I am buying a house that I will demolish & replace with a new one. In
the garden, the existing lawn descends gently down to a nice
stream/river. But, between the upper parts of the lawn and the stream is
an area of 1,500 square meters that consists of soft wet ground. This
entire area is covered with Giant Hogweed and some clumps of tall
trees.


In the US you'd be messing with wetlands and need some serious permits.
I've never seen hogweed here in the US. I just read about it though.
Doesn't sound like something I'd want to get up close to.
Spray it from a distance, let it die, work your way down the hill.



Giant Hogweed is all-in-the-news
here in Southern Ontario for the past few years.
I spotted a patch last year and had to really assert
myself to the township - to have something done.
It's spreading .. are you sure you don't have it
in your part of the USA .. ?
As for the UK original poster - I'd check the local
laws & neighbours - before asking the world wide web
for advice ... the removal of this patch of hogweed
might mean hiring a big team of specialists
with haz-mat suits ...
or it might just be a well-timed accident with
some weed spray ...
Good luck.
John T.


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