The Calvert Street tree vandal strikes again halving the size of 2 newly planted street trees along this section of the street. Street trees are sorely needed here to soften this area.
Bad news – 2 new street trees located on Calvert Street outside 39 Gladstone Street have been snapped in half. All the other street trees that Marrickville Council have planted along Calvert Street a month ago or so are untouched & growing well, except for these two.
There is repeat tree vandalism in this neighbourhood. For this reason I would strongly encourage Council to think about doing a neighbourhood-wide educational campaign about the value of trees & the value of rate payers money that Council spends to plant trees. I last wrote about this street in June 2012 - http://savingourtrees.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/a-boon-of-street-trees-for-calvert-street-marrickville/
Tree number 1
Tree number 2
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July 31, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Kristina
That’s no good. Being street trees, does this mean they have destroyed public property? If the culprits are caught perhaps their ‘fine’ should be community service to plant 100 street trees & water them.
August 1, 2012 at 3:15 pm
annapoodle
really depressing news. why???? it is hard to understand the motivation of people that vandalise this way. an education campaign is a good start, but catching the blighters and fining them (or consigning them to hard labour!) would be excellent.
August 4, 2012 at 8:59 pm
brenda
I think this is nasty and mean. I too would like vandals to be made to do community service as suggested above. Being outdoors nurturing life might make them realise just how much happier they can be creating life rather than destroying it.