Spoiling the view

Why do you go to the botanical gardens?

I go to enjoy nature, breath some relatively fresh air and get the children out the house and away from electronic devices. I also enjoy the little bit of exercise that I get from walking around the place. I relax and connect to my inner soul and sometimes take my shoes off to feel the grass beneath my feet and interact with the earth. I want to teach my children to enjoy and cherish the beauty of nature and the earth.

But how disappointing when I get there to find the remnants of a party strewn all across the lush lawns.The lawn isn't looking so natural with champagne bottles and blue serviettes lying all over the place. And the rose garden should have bark chips keeping the soil damp, not ice-cream wrappers. 

Who are these people that come to one of the few places we have left in the cities to be with nature and leave a trail of destruction and filth behind them? If they are allowed to continue behaving as they please these havens of nature will soon only feature in scrapbooks of what our city used to look like.

How do you suggest we sort them out? 

I thought an entrance fee might help. It does to some extent. But there too I have found litter spoiling the view. Charge a higher fee and you'll have less people and you'll also have those who believe they paid entrance, so they can do as they please. 

If you don't appreciate the view of nature, then don't go to these places. Keep your rubbish at home with you and invite your like minded friends to take their litter with to the party at your house.