“Mindless yobs” destroyed civic flower displays commemorating the First World War and women’s suffrage in a vandalism spree.
Flowers were taken from planters in Barnhill, with plants also ripped out and strewn across the road from displays at the corner of Fort Street and Brook Street.
The planters had red colouring across their central sections to mark the First World War and purple, white and green to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote.
Police have been informed of the incidents, which are believed to have happened when pub-goers were making their way home at night.
However, the local community rallied round by donating plants and volunteering to help with re-planting.
Broughty Ferry councillor Craig Duncan, said: “I’ve been in touch with the police about the Barnhill planters and I’ve also sent an email to an inspector about the Brook Street incident.
“I’m hoping that there would at least be some CCTV evidence on Brook Street, seeing as it’s such a central area.
“I don’t know if the two incidents are connected, but they do seemed to have happened in a short space of time.
“My guess is that some people coming home from the pubs thought it would be funny to do this.
“It is thoughtless – we are celebrating and commemorating important events, then thoughtless yobs do this.
“These planters are maintained by volunteers who give up their own time and money, and this must be disappointing for them. However, it’s very positive to see how the community have reacted.”
Joan Chalmers, of Broughty Ferry in Bloom, which maintains the planters, said the group has now started the laborious process of replacing the destroyed plants.
She added it is the latest incident of wanton recklessness to affect the, with cigarette butts and empty bottles regularly dumped in the displays.
Joan explained: “We should have enough plants to replace what has been damaged or strewn across the road, with perhaps the exception of the purple and white petunias.
“We’ve had lots of offers of help so we’re going to take the positive out of this.
“Some of the kids from Brook Street Nursery are on board and we’re going to make it into a bit of a project.”
Police said they were aware of the matter and were looking into it.
