Unreasonable about neighbours pines in my synthetic grass?

blackstar

Hello all

Just wondering if anyone thinks I am unreasonable for being dissapointed that my neighbour who has a huge pine tree, size of 2 houses in height. Well we just paid alot of money for synthetic grass to make garden look nice. 
However, this pine tree sheds so much, and daily my nice new garden looks like this. 
It takes hours each day to vacume it all off as it gets embedded into the synthetic grass and have heard it can damage the synthetic grass by causing mold. 
I've spoken to him but he is not interested in doing anything about it  
It partly hangs over into our garden whixh I know we can cut off the branches that hang into our garden legally with out his permission but that would cost hundreds and not sure how it would be possible, would need a crane or something to get up there. 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Only because you asked Yes unfortunately I think it’s an unreasonable expectation, particularly as the tree must have been there first.

Trees provide homes for thousands of insects as well as birds, they soak up carbon dioxide, increase our general wellbeing and their pine needles rot into the ground providing food for other insects and such as well putting nutrients in the soil for new life to grow, it would be a crying shame to cut it down to keep a sheet of plastic clean.  

There was talk of banning plastic grass here in Wales and personally I think they can’t ban it quick enough.

At the side of our house is a 2x4 metre patch of scrub land, I used to mow it so it looked tidy then our kid noticed these emerald green beetles, Googled it and they are Dock Beetles, underneath the leaves are thousands of eggs, mowing that patch of land is like wiping out a miniature universe. 

Our grass is full of daisies, buttercups and purple clover flowers which the bees, wasps, hover flies and bee beetles (kid spotted these too, a beetle that looks like a bee so it can blend in, nature is wonderful!) all love. 

A block of green plastic as a garden is very depressing IMHO (as is a bowling green lawn really), and the fallen pine needles at least add a bit of colour and warmth making it look a bit more like a garden should. 

Sorry!  

secla

Pretty unreasonable as you must have known about the pine needles before putting the "grass" there, you could certainly ask for them to cut branches but i wouldn't think it would make much difference.

subjecttocontract

Whilst I can see how it is annoying for you, your neighbour is entitled to grow plants/trees in his garden just as much as you are entitled to lay artificial grass in yours. Why can't you sweep it up ?

kimwp

It's not reasonable to be disappointed by a tree that was already there before you put the "grass" in.

david29dpo

bought house next to a pub and then complain about the noise springs to mind.

teaselMay

Yes it's unreasonable to lay a sheet of plastic and expect the preexistent nature to not fall on it.

A sheet of plastic is never going to improve the look of a garden. If you'd left it as something living the fallen leaves and spines would have provided nutrients rather than frustration

Chloe_G

You are being unreasonable if you think that synthetic grass makes your garden look 'nice'.  It doesn't.  Use the money you want to spend on having your neighbour's trees cut down and spend it on getting the synthetic grass taken away (to landfill where it will take centuries to decompose) and replace it with turf. 

Largs

Ive one of those tress in the garden next door, it's usually after high winds it does that into my own garden so not too often.  Annoying I suppose but I can't change what nature does.

Flugelhorn

take up the plastic grass, it really doesn't look nice - mark it up to experience and put back some proper grass, or a chamomile lawn 

silvercar

Your choice to have synthetic grass, whoever advised you on the install should have pointed out that there were tall trees nearby that would shed onto it. (Though they may point out you could see the trees yourself, they could have mentioned the effect it would have on your grass.)

In the same way that people with “real” grass feed, weed, mow and even water it, you are going to have to invest sometime in your artificial grass, a blower or vacuum would help.