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Is life nowadays all about image?

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paddyann54 Thu 10-Sept-26 11:04:21

We had a wee going away do for a lovely young couple moving on to be closer to their jobs.
We asked the immediate neighbours who are a friendly bunch,most who have been here for 30+years.
They know I do the garden but none have ever been in the back garden.
I was surprised when a couple of folk said “your garden is stunning ,but why do you do it when nobody else sees it”?
It never occurred to me that their carefully coiffed front gardens were only done because people saw them .Now I,m wondering is that how a lot of people think are back gardens less important to you than the ones on show at the front?
And …is that how people live their lives? Is Whats on show the only important thing ?

JenniRen Fri 11-Sept-26 11:03:57

Years ago I remember front gardens being very ordered, clipped privet hedges, a well cut lawn, flower borders with wallflowers and other annuals.

Nowadays many people seem to be into rewilding (or neglect in some cases).

Aveline Fri 11-Sept-26 11:06:39

Fashions change in gardening as well as everything else.