Pennsylvania, USA is trying to stop HOAs from banning native plant gardens.

https://slrpnk.net/post/36185749

Kinda funny how Americans call their country “land of the free” but can’t even do certain things on THEIR OWN PROPERTY because of the HOAs.
That’s not a contradiction. HOAs suck but they’re a contractual relationship that you enter voluntarily.
it’s just that any development built after Clinton requires you to enter that contract or the bank won’t approve your loan
Which is needed in developments since the houses are closer together and it just takes one person turning their front yard into a used car lot to drive down property values and annoy everyone else.

Sane countries handle this with local public authorities.

If your garden becomes a tip in the UK the council will step in

Your example of a sane country is the UK? One of the largest surveillance states in the world…
What’s that got to do with HOAs?