Vandals have destroyed a sign for a memorial garden designed for blind, visually impaired, deaf and disabled people.
The Dennis King Memorial Orchard and Sensory Garden at Grovelands Farm was created in 2010 and allows disabled people heighten their response to sight, taste, smell, touch and sound.
Local residents today (4th May) discovered the sign which is situated outside the garden smashed, and the remains left in a nearby stream. Seating and other fixtures were apparently disturbed and an array of rubbish thrown around the garden.
It’s not the first time the garden has been the victim of vandalism – in 2014, a braille sign which is used by the blind and visually impaired was destroyed.
Costing £3,000, the garden was a joint initiative between a number of charities and organisations. Funding for the plants, trees and garden components was received from the Hailsham Lions Club and local solicitors Hart Reade, as part of their 100th Anniversary donations to the local community.
Volunteers spent the weekend clearing up after the vandals and suggested work will continue to keep the sensory garden up to scratch. Anyone who witnessed the vandalism is being urged to contact local Police.
