2. The ugly trampoline
Yes, all children want to have a giant trampoline in the garden. The bigger the cooler! These things are so terribly ugly! As aesthetic as the mountain of dirty laundry after the vacation. An eyesore with plastic charm and neon colors in the natural garden. It takes up a lot of space. A flower meadow that size would probably save millions of bees.
The children constantly sprain their feet, or even their necks, while trying to learn backwards somersaults (yes, everybody knows us already at the children's emergency room).
The first trampoline flew over the two meter high forsythia hedge to the neighboring property in an autumn storm. In addition: Nothing grows under the trampoline. It's on the lawn, see below for more about lawns!
I'm looking forward to one day when the children are too big for it and find the trampoline uncool. At this point there will be a beautiful round pool of water in which the sky is reflected. With a curved, English teak bench in front of it, between two spherical maple trees, where you can enjoy the silence and admire the water lily in the water basin.
Every time I inevitably choose unfamiliar perspectives for a garden photo, just so that the ugly trampoline is not on it, I long for my future quiet garden dream.