Where we used to live I was told by my Swiss neighbours that we had an “English garden”.
I found out that it wasn’t meant in a derogatory sense but just that it was a blaze of colour with many different plants.
In the Swiss part of Germany, they’re not really into gardening like the French and the English and most people seem to get someone in to tend to their garden so the simpler it is, the cheaper.
Well, it was getting worse and worse. We only have a small electric mower and strimmer and that side of the house is often in shade a lot of the time. So if we get a lot of rain it takes a while to dry out enough to cut. The last 3 years I’ve only managed to cut it once a year because of the weather which is why last year I eventually got a gardening firm in to tidy it all up and do regular maintenance for us. It was just getting beyond my ability to cope with all the long grass, brambles, weeds, etc. Sadly, I’m not much of a gardener.
Seems odd the neighbour would bring this up after you’ve addressed the problem.
Make sure you have a copy of the invoice with you.
and why are the neighbours complaining about the garden now? Weird.
Don’t you have a farmer in town you could borrow two sheep or goats from for a couple of days when grass is due?
I like solutions that please everybody apart from the complainer. It makes them think twice next time.
@MedeaFleecestealer, make sure you ask them to keep up the close look on your house while you’re in GB. There are 100 burglaries a day in Switzerland. There was a report on it on Swiss-German tv this week. 
By English garden I imagine those adorable cottages covered in ivy and surrounded by flowers and shrubs which only appear to have grown “wild” but it’s a lot of work there. Nothing derogatory. 
Get a few of these and it will fulfill the dual purpose of looking quintessentially English and keeping busybodying neighbours out:
the neighbours won’t see it 'cause the grass is not mown.
Plus I suspect the husband doesn’t want to see that ugly plastic thing either when coming home in the evening.
Actually we are opposite a farm that does have goats. 
The neighbours are extremely security conscious because of their business. They’ve had the police out a few times when someone’s tried to break into their place.
You can’t leave us hanging like that!
If the garden terrain permits, a robot lawn mower is a big time saver in the long run; I’ve seen such mowers installed even in very small gardens. Such an “installation” is a no-brained and doesn’t need anything special beyond an outdoor electric outlet to the charging station and laying down a perimeter wire, and with such a small garden surface a lawn mower would last many years.
If there is no outdoor electric outlet and one can’t be easily added, the power supply brick might be plugged in indoors and just the low-voltage cable threaded out outside.
Just a painting business, but they say they have a lot of Middle East clients.
Lawn does slope a bit so I don’t know.
I think you need to attend the meeting with a lawyer.
I have seen your house on Google Maps and the neighbor that has complained can’t really see your garden or your windows. The garden is very small and can barely be seen from the street.
You barely have access to your front door, yet your neighbor has the house behind you and the warehouse on his right, your house seems “encroached” in between his property. Were you aware of any issues prior to the purchase? There must be a story why the houses were build so close.
I fear this has nothing to do with your garden or dirty windows, this must be some sinister attempt on behalf of your neighbor
Welcome to the forum. 
I think their house is newer than ours, but no idea why it was built the way it is.
We’re preparing a response to their allegations and will post it back to the Justice’s office.
Is this the neighbour who has had a run in with various other neighbours too? To me, this seems like harassment.
Maybe worth speaking to a lawyer or otherwise with full context to see what can be done about this to discourage any future incidents.
and what? They don’t trust their clients? 
They say very strange things, your neighbours. Huh?
I noticed that too on Medeas picture.
According to the police officer who knocked on our door the first time we had problems with this neighbour said he’s done it with all the surrounding neighbours and that we should fight it. Which we did and won; he got fined CHF500 by the judge for wasting the court’s time.
The only window they might be able to see in is my office one, none of the others are visible to them which refutes some of the claims they’ve made. The bedrooms upstairs actually look out over their roof so no way they can see inside.
It looks like he’s due another fine…
That might be their problem 
Got that court decision? Take a copy of it along to the meeting and mention the neighbours. It gives them an impression of who they are dealing with (if they don’t already know, depending on the size of your community).
PS: Will your husband have to take a day off work for this? Make sure they are charged after they lost the case. I’m serious.
