WATCH ABOVE: Residents of Greenfield Park were shocked Monday morning after city workers moved the flowers intended to be planted in their flower garden. Global’s Gloria Henriquez finds out why.
UPDATE: Some of the flowers brought to the Greenfield Park garden have apparently been stolen. Residents and borough councillors said they is no sigh as to who may be responsible.
MONTREAL – Residents of Greenfield Park were shocked Monday morning after city workers moved the flowers intended to be planted in their flower garden.
Brenda Norman, who has lived in Greenfield Park for the last 43 years, said the work that’s happening around the flower bed is actually a good thing.
She told Global News the terrain next to the bed has been a dangerous site and residents have been pushing to get it fixed for years.
She said the flowers were not destroyed, but rather moved to the side with city workers promising to water them and keep them alive until they can be replanted.
All the same, some residents told Global News they’re wary about what’s going to happen next – since they said no one knows what’s really going on.
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The borough’s garden had become a key point of interest after a heated language debate during a Longueuil city council meeting.
The flower bed, which spells out the borough’s name in flowers, was recently destroyed, with many residents assuming it was related to the political strife.
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Sunday, more than 100 residents responded, organizing a “plant-in” at the Bellevue street location in an attempt to bring the sign back to life.
Greenfield Park is the only officially bilingual jurisdiction left in Longueuil.
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