Two of my planters were stolen today.. This is the first time anything like this has happened to me. Guess I just wanted to share my frustration with some people who get it.

freeseasy · 3 months

I run a demonstration garden in my city, the goal of which is to increase the number of local gardeners. Over the last few years I have had dozens of plants stolen from my garden, some of them were dug up from the ground. At first my initial reaction is to get mad, but eventually I can't help but be happy that someone out there is growing my plants. It may seem weird, but if more people are gardening, I feel as if I won, even if they are gardening on my dime. I'm sure it wont make you feel better to hear my opinions on people thieving from me, but at least you know your not alone in getting your plants stolen from you.

nonsequitur1979 · 3 months

I feel your pain. I once moved to a neighborhood where, unbeknownst to me, anything not bolted down typically disappears or gets vandalized in some way. If this becomes a recurring problem, motion-activated security lights are a solid idea and if you want to go the extra mile, motion-activated game cameras can help catch whatever hominid or other mammalian animals you wish to incriminate.

KermitP · 3 months

My parents had about 10 well established,large hostas in their front yard. Had been there for years. They moved out of that house, but would end up keeping it and leasing it out for a year or two. During one of the periods that the house was not occupied, someone dug up and stole about half the hostas.

I mean, I just assume that people who would recognize that they were large healthy plants, and care about that, are not the kind people low enough on the socioeconomic scale to need to steal shit straight out of someone's yard. Every time I think back on it I imagine some middle-class+ retiree doing it and sneaking it back to their well maintained and landscaped backyard garden. Blows my mind.

beefjerkier · 3 months

I had a plant stolen a while back too. It was a Miracle berry, and I was pissed for the entire day. I put up a reward sign at the site of the theft and someone came by later on, totally embarrassed, thinking it was an abandoned plant from the previous homeowners.

Trememetic · 3 months

This is horrible, especially since I am a enthusiastic container gardener - Example Picture here -I know how much those specialized planters can cost. I am sorry that you have to experience people who actually believe that what's yours is theirs. I have yet to lose a planter (LOTS of them around the exterior of my house!), but last summer someone did come and pick all of the tomatoes that I had growing in my raised beds in both the front and the back yard. I like to tell myself they were really hungry, because the alternative is putting up fences and locks for what is currently a pretty display for the neighborhood that shows what a little nurturing of nature can do.

Edit: Added picture

phanasonic · 3 months

Bleh! That sucks... Sorry they had to take the ones that actually meant something to you. I've got a few outside my door that I expect will be jacked soon (but they're just cheap terracotta with sago palms...heh).

Drumlin · 3 months

Sorry to hear about that. If you can figure out who did it, might I suggest enlisting 4chan for their help? Haha.

I lived in Chicago for a while, and while I never lost one to theft, I did lose a couple of plastic ones to fireworks one 4th of July. Some asshole punks were shooting bottle rockets down the alley, and a few ended up exploding on my 3rd floor back porch.

infsmwetrust · 3 months

I'm so sorry to hear that! So hard for non-gardeners to understand what those little ceramic pots mean to us.

This is one of the reasons I'm leery of keeping my houseplants outside in the summer, although I know it's better for the plants. I only keep heavy, clunky planters on the front yard.

Themehmeh · 3 months

when I lived in an apartment one of my planters full of pretty petunias was stolen from me. I got it back a month or so later and all the plants were completely dead. It was a little creepy.

hopelessfail · 3 months

I'm sorry for your loss! People are fucking jerks. When I had a small place at college I had some potted tomatoes on my front stoop that some dickface kids stole on moving-out-day. >:[

lambseathams · 3 months

I have always found it supremely bizarre that people steal greenery and plantstuffs. Sorry for your loss!

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