Gardener left in tears after 'disgusting' $300 act

The woman is 'devastated' after her lovingly planted flowers were stolen overnight.

Sophie Coghill
·News Reporter
·2-min read
Large dug-out holes in the soil (left) and the flower bed prior to the theft on the Ropes Crossing property (right).
The gardener was devastated when $300 worth of flowers she had recently planted at the Sydney property had been stolen. Source: Facebook

A student and home gardener is "devastated" after finding dug-out holes where she once lovingly planted flowers, leaving her $300 out of pocket and crying from the shock.

The woman had decorated the entrance of her small business with vibrant flowers in Ropes Crossing in Sydney's west, however overnight an unknown offender appeared to have dug up the flowers and taken the lot for themselves, with the woman in disbelief when she spotted the aftermath on Thursday morning.

"Overnight someone has destroyed my newly planted garden... Apparently we cannot even have a garden at the back without people being absolute scum and taking what is not theirs!" she wrote on social media.

She explained the $300 it cost her to plant the flowers had been a big investment, and now being empty-handed was disheartening.

"The garden didn't even last a week... I cannot stop crying," she said.

It isn't the first time an Aussie has lost a plant or outdoor flowers thanks to a thief, with another woman in Sydney recently learning her neighbour was the culprit behind the fate of her lost plant.

Last week an error from an Australia Post worker meant her parcel was delivered to the wrong address, with the resident finding her lost plant tucked behind a corner outside her neighbour's property — ending an 18-month-long mystery.

A plant was found tucked behind a neighbour's property in Sydney (left) and a sign erected outside a Sydney home reads,
Many Aussies have been victims of plant theft in the last few years. Source: Reddit/Supplied

Back in 2021, a family were forced to erect a handwritten sign outside their home in a desperate plea to have their stolen plant returned to them, explaining the ashes of a relative had been planted in the soil.

Some have even gone to expensive lengths to track down and call out thieves stealing their plants, with residents in Adelaide putting Apple Airtags in their plants after burglars were on the loose for months.

On social media, people called the Ropes Crossing incident a "disgrace" and, in an attempt to comfort the student, said "karma will come for them [the thief]".

"They've not just stolen money value but the joy your garden brought to you, and everyone who passed it," one woman wrote.

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