Gardener Constantly Harassed By City, Gets Approval From Conservation Department

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Jun 16, 2022 12:00 PM EDT

When this garden owner (I'll admit they don't seem to be doing much actual gardening at all) was contacted by the local city authority and told that they needed to reign their sprawling wilderness reserve in, they instead decided to contact the local conservation group to see what they thought of it and to get any tips they might have on how they could improve their "garden."

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by the garden owner, Reddit user u/IamasimpforObi-Wan. (As a quick aside, I have noticed SO MANY accounts that have something to do with Obi-Wan over the last couple of weeks. I wonder why…) They posted this topic to the popular subreddit, well, to share their malicious compliance that they delightfully executed when they were asked to improve their gardens by the city authorities.

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