{"id":145027,"date":"2024-06-11T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-big-british-bamboo-crisis-it-invaded-my-beautiful-home\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T04:16:28","slug":"the-big-british-bamboo-crisis-it-invaded-my-beautiful-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-big-british-bamboo-crisis-it-invaded-my-beautiful-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The big British bamboo crisis: \u2018It invaded my beautiful home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe plant can punch through paving stones, asphalt and even the foundations of your house. In one case, the bill for damage reached \u00a3100,000. So why does this problem just keep on growing?Isobel Chetwood moved to her dream home on her birthday just over a decade ago. As she wound up a 40-year career in the NHS as a GP practice manager in Stockport, Greater Manchester, she was keen to return to her roots in Cheshire. She settled in a comfortable house in the quiet village of Plumley.Chetwood, 68, lives alone. When she moved in, she found a gardener (\u201cI don\u2019t do dirt down me fingernails,\u201d she says, laughing). He made her a raised bed for growing strawberries, alongside a fence that divided her garden from her neighbour\u2019s. \u201cIt was beautiful out there,\u201d she says.In one case tackled by Environet, all the flooring on the ground level had to be ripped up. Photographs: Environet UK Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/jun\/11\/big-british-bamboo-crisis-invaded-my-beautiful-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The big British bamboo crisis: \u2018It invaded my beautiful home\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The plant can punch through paving stones, asphalt and even the foundations of your house.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-BJ9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13032,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-theres-no-reason-why-someone-in-a-wheelchair-cannot-design-beautiful-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":145027,"position":0},"title":"Me and my garden: \u2018There\u2019s no reason why someone in a wheelchair cannot design beautiful gardens\u2019","date":"May 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Garden designer Mark Lane on his plot in Canterbury, KentWhen I have been at my desk all day or out on site in clients\u2019 gardens, I love coming back to my own garden. 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