{"id":61089,"date":"2022-02-04T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=61089"},"modified":"2022-02-04T13:03:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:03:48","slug":"trees-vandalised-in-splott-are-to-be-replaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/04\/trees-vandalised-in-splott-are-to-be-replaced\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees vandalised in Splott are to be replaced\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"residents-were-upset-when-eight-saplings-were-destroyed-in-moorland-library-gardens\"><strong>Residents were upset when eight saplings were destroyed in Moorland Library Gardens <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>SAPLINGS destroyed at Moorland Library Gardens are to be replaced in the next few weeks after an appeal by residents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack was the latest on the green spaces of Cardiff &#8212; Bute Park\u2019s plants and trees were targeted in September<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/bute-park-vandalism-latest-police-21629106?fbclid=IwAR1sjzEMFmi7Jtzi2RCs3aKPBs3f2Ba9zTLv2ltrdKB0-yPi3dzEUxWRQVI\"> last year<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ed Stubbs, Labour councillor for Splott, has arranged for the eight trees to be replaced.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI asked people to come forward with information or suggestions on where they would obtain CCTV footage. I got in touch with the police and I\u2019ve handed over this information,\u201d said Mr Stubbs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also contacted an officer from Coed Caedydd, a 10-year programme to increase the number of trees in Cardiff, to arrange for the trees to be replaced as soon as possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is hoped that if more mature trees are planted then it will be harder to damage them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Worthy, 39, from Habershon Street, said: \u201cWe took the kids there on Sunday to play and noticed all of the trees had been snapped in half. We weren\u2019t happy, the council have only just refurbished the park.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident gained a lot of attention on Facebook and many residents contacted Coun Stubbs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to everyone who has shared information about this incident.<br><br>Splott Cllrs have spoken to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffcouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cardiffcouncil<\/a> officers and new trees will be planted in Moorland Library Gardens \ud83c\udf33\ud83c\udf33\ud83c\udf33\ud83c\udf33<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/huwthomas_Wales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@huwthomas_Wales<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msjanehenshaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msjanehenshaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jVxSyZ2aEd\">https:\/\/t.co\/jVxSyZ2aEd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Edward Stubbs (@EdwardStubbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdwardStubbs\/status\/1488505009721462785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was really disappointed that someone would do this. In all likelihood it is someone doing it to their own community,&#8221; said Coun Stubbs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to let this stop us from planting more trees in Splott and they will all be replaced.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight trees that will be replanted are part of a bigger project happening in Splott, Tremorfa and Pengam Green this month as 1,222 trees will be planted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a collaboration between Cardiff Council, Trees for Cities and the tree-planting initiative The Queen\u2019s Green Canopy, which encourage people to plant a tree throughout her Platinum jubilee year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents were upset when eight saplings were destroyed in Moorland Library Gardens <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":734,"featured_media":61091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,79],"tags":[],"coauthors":[7296],"class_list":["post-61089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-splott"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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