New Grimsby community garden vandalised

Chair of Grimsby In Bloom Elaine Atkinson described the vandalism as "mindless"

A new community garden in Grimsby has been vandalised shortly after work began to create it.

The garden is being developed by the Grimsby In Bloom team at its site in the West Marsh area.

Volunteers said they had been sent videos of a group ripping out fence posts and throwing them in the nearby River Freshney.

The new garden will have a children's nature area as well as raised beds for vegetables and fruit trees and a tranquility friendship area.

Several fence posts had been ripped out and thrown into the River Freshney

Grimsby in Bloom had crowdfunded to create the new community garden in Duke of York Gardens.

Workers began putting up fencing to secure the new garden on Monday, but it was vandalised later that night.

The posts have been retrieved and work has restarted to install the security fence.

Chair of Grimsby In Bloom Elaine Atkinson told BBC Radio Humberside: "I don't understand what they got out of it, whether it was a dare or a bet, I just don't know but it's just mindless".

"It was very upsetting last night".

The group said it would install a new security camera to protect the area.

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