Hm, that is true enough. I shall have to keep an eye open to see who may be in charge of such a thing, then. If nothing else, it would be very informative about the garden's habits, in a way...

[ He at least doesn't object to the idea of them gossiping about it during teatime, since, yeah, he's gotten that sense too. No judgement on his side though, naturally. Sometimes that's just what you do! ]

I could not tell, no, but they were not terribly alarmed by it. It did grow back almost immediately, much to my surprise.