Alice Springs pensioner with a green thumb overwhelmed by kind act after her garden was destroyed
A PENSIONER with a green thumb was heartbroken to find her garden had been destroyed in a senseless act, but is now nursing a plethora of new plants thanks to a garden angel
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AN Alice Springs pensioner with a green thumb was heartbroken to find her garden had been destroyed in a senseless act, but is now nursing a plethora of new plants thanks to a garden angel.
Marie Windley, 64, said she came home one day to find her beloved plants had been ripped out and destroyed.
“I was in tears when I saw them. I love my plants,” she said.
After posting on Facebook, Marie got a beautiful message from Alice Springs Nursery owner Bee Pedersen who offered her a generous voucher to get new plants.
“I was amazed somebody so kind could do that for me. I was very overwhelmed and I cried,” Marie said.
“The plants are absolutely beautiful. They are flowering and I tend to them every day.
“It’s nice to know of the kind-hearted people who live in Alice Springs who do kind things for strangers.”
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Bee said Marie’s post about the “senseless vandalising” of her garden really struck a chord with her.
“As a gardener when you’re raising plants and they grow and you have created it, there’s that sense of pride and nurturing that it’s yours.
“I really felt for her.
“As much as I tried to keep it private … I just wanted to her know we are still here as a community to support each other and say, ‘As much as that bad thing happened I had a positive from it’.
Bee’s kind act became known when Marie posted a public thanks on Facebook, and generated much positive talk among residents during a time where negativity around crime is rife.
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