Blooming barmy: Council forces couple to dig up flowerbed over health and safety rules

To me, this decision is quite literally blooming petty. There is no other way to describe it

William Geidt

Mrs Geidt, who is a full-time carer to her 91-year-old mother, said: "It seems petty and heavy handed and we feel like we're being singled out."

She said that they are in fear of cars crashing into their home and the flowers show a clear boundary in poor visibility.

"From our own experience we know it is difficult to see the edge of the road in snow and there is a real responsibility of a serious accident if drivers skid down the bank into our cottage.

"The flower bed helps to make it very obvious where the edge of the road is.

"We spend hours tending to the border and planting it each year, we spend money on buying the plants as well.

"It is tragic to think we might have to pull it all up and we are willing to compromise but a sensible compromise," she continued.

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