Crimes Against Horticulture: When Bad Taste Meets Power Tools

Crimes Against Horticulture: When Bad Taste Meets Power Tools I've been obsessed with the heinous acts perpetrated against trees, shrubs, and other growies. This page create by Billy Goodnick, Landscape Architect
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People Perpetrating Pointless Pruning On Peaceful Plants Founder: Billy Goodnick, landscape architect, educator and author of "Yards: Turn Any Outdoor Space Into the Garden of Your Dreams" - Founded February 2011 I think it's very instructional - and lots more fun - to learn by showing bad examples, than to look at all the luscious color coffeetable garden books for a clue. My hope is that all of you will find, share, and root out the crimes that surround us.

I’m indecisive about which angle to frame for display over the mantle at the CAH Headquarters Executive Suite. Help!
06/15/2026

I’m indecisive about which angle to frame for display over the mantle at the CAH Headquarters Executive Suite. Help!

For one brief moment I imagined I’d been swept away to a burbling mountain stream. Then the ‘shrooms wore off.
06/10/2026

For one brief moment I imagined I’d been swept away to a burbling mountain stream. Then the ‘shrooms wore off.

It doesn’t take a lot of natural beauty to help offset the impact of our urban infrastructure
06/08/2026

It doesn’t take a lot of natural beauty to help offset the impact of our urban infrastructure

Can you tell the difference between these two specimens of Smooth Sumac, aka Rhus glabra? (Let us send bright healing r...
06/05/2026

Can you tell the difference between these two specimens of Smooth Sumac, aka Rhus glabra?

(Let us send bright healing rays of sunshine and hope to Dan Deranleau who Vancouver BC)

If you had the courage to knock on this crack smoking neighbor’s door with a bit of horticultural advice for their bottl...
05/31/2026

If you had the courage to knock on this crack smoking neighbor’s door with a bit of horticultural advice for their bottlebrush “trees”, what would you say? (And let’s keep it rated PG - I know, it would be tough)

THE CARDINAL RULE TO AVOID A CRIME AGAINST HORTICULTURE IS TO KNOW THE PREDICTABLE MATURE SIZE OF A PLANT. DON’T STUFF A...
05/31/2026

THE CARDINAL RULE TO AVOID A CRIME AGAINST HORTICULTURE IS TO KNOW THE PREDICTABLE MATURE SIZE OF A PLANT. DON’T STUFF A ROTTWEILER WHERE THERE’S ONLY ROOM FOR A YORKIE!

Any CAH fans out there who know how to set up the Stars earning system for payout? I've dug into the set-up but not 100%...
05/29/2026

Any CAH fans out there who know how to set up the Stars earning system for payout? I've dug into the set-up but not 100% sure how it works. With so many fans and the fact that I bring joy (and the occasional nausea) to so many, I'm thinking there should be some kind of benefit (besides your adoration). DM me...

Every Japanese Maple deserves an authentic Japanese bowler hat. This one occupies the Twilight Zone somewhere between "W...
05/29/2026

Every Japanese Maple deserves an authentic Japanese bowler hat. This one occupies the Twilight Zone somewhere between "WTF were you thinking" and "My, but you're the clever one." What's your take?

Contributed by Rain Riven, seen in Tigard, Oregon

And the hits just keep on coming. These just sent in by Palm Springs correspondent Pablo Nahuel Miraglia. Shopping cente...
05/19/2026

And the hits just keep on coming. These just sent in by Palm Springs correspondent Pablo Nahuel Miraglia. Shopping center landscaping at its worst. Besides, who needs shade trees in Palm Spring?

🎉 Facebook recognized me as a top rising creator this week! BFD
05/19/2026

🎉 Facebook recognized me as a top rising creator this week! BFD

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