Thieves stealing expensive plants is a phenomena that is happening all over the country. Some people are waking up to find that loved and well cultivated rare plant or tree in their front yard was dug up by plant thieves overnight. Garden art is also susceptible to thieves who think free is a very good price.
Lindsay Gellman of the Yale Daily News reports,
David Garinger knew something was awry as soon as he arrived at Yale’s Marsh Botanic Garden on the morning of Sept. 24.
The large, humid Greenhouse No. 2, which is part of the complex located near the Yale Divinity School, houses a panoply of different plants, some hanging from the roof, others protruding into the aisles. Immediately upon entering, Garinger — the curator of greenhouse plant collections at the Garden — noticed a large trash can was missing, and the trash inside it had been dumped on the floor. Confused, Garinger looked around and noticed the empty spaces usually occupied by 10 valuable desert cacti.
“They’re my kids,” Garinger said of the stolen plants. He said he felt “violated.”
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