"JennyC" wrote in message
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"David (Normandy)" wrote

Stole.
Mary


Yes, alright then :-( Though I doubt it qualifies as the crime of the
century.
I wonder how many gardeners nip off little bits of cuttings or seeds when
walking around parks?
David.

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I think taking a few seeds is OK if you leave enough for natural
reproduction.
But cuttings are a no no. Imagine if we all did that - parks and gardens
would become decimated!
Jenny (who had to remand her Mum several times about this!)


Jenny: I hope you meant "remind" not "remand" as in "custody" ;-) Are you a
police woman?

The cuttings thing isn't a habit (honest!), but I've been known to remove
the odd 6" piece from mature shrubs in car parks. I don't feel too guilty
about that because the maintenance people subsequently come along with hedge
cutters and trim them back hard. I can't help but think at the time about
the thousands of cuttings they are wasting :-(

What does annoy me is seeing people picking or digging up wild flowers such
as bluebells and cowslips.

David.