they mow flowers, don't they? if flowers get in their way. they may even go out of their way to mow flowers. you know, haters, like the guy who burned the golden pavilion, just hated it because of beauty. that's what haters do, they see beauty in the world and it's unbearable to them, they have to mow it down, burn it all away, the landscape that bears their image must be charred remains. 
they mowed this flower bed down years ago, but it's the park, not burnt offerings, and the flowers keep popping up in spring, one or two of them, reminiscing about the garden, and we still go to visit with them, reminiscing.