Sometime between August 22 and September 10 two witch hazel plants were dug up and removed from Pinehurst Pocket Park at 19th Ave NE and NE 117th St. The thief was very meticulous – you cannot tell there were ever plants in the spots where they once stood. The City gave us some other plant species to replace them, and we’ll be planting them later in October.
In addition, a push broom stored in the rafters of the kiosk was taken. It’s hard to believe someonenoticed it up there.
The good news – the City is pretty responsive when we report graffiti in the park. If you see graffiti on city property, you can report it to SPU at 206-684-7587.
Aaaaagh! I have had plants dug out of my yard–and seedheads snipped off all my peony poppies.
Someone out there knows their plants and has heartrot.
Hey clandestine plant enthusiasts – you dont have to dig up plants from parks and lawns of other folks in order to get great free plants – there are lands that are scheduled to be bulldozed and built on that await your selective eye and sweat equity…. check it out:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/stewardship/volunteer/plant-salvage-program.aspx
Maybe we need a plant exchange/donation center!! I’ve had too many seeds and not known what to do with them before…could provide to the needy gardeners?
I didn’t know about the plant salvage program. That’s really cool.
I wonder if this is the same guy who Sylvia and I caught stealing large pots of bamboo from infront of a house on NE117th ST and 8th Ave NE several years ago. He was a white guy with glasses, short white hair, maybe in his 50’s. He got away in a black minvan with one pot of bamboo sticking out the back. Unfortunately, the license plate was on the open door, so we couldn’t read it. The cops showed no interest. We had stumbled on this guy while taking the dog for a walk after catching a late movie at about 1:00am.
A few years before that we had a large pot of roses stolen from in front of our house and a few hanging baskets were stolen from across the street on NE115th St.
Someone stole a small Cypress seedling I had planted in the frontyard. I now reserve more “unique” plants for the backyard (where we hope they’ll be safe). Argh! How dare people!!!