the reason people ask this is because in america there are some cities that have outlawed gardens and types of plants you can plant in your front yard, it is insane. So the question is not that ridiculous but i am sure it seems ridiculous to new zealanders just like it laws banning gardens are ridiculous but they do exist
Re:Lenin was a mushroom
by shavingspiders on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:36PM
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I thought it was because of some weird laws coming through to limit small commercial gardening through licensing, and it blew totally out of proportion as people misunderstood it.
While I can't speak to garden state-laws, I can see some good reasons to outlaw poisonous plants in a garden that is accessible to children in a neighbourhood. Especially some of those cruel plants that look like they have good tasting berries that can in fact kill a five year old.
Re:Lenin was a mushroom
by adrianratnapala on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:03AM
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The laws in question are not about poisonous plants. It's about laws try to force people to have ornamental gardens rather than veggie patches to keep up the "tone" of the neighbourhood.
Re:Lenin was a mushroom
by rkuykendall-com on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @03:04PM
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...my fiancée told this to her family last weekend, seriously.
I cannot wait to send her the OOTL post.
r/Ireland does this from time to time to American tourists who ask too patronising questions
On a related note, someone posted a question to r/newzealand if it was true that having a vegetable garden is illegal in NZ[0]. The entire subreddit then spontaneously decided that indeed it was.
The deadpan was so well done, that it had lots of people actually confused, if not convinced!
r/OutOfTheLoop post "outing" the hoax: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/4ovxb1/is_the...
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/2nem47/can_you_...