Atyour

I wouldn't mind someone taking a few sprigs out of my garden.

I often stop by and smell flowers in people's front gardens. Or lilac. Or lavender.

Never pick it up.

God I bet this was my mil ...

Maybe i should pin up a little note.

'Please pick a bunch'

At what point should i pick it to dry and then turn into little bag things?

I also have a pretty magnificent magnolia 8n flower. It smells utterly divine.

I think that if everyone took a little bunch then the bush would go quickly.

I think it's lovely that rather than getting outraged at someone "stealing" from you, you can take pleasure from observing somebody else's pleasure.

You should actually pick and dry them as soon as flowers are out (or if you can bear to, a little before they open properly)

Bit late now then?

No, not at all but the fragrance lasts a bit longer if you do it then. Just chop off the stems and put it in a paper bag or cardboard box on a layer of newspaper somewhere warmish and dry and bob's your uncle.

It's lavender, it can grow like weeds sometimes unlike bloody difficult Roses. It would have been nice if she'd asked though. Get you D2 to mind the bushes with supersoaker in hand! :)

I once found a complete stranger picking loads of plums from my tree! One as you're passing, fine, but they had brought a carrier bag with them!

I might do some harvesting tomorrow then.