Stumbling across a good front garden, among all the weed-covered plots and paving slabs, is such a treat. Your well-cared for front garden is a more altruistic enterprise than the selfish old back garden could ever be, out there as much for the postman and the passing neighbour as the gardener. Now I'm getting emotional. Anyway, inspired by this seriously eccentric example spotted by Guardian gardening editor Jane Perrone, I'm going to kick off by sharing with you the nuttiest plot in my own locality, which I even make a detour to pass sometimes, as it always raises a chuckle. The attention to detail is, I think you'll agree, impressive.
The dalek is motion sensitive and lights up and turns from side to side when people walk by, and the vast two-storey steel fan trellis (just visible on the far right) must have been custom-made. In summer bright red geraniums match the bright red window-frames AND the bright red jeep, sadly not in the drive in this picture taken last year. You have to wonder what the back garden is like. It has crossed my mind to knock on the door one day and ask, but I am worried it might be a disappointment. So seriously do the owners take their bonkers display that when the dalek was removed a while back, they put up a note explaining that it was being fixed and would be back soon. How community minded is that? Makes me quite well up.
Can you do better? Email us pictures of the wackiest front gardens in your neighbourhood and we'll put up a selection of the best.
