Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Veolia Vandalism
This morning I went into the front garden after the recycling collection to find my hebe small tree had been felled. As it was perfectly upright, I can only conclude that the recycling team have damaged it. It is now beyond repair as it has been snapped off at the root.
I have had this plant for over a decade and enjoy it when it blossoms, so I am very upset. I know that the collection are always in a hurry, but do they have to be so cavalier about it?
I know in the multitude of things, this is not much to complain about, but still feel I must comment about this. Maybe other people have had their plants damaged?
I have emailed Veolia and also my local ward councillors.
Louisa Spivack
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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They may be able to compensate, I had a similar problem with my Heuchera's, which I call football plants, as the kids kick their football, snapping their stem, I put them back in the soil, I get another plant. Sadly this won't work for you. You get full credit though, 10 years is awesome, I can't get Hebe's to last the Summer out, without leaf burn then inevitable death. Heuchera's, might be a stop gap, they've been pee'd on, stood on, bins left on...
I had a Mimosa Hedge which the builders put scaffold on top of, split it beyond recognition, so bloody annoying.
I would put the bins in a ready position that makes their life simple, so they can't drag anything over your front garden.
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Permalink Reply by Louisa Spivack on
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Thanks Matthew.
My bins are in a good position and there is no need to pull them over my wall. I think they are just lazy and harrassed (that is in a hurry to get the road done, and not bothering with the result).
Have now got my local councillor involved.
Best wishes, Louisa
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Its because the bins are far too large for our small front gardens. The refuse policy with fortnightly collections is untenable and has only served to make Haringey look very messy.
The police recommends gravel as being a good security mesure against intruders so I put them down, now every week I have to sweep stones off the path as veoli pull rather than wheel the bins.
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