Kirkcudbright residents have been left livid after a bunch of golden daffodils have been destroyed in an act of “senseless vandalism”.
The attractive blooms on Moat Brae have been praised by locals and guests alike for brightening up the city firstly of spring.
However over the weekend the flowers have been flattened in what has been described as a “despicable” act.
Summer time Festivities chairman John Blaikie stated: “The entire city is offended about it.
“Kirkcudbright doesn’t get plenty of vandalism however every so often somebody does one thing silly like this.
“It’s fairly disappointing. There have been plenty of feedback about how good they appear and now somebody has accomplished this.
“We predict it occurred on Friday night time. I don’t know what they've been doing, whether or not they have been rolling in them or no matter, however they've been flattened.
“A few of them aren’t too dangerous however the ones dealing with the harbour have been destroyed.
“There's CCTV dealing with it that's being checked out – we expect it’s youths who could have been as much as excessive jinx.”
The vandalism has additionally been slammed by native MSP Finlay Carson.
He stated: “Phrases truthfully fail me at occasions whenever you see such senseless vandalism. Why would anybody do such a factor?
“Does the particular person or presumably folks liable for such a silly act not realise the pleasure this flower show brings to an important many individuals?
“What they've accomplished is despicable and I hope that whoever is behind it's caught and held to account for his or her actions.”
He added: “The daffodils show brings huge pleasure to guests and the area people, lots of whom have undergone quite a lot of psychological nervousness in latest occasions brought on by the pandemic just for it to be ruined by some inconsiderate people and for what?”
The flowers, and the spectacular show of crocuses in Soaperie Gardens, are the accountability of the council.
A spokesman for the authority stated: “We're conscious of the injury and it's being handled as delinquent behaviour.
“Our group property staff will work with our youth work and group security groups to watch vandalism and delinquent behaviour in and across the affected space over the following few days, into weeks.”
Mr Blaikie is hoping the festivities’ new stage within the sq., which has price round £100,000, doesn’t turn out to be the following sufferer.
He admitted: “We at the moment are nervous concerning the stage because it has PVC sides.
“We'll put CCTV up. It’s a disgrace we're having to consider these items.”