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Weeds Have Rights Too !

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ScottBakula · 29/06/2025 01:58

We , the weed collective have decided that its time to stand up for our weedy rights !
In particular at this time of the year all of our brethren are mercilessly up rooted and poisoned for no reason other than someone has decided that we are inferior to the flowers that humans like.

We bring nature back to derelict area's like neglected road side verges , abandoned gardens, cracks in paving stones , gaps in gutters and the brave ones even go up on to rooftops and live in the chimney stacks and gutters.

Nature isn't meant to be regimented with flowers in neat rows and groups so we come along and add a bit of normal back to your garden and what do you do ? You poison or up-root us . Which also can cause problems to your beloved plants.

We understand that you want things to look pretty, but please leave us a bit of space too.

We create just as much oxygen as your expensive roses and lilies , we feed bees , wasps and butterflies along with lots of other bugs.

We are just flowers that humans have decided they don't want , and that makes us sad.
Please help the weed collective by leaving us a little bit of your land and we promise that we will help to look after your environment.

( just incase nobody notices this is a bit tounge in cheek , but I do think that all plants help our environment and bees don't care if its a dandelion or prize rose that they get there pollen from)

Weeds Have Rights Too !
Weeds Have Rights Too !
Weeds Have Rights Too !
Weeds Have Rights Too !
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RumNotRun · 25/05/2026 22:18

Bindweed is so pretty when it flowers but I wish it would stick to the places where I want it to be, instead of just wandering across the garden all willy nilly.

Sweetpea1532 · 26/05/2026 18:16

Thank you, @RumNotRun , I’ll try that. x

WaryCrow · 29/05/2026 21:01

Thought I’d add a couple of two of my favourite spring plants to this thread - alkanet and columbines. I think alkanet is naturalised rather than native, and god knows if the columbine has popped in and out of cottage gardens. But pretty! Borage hasn’t started yet.

Weeds Have Rights Too !
Weeds Have Rights Too !
NotTheOrdinary · 29/05/2026 21:10

I have a patch at the end of my front garden that has a couple of trees growing and I leave it to grow wild. I'm fascinated by the plants that grow there. DP calls it the spinney.

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