Douglas Borough Council is seeking the public’s help after two laburnum trees were removed from the Glen Falcon rose garden.

The trees were about seven years old and had reached a height of around eight feet.

Regeneration and community committee chairman councillor John Skinner said: ‘Traces of yellow saw dust, typical of laburnum wood, were found at the site, although we believe the trees were removed with their roots attached, so could be transplanted with some success. The Council’s parks section does all it can to make the borough’s green spaces – four of which are Green Flag award winners -  as attractive as possible. Clearly in this instance the garden attracted quite the wrong type of visitors and we would welcome any information that could lead to our recovering the trees.’

Anyone with information about the missing trees is asked to call the parks section on 696330.

Photo - Hole in foreground shows site of one of the missing laburnum trees.