HAVE Bury Council voted for a "scorched earth" policy because everywhere I go I see evidence of it?

Shrubs that should be coming into flower in early spring are being taken out or being savagely pruned. Trees are also being removed.

Manchester Road park, near to where I live, has had all the shrubs removed only four years after they were planted. Bury Cemetery is suffering the same fate.

Two years ago - with the permission of the parks manager - I got some cuttings off a quite rare vibernum bodnantense shrub which was later ripped out.

What appears to be a policy of pruning and removing seems to be going on all over the borough. This spring we will be totally devoid of flowers.

Perhaps someone form Bury Council could explain the reason to me.

"TERESA GREEN"

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