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Davesnave

elsiepac wrote: »

Oh that's hilarious!!

It was in Bath, next door to where you are. I can only find oblique references to it now, but something similar happened in 2003 when a few of the city's displays for Britain in Bloom were contaminated .....


"CANNABIS FIND IN PUBLIC PARK
BY AMY WILSON.
Cannabis plants have been found among some of Bath's most prominent floral displays just days before Britain in Bloom judges are due to visit the city.
BANES council sprang into action and ripped up the rogue plants which were spotted in flower beds off Brock Street.
The discovery came at a crucial time for the city.
At worst, the prank could have caused a huge embarrassment and cost Bath its entry into Britain in Bloom.
Judges are due to inspect the flowerbeds as part of the annual contest on Monday.
Organisers who have spent months working towards the city's entry are extremely angry."

It seems to me that the writer of the article is over-egging it. We all know the doddering old farts who judge Britain in Bloom are unlikely to have grown cannabis themselves, and in any event, the plants don't look too unlike a number of others, such as Ricinus.

They either looked good or they didn't.