My overgrown hedge and who has cut it?

I did suggest that but I think there's more to it than an act of 'kindness'.

tanith

Perhaps it was just someone doing you a kindness. I’d find someone who removes garden waste for a price. It will be a weight off your mind.

Agreed. I'd regard it as someone having been kind.

Maybe the best way to approach this is to put up a notice on the local Facebook page (without mentioning you are "local" - as that is not relevant and might annoy some people).

Just put something along the lines of "Thank you very much to whoever it was that kindly cut back the brambles etc at my house. They need to be disposed of appropriately now - eg taken to the tip - and so is there anyone that could dispose of them for me please. Reasonable costs and charge per hour paid for this".

It can't do any harm. In fact you should land up with a few suggestions as to who could do this for you and you might even get lucky and have someone offer to do this for you for nothing.

Perhaps arrange for small stone bollards or rocks along the edge of the garden?

Two things struck me:

(b) the brambles actually stop anyone parking on my front/ bank because they have to park out further into the lane which means they would obstruct it. In the past people have tried to park there , especially on my slope/ bank.

(c) its a busy lane and dangerous to actually stand and pull anything off unless you have help with someone in the road/ cones or similar to stop yourself being run over.

People will park on aprilrose's front garden if the brambles are not there.

There is a lot of traffic on the lane so they want to park on her front garden because otherwise their cars might get bumped.

If this is correct, then they have darned cheek!
I'd be arranging for someone to come and put those small stone pillars along the front of my garden to stop them parking there.

I might have misunderstood, of course.

aprilrose, your life sounds very stressful. Having a husband suffering the after effects of a stroke plus suffering from dementia is a severe stressor in itself. Do you have aany help and assistance lookibg after your DH? Have you spoken to the Alzheimers Society about your problems and asked whether you can get any help of any kind. Their national answerphone helpline number is 0333 150 3456 . They are a voice to talk to and also a fund of useful information to help you reduce your mental and probably physical load.

As for the brambles why not put a note on the village website or local Facebook page expressing thanks for someone for clearing the brambles aand saying while you understand why the prunings were left in your graden you are - roughly what you age is - 80+ for example - and your DH has dementia so it not possible for you to clear the prunings yourself, could someone do this for you.

BlueBelle

My thoughts exactly!
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BlueBelle

I couldn’t visualise it either it sounded quite complicated

I might have to sketch it.

We have problems here too with a couple of neighbours' gardens growing over the road but what to do?
We don't want to upset them as we all get on well (at the moment!).

I couldn’t visualise it either it sounded quite complicated

Yes, I do need a plan view!!

It's slightly difficult to visualise the front wall and the brambles and how far they lean out into the lane but could it be that someone wants to park there and cut the brambles so they could? i.e. is anyone now parking there.

Car drivers now have the most awful attitude of complete entitlement to driver at speed and park anywhere - certainly in Gloucestershire and I suspect the rest of the UK.

Perhaps contact Age Concern for their advice re a gardener

Good idea, sue421

I understood aprilrose to sat that where people were parking was on her land, if so, theyhave no right to do that.

It doesn't seem very kind to me to clear brambles, pampas grass, etc from someone's front garden then dump them back on her garden.

Presumably people in the village.age know your situation, aprilrose and could either offer to help or suggest someone who could, even if you have to pay.

Whatever happened to community spirit?

Is there a local Facebook page? Could you ask on there, say thank you for clearing the brambles but you can't possibly remove them, could they come and help?

I think that someone took the time to cut your hedge, perhaps they feared being told to mind their own business, Half of it has been done now so find someone to take away the clippings and perhaps say thank you through the parish magazine. Also ask for a gardener to help you monthly.
Perhaps contact Age Concern for their advice re a gardener. Re the 'water leak' perhaps put an article in the parish magazine to say it is a spring.
Perhaps contact Carers Support for advice. Also if you live in a village do they have coffee mornings etc, you say you can't leave your husband which I really understand but you could make a cake for the coffee morning. Just to break the ice with the newcomers to the village. I hope that I have not offended you.
Sometimes we all feel flustered by what we can't do but usually there is a solution, it is just looking for it.

It is my understanding that boundary hedges, ie. between people's properties can be cut down by another person if branches are overhanging and causing problems. Any branches should be placed on your property. None of this is illegal although I always think it is polite to mention it to the other person.
If the local council have cleared it due to it being overgrown then I would expect them to remove all the vegetation they cut down.
You say you were reported recently over a supposed water leak and now if you are making parking difficult with neglected brambles perhaps someone, not necessarily the same person, has taken it upon themselves to do something about it. You don't have the right to make parking difficult for others and people can get very wound up about parking issues. If drivers are trespassing on your property, then that would be a different matter but a public highway is for anyone to park there whether we like it or not.
I would have a look at your local Facebook pages for someone willing to remove the rubbish always making sure they are reputable and won't fly tip. Perhaps you might be able to find a local person happy to do some gardening for you as well.

Perhaps it was just someone doing you a kindness. I’d find someone who removes garden waste for a price. It will be a weight off your mind.

If this was a job you were going to have to do I think it’s good that someone has helped you although it’s a bit unsettling to not know who ? Perhaps they thought you’d have a nice surprise or perhaps they thought you’d say no if they said anything
Have they actually been onto your property to do it or is it all outside your perimeters ?if they have been on your private property that’s not right but if it’s all overhanging etc and not on your property it should be a help to you
I think if that was the case I d just employ someone to remove the cut stuff and be happy(ish) I m sure you can find an odd job man to cut it up and remove it, you don’t really need a gardener if it’s already been cut
Rather cheeky but if it saves you a job ….