I can imagine how I would feel if I came home one day and saw strangers enjoying - and destroying - my beautiful garden. The problem is not that they thought that this was a public park… Honestly, I'd feel good about my gardening skills if I were told this. The problem was that people didn't realize how hard it was to get in. According to the story, they had to walk through parked cars and two gates to access the yard.
But imagine that maybe a public park has that amount of security… fine. Don't you see that's next to a house? And what about the parked cars? I don't get it, truly.
I'm getting mad, but I have two things to add. Firstly, these people weren't being careful about keeping the place nice and as pretty as they found it. And more importantly, if this garden was indeed a public one, you should be twice as careful and not let your kid destroy the planted flowers. Secondly, when the man asked them what they were doing in his garden, their response was mean and disrespectful! Come on, you have to understand that this is not a place for you to sit and enjoy the day!
After this anecdote, I'm sure that the homeowners decided to put up a fence claryfing that's private property, because I wouldn't imagine how crazy it would be to come home every day and find strangers in your yard.
Now, how pretty that garden must be, and how good his wife should be at gardening, for having people mistake it for a public place? I'm sure it must be beautiful indeed, and as I said at the top, I'd feel good about myself and take this trespassing problem as a good compliment! But only after I got angry at the ugly response they gave…