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AIBU?

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to think trees don't need 'tidying'

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StopItAndDontTidyUp · 29/05/2015 15:27

Going to out myself if my neighbour is also on here, but massively peeved that our lovely tree has been massacred into a box.

Neighbour told my husband she was having work done cutting back her trees and hedges in the adjoining (semi detached) front garden. He thought she was only letting us know as they'd been in our garden for some of the work. Fine. But....a tree in our garden has been massively cut back on our side, and trimmed on the top. Basically it now looks like an undernourished hedge. Too much was done before I realised the work was actually being done on our side. When I went out to talk to the neighbour she was still talking about tidying the tree up on top.
Aside from the fact that this is our tree, firmly on our side of the boundary - AIBU to think that trees are tree shape and do not need 'tidying'.

I'm very particular about organisation in the home generally (even to the point of lining up bottles, shoes etc), but I really hate the sanitised garden look.

AIBU??

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Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 30/05/2015 00:26

An aside, but if there are were birds nesting in the tree I believe this is an offense.

UterusUterusGhali · 30/05/2015 10:07

Is she going to pay for it to be topped every 25 years or so for the rest of the tree's life?

I'd be really cross too.

I'd ask her to pay for a tree consultant (NOT a surgeon) to do a full report on it tbh. This will be cheaper for her than court costs. Send a copy of the report, along with recommendations, to the neighbour.

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