How do I get rid of/control Ground Elder (and pls don't include moving house [grin])

[Wills]

We live next to a wonderful but very rugged park which is loaded with ground elder. Its a lovely location but over the last couple of years the elder has been getting through. Its now reached the lawn! How do I control it?

I think the only way is to throughly dig it out, being careful not to leave any of it's rhizome roots behind, this RHS page explains it properly:

apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=215

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< lock up children and pets first >

If it wasn't in the lawn I'd suggest choking it with black plastic. I think digging is going to be your only option.

You can eat it apparently. We have it in our garden and it is a constant battle.

I've seen suggestions of digging, then putting black plastic over the bed and leaving it for two years.
You could move everything you want to keep into pots and then spread the glyphosate love all over.
Mow the stuff in the lawn - it weakens the plant and it doesn't encroach too much.

Yes, ground elder was (I heard) introduced to England by the Romans, who brought it with them as a leaf vegetable. So, we got plumbing, central heating, roads .... and ground elder.

Use a systemic weed killer and respray.

We're on our third year of tackling this. Systematically digging the ground and picking out every shred of white has meant a big reduction, and it takes less time every year, but it's still there. We don't want to use weedkiller as it's where we grow our veg.

Dig out every root. Or spray with Roundup (glycophosphate) several times over a month if needed. Best to spray now, early in the year when things start growing.

I hate the cunning with which it wraps itself into the roots of my other beloved plants!!
I just dig it out but I have a tiny garden. I live in fear of transferring it to friends or to my allotment.
Curse those Romans!!