So recently during lockdown I planted some new plants on the kerbside, and guess what someone stole them!
I don't have camera to prove it, do you have suggestions what I should do?
If I catch the people red handed, can I kill hurt them?
Someone Stole My New Plants
[Deactivated] on 16/09/2021 - 11:06
Last edited 16/09/2021 - 11:07
Last edited 16/09/2021 - 11:07
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I think it would be fairly easy to remove an airtag from a plant
Say you placed it in a waterproof enclosure within the soil or base. Anyone grabbing the plant isn't likely to notice the AirTag yet however, it will send you an alert soon as it's on the move. Especially good for things like bicycles locked up in public.
Edit: Assumption here is that the plants are in a pot. If not and OP planted them in the ground then maybe council removed them?
Think you need to change your user name if you want to Kill / Hurt someone over some plants goin byebye…..
I will be very happy after though?
do you live in a low socio-economic area?
Chain it to your porch ;-D
I thought the title was someone stole my new pants
Time to get new specsavers
I read the same, and dropped by with popcorns in hand.
Plant Cactus or Cacti.
(I'm glad we had this talk).1) Put up cameras
2) get a new sim and burner phone.
3) New email address.
4) Wait for them to "borrow" plants.
5) Put their face on posters asking for information on the people with your new phone number and email.
6) ???
7) Police?
7) Police?
They will do bugger all. Probably laugh behind your back while enjoying their donuts.
What is "…on the kerbside…"?
If you mean on your nature strip, that is fair game I reckon.Did you steal my plants?
Were they planted on your land?
Fair enough, it was outside my fence, so it's not on my land. I guess I can use this argument to steal my neighbour's plants, rubbish bins, and maybe cut their annoying trees that has been blocking my sun for years.
@[Deactivated]: Whomever took them probably thought they were recouping some of their council's rates.
Or, your neighbours were offended by your choice of plants (in the public place). Maybe they thought the plants didn't fit with the vibe of the street, and that they needed to be removed to reinstate the feel of the streetscape.
You answer my question first, and then I'll let you know.
Isn't that council land? OP shouldn't be growing plants there
Maybe the local council took themWas thinking the exact same thing.
It's very possible the council removed them, as the nature strip is actually council land.
I think if council removed them.They would have removed all the offending plants not just some of them. They probably would have sent a notice to remove and reinstate in a certain time or they will remove and charge cost to owner for removal
It depends on OPs council. Brisbane City Council is an example of a Council that allows and encourages verge gardens within their published guidelines.
Maybe the local council took them
I reckon the council removed them too…
You can't plant anything on the nature strip without their written approval.
You're joking right? If my kid leaves his bike on the nature strip, you think it's fair game that someone can just come and take his bike? That's theft.
It's actually a bit confusing because some people leave stuff on the nature strip to giveaway
I would warn your kids to not do so otherwise someone may think you're wanting to get rid of itI didn't realise they're so many criminal lawyers on the forum
I suppose the planted plants were just asking for it.
I do teach my kids not to leave things around, I also teach them not to steal
@[Deactivated]: OP hasn't made it clear if they were potted or in the ground.
If it's the former, it could be confused for being given away.
If it's the latter then it's obviously not but may have been removed by the council (or yes a scumbag uprooted and took it)
Either way, I'd advise against anyone leaving anything on the nature strip, it is after all council land not yours@[Deactivated]: People leave things on the kerb for kerbside pickup.
If it's there for pickup, it's not "stealing" like you seem to be implying.
However there is a difference between a bike left on the kerb by itself and a bike left on the kerb alongside a couch and a bunch of other random crap.
@coffeeinmyveins: I've seen people leave furniture and other items left out even during non-kerbside pickup times.
I wouldn't take a bike just in case it wasn't meant to be given away (especially a kid's which is more prone to carelessness) but all I'm saying is that anything left on the curbside might be mistaken for being given away and may not be malicious intent. This is why I'd advise against leaving anything there@coffeeinmyveins: I'm aware of the concept of kerbside pickup and I'm not implying taking from kerbside cleaning is stealing. I agree with your last paragraph. Most people also put a "free" sign if they are giving it away when it's not clean up time.
Clearly if the plants were planted in the ground and someone dug them up it is stealing. And I hope OP have common sense not to waste any of our time by leaving potted plants by the kerbside and post about it when that's taken.
Council could've removed it but hopefully they have the common courtesy of informing OP about council policies
@[Deactivated]: It is planted on the ground. Inside the ground. Not potted. Not sure what else to say.
Someone dug the freshly planted plant out. It is obviously newly planted. So whoever did it must have morally concious it is a theft, whether it is legal or not because it is outside my fence.
Looking at the replies, like gg57 user above people in this forum is morally absolutely barbarians. Learn to know what is right, not just what is legal. YOU are Disgusting
@[Deactivated]: Ok, it couldn't be mistaken for being given away. Have you checked your local council rules on planting on the nature strips just to ensure it wasn't the council that removed it?
@[Deactivated]: Oh you planted it in the ground outside your land. It was probably council and not straight assumption of theft then.
Example:-
Where suitable, we will gladly plant a tree on your nature strip, free of charge. However, any street tree planting carried out by residents without consulting us may result in:
- sightline difficulties
- inconsistency of trees in the streetscape
- future damage to our infrastructure or private property, and/or
- public liability claims or the added difficulty of ongoing maintenance.
As trees planted on our property become our responsibility, the legacy of such tree problems may not become evident for years.
In such cases, we will look at options with residents to reach a suitable outcome, however, if there are no alternatives, we may remove inappropriately planted trees and replant with a more suitable tree.
https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/environment-and-sustainabili…
You shouldn't be planting outside your land boundary anyway so suggestion is stop doing so and move on and/or contact council to get it done properly.
That’s hard rubbish, metal collectors will be all over it
What sort of lowlife steals plants off a verge?
Do you also steal park benches because they are in the park?what is a verge ?
…do you have suggestions what I should do?
Buy a box of tissues.
Seen it happen. Stripped out all the new plants landscapers put in. The replacements had chains around any larger tree trunks. Don't recall how they secured chains.
Happened to me several years ago.
Several expensive rose bushes in the front garden disappeared one night.
Police said that thieves had hit a large number of houses in the town that night so thefts were obviously well planned.
Police told me that if I wanted plants back just go to the local Sunday Market and if I could identify my roses they might follow up on the theft.
Waste of time.
If I catch the people red handed, can I kill hurt them?
Please do - for me also.
Several expensive rose bushes in the * front garden * disappeared one night.
Front garden being on your property, or the kerb? Sounds like your situation's different than OP's where he put stuff on council land and yours was private property.
Please do - for me also.
What's with you two and bloodlust over a freaking plant? You must be those people who instantly get road rage if someone cuts you off.
Our house here doesn't have a front fence, so potted plants (roses mostly) amongst large trees were just inside the invisible property boundary.
On one sunny morning I noticed two people standing in front of our house behind the trees, and the next thing saw them running. I quickly reviewed cctv footage and saw one of them snatched a small potted herb! I ran after them, caught up to one holding my plant and had to physically fight because she just didn't let go and kept insisting it was hers even after I said her action was caught in the cctv and I would call the police. In retrospect I should have just punched her in the face.
I immediately relocated all the potted plants away from the nature strip, but two weeks later the same pair came back at night and I could hear them talking in the cctv footage "oh they are gone" Spotlight from the cctv clearly didn't bother them.
I don't know where those riff raffs came from. This is not a low-socioeconomic area.
Put up cameras, put a sign up.
They'll wear a hoodie and a covid mask, and it could be anyone of 10,000,000 Australians.
I like how you subtly acknowledge non-mask wearing people. Very inclusive of you.
Had it happen to me too. Had beautiful standard roses about 1.5M high. One morning someone came along and pulled two of them straight out of the ground but left a few others there. So random.
Thorny issue this (my commiserations to OP….take the KILL option)
Add cement to the potting mix, the plants will be too heavy to lift out and steal. WIN!
OP Why are you planting stuff on council land? That's not your property, don't do it.
Someone on my street decided to recently plant some things on the nature strip including a wooden box around the tree that was there, so it went with the style of their house.
Guess what council made them do one week later - at their expense :)
If I catch the people red handed, can I kill hurt them?
Not sure if you're serious or not, but if you are serious and you "hurt" someone for stealing what is on council land (read: not your private property) then you'd be up for assault. Even if it was on your private land unless they were attacking you, you'd be up for assault.
At the end of the day, this isn't your property. This is the same as if you went to your local park and planted something.
Why is your name has church on it? Is it satanic church?
Church isn't an uncommon surname
It is uncommon to use surname as username. Mr Runner.
@[Deactivated]: Yeah I wouldn't do it but there is just one letter before church possibly an initial for first name
Irrelevant to the topic either way@[Deactivated]: Who said that's my surname? By that logic your first name is "Just", your middle name is "Be" and your last name is "Happy".
You're a strange fellow.
It's not an Assault, if I don't get caught. That's why I don't want to put camera.
It's not theft if they don't get caught either, under that logic.
Right. Good luck with that then.
OP thinks whoever took his precious plants will come back, and knock on his door for a smackdown. 🤣😂😭
This thread reminds me of the ones that HelloPam2019 (now: screensaver) routinely creates.
@DoctorCalculon: Wouldn't be surprised if it get's closed for sockpuppetting. HelloPam
Anyway my 2 cents.
OP @DisabledUser393841. Most Councils as some have already stated from the Council sites that generally you can't plant anything on the naturestrip without Council permission.The plants probably shouldn't have been there in the first place. The Council have issues with it not being safe. That is their argument. It's their land anyway. Mind you we are the ones that have to mow it. I always think that is a bit ridiculous, but that is another post
As for @GG57 comment about it being fair game, I don't think so as obviously they weren't simply sitting in pots but planted. Understand morally it may be wrong for someone to steal them out of the ground. Do you have friendly neighbours. Could there be a neighbourly stoush your not detailing.
Threatening someone with hurt is a bit much.
At the end of the day things get stolen or vandaliaed all the time. Had some Christmas snowman decoration staked in the natutestrip as part of our Xmas display, and some random passer by double backed and grabbed it and stuck it up his jumper and walked away CCTVd. Some ppl are just nutters. Who does that.
You can report stuff stolen from your property to police and just claim through insurance if significant. Not really anything you can do for stuff on naturestrip.
In new estates and new planted garden beds, it's common for plants to be stolen for other projects in massive numbers. Plants aren't cheap, so ppl think oh ill just take the 30cm $20 rose. plants etc for my new garden.
I think the title is incorrect as you may feel that they were stolen, but they were not on your land so anyone can just remove them even council as they should even have been planted there without permission. OP did you get permission from Council?
Which suburb is this?
Neverland
probably lives in a gronk area
Absolutely zero sympathy for you, OP.
Neg me all you like, anything left on council land ("kerb side") is fair game. You don't own the land.
So, your plants weren't stolen, and you shouldn't have planted them there in the first place.Had someone trespassed onto your property and taken them, then you have the right to complaint.
Did not remember asking for one
Some of these replies are a bit hostile. Isn't there a way to say you can't use council land without being a total you know what ?
Some of these replies are from OP. Seems to be a bit tetchy.
Yeah you're right. Maybe a comment set him off ? I dunno, either way I still feel like some folks just launch straight into the insults
Not really, sometimes people are awful like that.
One day things like AirTags or Tiles will be super cheap and ubiquitous to tag all our belongings. Valuable and sentimental.