Vandals have struck Narromine forcing the removal the less-than-six-month-old garden around the Derribong Street heavy vehicle parking area.
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Narromine Mayor Bill McAnally said vandals pulled plants from the garden and left them, forcing council to remove the plants and replace them with new plants and turf.
"They just pulled all the plants out," he said.
"I'm not sure why they would do it though.
"If they took them to replant them it is still not right, but I would understand, but I don't know what they would get out of just pulling them out and leaving them."
The garden was planted for the new Narromine bypass, a future heavy vehicle route, opened in September by NSW Minister for Roads and Freight, Duncan Gay, State Member for Dubbo Troy Grant and Narromine Mayor Bill McAnally.
Cr McAnally admits council "ran out of time to do (the project) properly" and the plants were not in the best condition.
"We could have done better - the plants didn't survive very long," he said.
But Cr McAnally said the incident was reported to police and he has labelled it a "senseless crime".
"It's costly for council to fix vandalism around town," he said.
"We have a lot of vandalism in our parks and it costs the community a lot of money every year.
"We try very hard to make our parks and gardens look good and these people just destroy it.
"What these people don't realise is it's taxpayers who will pay for it."
Vandalism also wastes police time and resources, which Cr McAnally said could be better spent.