Vandals strike at Peterborough community garden

There has been anger after vandals struck at a community garden which has helped bring the community together.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Jul 2020, 13:33 BST
Vandals struck at the garden this weekVandals struck at the garden this week
Vandals struck at the garden this week

Residents, councillors and volunteers have helped create the The Goldhay Community Flower bed in Paynels, Orton Goldhay.

Cllr Heather Skibsted said the two council flower beds in The Paynels, Orton Goldhay have been untended for a number of years and were becoming very overgrown. Starting in September 2019, together with some hard working and committed local volunteers, a team cleared the vast quantity of weeds, dug both beds over, planted both beds with flowers and covered the surrounding areas with woodchip.

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However, after weeks of hard work, now vandals have struck damaging signs and destroying work carried out.

Cllr Skibsted said: “The sign has now been mindlessly vandalised between Saturday July 11 at 5pm and Monday July 13 at 8am.

“Hours of voluntary work has gone into the making of this bed and the sign advertised it was for “everyone to look after and enjoy.”