Scotsman.com (Scotland's on-line newspaper) October 8, 2006
Vandals can't trample on gardeners' resolve A HEALTH agency in Wester Hailes has pledged to not let the vandals win after its garden was almost destroyed. The community garden project based in the grounds of the Wester Hailes Health Agency was trashed in a mindless act of vandalism last month. But now volunteers are working towards getting the garden back to its former glory. A spokesman for the Health Agency said: "These acts of vandalism deeply saddened and upset many of those people who benefited from the garden's creation. There is disgust at the destruction and although it has lowered morale amongst the team, with that also comes a determination not to let the vandals win." In the attacks on the site, which happened during a weekend evening, plant pots were broken, plants destroyed, tables upturned, segments of lawn ripped up, trees pushed over and roof guttering was torn down. The vandals have not yet been caught. The Health Agency says that the garden, created by volunteers over an eight-month period, had made a real difference to the area. This article: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1494242006 Last updated: 09-Oct-06 11:42 BST Comments Want to read yourself in print? Every day the Evening News publishes a selection of online comments on the letters page of the paper. Pick up a copy to see if your views have been published. 1. Comment Removed This comment has been removed by a moderator. 2. Kitty, auld reekie! / 4:40pm 9 Oct 2006 PLEASE! dont give into the scum of the earth, they are just a bunch of retards, dont let them get to you, I would like to see them try to achive, the garden you created, except it and move on ,prove to them, you are all better people than tis scum will ever be,GOOD LUCK GOOD PEOPLE!.
