It's MY garden !

Maybe the little brat dear is a future horticulturalist who spends every Friday night avidly watching Gardeners World and was simply helping you out with some judicious dead heading?

Nah! Probably not.

Plant euphorbia, pyracantha and roses! x

Ashtree -

The same thing used to happen at my childhood home. My mother was not afraid to tell children off for pulling the heads off, or pulling up the flowers. They never did it again, my mother could be quite scary when she needed to be.

Oh tell him off - and his parents as well. Can't abide ignorant people - they shouldn't be allowed to breed

One of my favourite observations Roses , both for my own kids and the GC, is 'well they won't do that again!'

I think that's known as 'tough love' Anya!

Wire your flowers up to the mains, that'll larn 'em!

We once had a similar thread to this.I think it all depends on the neighbourhood you live in ninathenana.Sometimes children may regard this as a challenge if you tell them off, and take delight in always pulling off the flower heads and you can't be watching out for them the whole time, nor would you want to be!If you live in an area where the children are pretty well behaved on the whole, then a telling off may work.

UANBU!
I do get very cross with accompanying adults when they don't help their children to learn how to behave well. Children WILL do naughty things, but it's the job of parents to teach right from wrong.
A few days ago I walked through a local park and told off a boy of about ten who, noted by the four adults he was with, was shaking loose a newly planted tree. The park was very busy and I was one of three people who all called out to him to stop at the same time. I explained to the boy that the tree needed to be firmly rooted and that shaking could kill it by disturbing the roots - in the meantime the four adults with him all pretended they were invisible.

Children of that age should know better,parents of that age should as well. Don't let them think you are the one in the wrong.

Perhaps you could put a little trellis along the wall? (I know you shouldn't have to)

Oh, turn into her! You have every right. Ignorant parents.