Flower filchers, redux — What drives the strange and scurrilous garden thief?
Here’s what so irritating about plant thefts. The people who steal plants right out of the ground must not really be gardeners. If they were gardeners, they would understand that plants cost money. They’re not just these free things that happen to sprout up out of the ground by chance. A person who would never take your wallet or steal a candy bar from the drugstore feels perfectly comfortable taking a plant that you paid $7.99 for and then spent time planting, watering, feeding and fussing over.
So surely these people aren’t gardeners, right? They’re non-gardeners who imagine that plants have no monetary value and are therefore free for the taking, right? But on the other hand, they feel such a strong desire to garden that they’re willing to resort to a life of crime just to experience the thrill of putting a plant in the ground?
Really, it’s a mystery. If you’ve got any insight or any plant theft stories of your own, drop me a note.
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