Re: leaving your garden behind
- Subject: Re: leaving your garden behind
- From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" lindsey@mallorn.com
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 13:59:29 -0600
> It's a shame (on me) that just now I have visited Tom's site for the first time now that's he's retiring. This brings up a thought that I have had on and off everytime my husband makes noises about moving closer to his job...
>
> I have a real fear of selling my house to a non gardener. I often wonder if it would be in bad taste to remove many of my plants before a move, if I knew or feared that they would be thrown away ( and probably not composted!)
>
> Fortunately this is still a VERY moot discussion - Don't worry Cheryl! Just thought I'd put this up for discussion.
Hi Monica,
If I were moving, I would do one of two things:
1. I would move all of my special plants to a holding area in a friend's
yard and would replant my yard with more common (and probably
more appreciated by the average homeowner) plants from
Lowe's or whatever. This would be done prior to the move.
I could then move the plants back from the friend's yard at
my leisure.
2. If I didn't have time to do that beforehand, I'd make it a condition
in the contract that I could remove plants and replace them with
newer ones that weren't as valuable to me. Having a complete
landscape plan with a list of plants that would be added to the new
design would be necessary; otherwise there would be too much room for
disagreement later. This could be done before the new owners move
in (the old plants would have to be in a holding area) or while
the new owners live there if you're still close enough to show up
to do work.
Chris
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