Why is that people let their hedges grow,so that they are over a foot path

I would think any hedge that becomes an obstruction on public walkways could be removed by the city.

maybe those people have already no time for their garden because they are busy of doing something! hahaha!

I'm at home all day but I rarely have the energy to go and tidy my yard. I have an enormous block and it is usually out of control. I don't have the ability to spend hours keeping it up to scratch and I certainly don't have the money to pay someone to do it. At least, the foot path is clear.

Hiya jugs, I would think that most People can do their own Garden and if they have a Hedge around it they will eventually cut it down to size as they have to. I know that because the House where I lived till I came here has a huge Hedge and they always protest so it has to be kept very low.

I have a service that cuts my grass and does the landscaping. They want to come every week, but I can't afford that. They are supposed to come every other week, but sometimes it is 3 weeks before they come and my lawn is out of control. I can see people that can't take care of their lawns letting it go. If they are like me, they really don't have any control over it anyway. If the people are able bodied and still let it go, I can see it happening once in awhile. If it is all the time though there is no excuse. Most boroughs in the US, at least around here have laws that say you'll get fined if the grass is too high. I would probably have been fined but my house sits back from the road, so no-one can really see how high the grass is. There is only a little patch beside the driveway, and my neighbors usually weed wack and cut there.

Lol this reminds me of my neighbour's garden just outside - it's a jungle I swear rofl however he is an old lonely man so I can't blame him but I thought old people were into that kind of stuff. Anyway I like to keep my garden clean, I like gardens we have 2 gardens but our backyard is not very big though it is well looked after as it isn't too hard to look after. My mum especially is the one that deals with this, she likes to take good care of it and we even grow fruits and vegetables.

My step-father did this with his back yard, and his hedges are so high that the city has to come in and trim them for him. I said, "Why did you let them grow so high?" and he said, "So that the neighbors wouldn't see me." Then I said, "But look at how much you have to pay the city to trim those suckers." I don't think that it is worth it to let hedges grow too high.

Shamefull

you may say that i am very unlucky to have no garden......my house is on the main road and there is no place even to park our car...we park it at some distance..this is becoz of the location..we live in the older and busy part of the city....which was not well planned and i wish that i shift soon to a new bungalow...where i can have some fresh air...and some greenery to see

haha =D Simple, they are plain lazy!! haha =D If not, they are not plant or garden lovers, whereby they just want the garden for showing off.. lol =D I hate people with such an attitude, only caring for themselves yet not sparing a thought for others. Since they decide to have a garden, they should take care of it, and not be affecting others with their laziness. IF anybody were to take action, helping to nip it, the owners will turn round and be accusing them for crime. BUt that's what i always do, seeing something that;s not right, i will take my own actions.. haha =D

There are alot of selfish people in the world. I think it gets worse all the time.

I guess this is your neighbor's yard? Do they need a wheel chair? Have you offered to help......maybe they are old and can't do it well enough now. Ask and find out.

I have no clue at all why there are people that don't take the time that is necessary to keep their garden in good shape. I do know that there are a lot of people that don't consider the fact that there are people in wheelchairs or pushing a stroller that need to get through at times, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me as to why they can't keep the edges in shape. It doesn't take very long at all and it makes the garden area a lot more attractive.

Report them to the Council! I used to work in Highways so I know that hedges overhanging a public footpath is illegal for the very reasons you describe. Imagine a blind person negotiating around a hedge overhanging the footway, it's unacceptable. Whether or not the Council would do anything (what with the cutbacks and all that) I don't know but it's worth a try.

They are lazy or don't have the right tools. Our ladylady has gottne very lax about the landscaping around our little fourplex. We don't really have a yard, but what there is frequently is grown over and tall with weeds. My husband got so irritated that he bought a weed eater to cut them down himself. She didn't even say thank you.

That sounds a little bit like laziness to me! I don't have a hedge now thankfully but I suppose it can be a lot of hard work when you have to trim it back! I suppose that more of an effort should be made as that is quite concerning when you have difficulty walking a wheelchair down a path! I don't think there's anything wrong with allowing a hedge to grow quite tall as a lot of people tend to enjoy the privacy that this gives them. However, they should at least trim the hedge back and keep it clear of the path. I would probably take an hour, two at most to get things sorted out. I'm glad that those days are over for myself! I don't think I will ever have a hedge again! Andrew

We have the same problems here in our street. Our next door neighbour have their trees overhanging the whole path. You have to duck your head to walk underneath them. There are others in the street that are the same. I too find it very annoying.

That is because they are "BUSY". You may of course read that as: 1. Lethargy - Weariness, Lassitude, Laziness & Indolence. 2. Callousness - Heartlessness, Cruelty, Insensitivity, Pitilessness & Lack of sympathy. 3. Bohemian - Free spirited, Nature loving & Unconventional. Everyman to himself, I suppose.

There are those that invest all their free time continuing to maintain their properties in a full life time. Then you have those to darn lazy I suppose that even if they can't afford to hire someone at least be considerate and chop them down out of the path. Especially since this can hurt a passerby.

There are not much gardens around here, but i have seen alot of similiar situations whereby ple will just let their plants keep growing. They don't bother to trim it at all. In the end, those plants will be dangling over the balcony, sometimes even outgrow to reach the next storey. I'm actually wondering why don't the owners do anything about their plant? Since they are growing them, they should be plant lovers and yet they allow their plants to be grown like that??