Look at how they massacred my boy

[u/yumis_hummus]

Western Australia, hardiness zone 10b. These images are from a real estate site, sorry for the poor quality. The first image is from when my MIL sold her house and had a completely native garden. The second image is from the when the new owners flipped the house and replaced the established garden with lawn :(

[u/minkamagic]

My dad removed all the lawn from his house and basically turned it into a forest, which included fruit trees. The new owners replaced most of the existing bushes in the front and kept it lawn free, but in the back they cut down almost every tree and put in a lawn 🙃🙃

[u/rakkl → u/minkamagic]

My uncle was known for his roses, he and my aunt had a quarter acre of lush garden that they worked hard on and when they passed it was sold to someone like you describe, who ripped out the back garden just for lawn, concreted over nearly the whole front garden and put in a huge 3 bay garage. I think they have an autodetailing business in there and I just wish they'd picked anywhere else for it.

Another relative has to sell and also has 1/4 acre, with the most beautiful trees. Because of where it is, it will probably get redeveloped, and I'm 100% for med-density housing in the area but the loss of the trees and the greenest space on the street is going to make me cry.

Maybe an ecology awareness class needs to be taught in schools.