Our Story
My partner and I spent years saving to create our dream garden and expand our garden office to grow and enhance our home business.
We hired a landscaper who promised to bring our vision to life. Instead, he took our hard-earned savings and vanished. He left us with a derelict, unusable garden and no funds to complete the project.
Our Garden Before
Scammed with little recourse
Before disappearing, he demolished our garden office, ripped out everything in the garden, and put up some the fencing. Since then, he has erased all traces of himself—taking down his Facebook page, changing his phone number, and turns out provided us with a fake address. Legal action feels like an impossible uphill battle.
We’ve sought every avenue for help, but it seems like the system just isn’t built to protect victims like us. Starting a legal case is expensive, and we’ve been told there’s little chance of recovering our losses even if he’s found. Our bank also wouldn't intervene because the landscaper began minimal work, which they don’t classify as fraud.
Our Garden After
We're at breaking point!
This ordeal has turned our world upside down. The garden office, which was dismantled as part of the project, is gone, leaving us without the workspace we need to run our home business properly.
Desperate to restart and complete the project we made the heartbreaking decision to sell one of our cars, but despite our efforts, we’re now at a breaking point.
We need your support
We’re reaching out to you, hoping for a lifeline. With your support, we can rebuild what was lost:
- Finishing the garden: Clearing the mess, completing the fencing, preparing the ground, laying turf, planting, and creating a safe, beautiful space for our family.
- Rebuilding the garden office: Re-building a functional workspace so we can continue our home business and begin earning a full income again.
Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a profound difference. Even sharing our story could help us reach others who might be willing to lend a hand.
This has been the hardest chapter of our lives, but we’re determined not to give up. With your help, we can turn this devastation into a fresh start—a chance to rebuild our home, our business, and our dreams.
Thank you for your support
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you in advance for your kindness, generosity, and any support you can provide. We truly can’t do this without you.