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Some cocky vandals have aroused the attention of city officials with a not-so-subtle alteration to the riverfront sculpture garden.

Workers were quickly ordered into action this week after the city learned someone had trimmed a bush to look like a giant penis.

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“The bush was in the sculpture garden, and somebody took it upon themselves to reshape the bush into something that they wanted to see,” said John Miceli, the city’s executive director of parks and facilities. “When somebody damages or vandalizes any city property, we take that very seriously. We address it as quickly as possible.”

Miceli said it took the city half an hour, after hearing about the vandalism from CBC Windsor, to “reshape” the bush.

“We deployed staff immediately to address it,” he said. “Somebody basically defaced public property and what we had to do was address it. It’s not something that we would be promoting.”

The offending phallic symbol was in the riverfront sculpture garden near the four tall pillars. It was among a group of other bushes, which the guerilla landscapers appear to have left untouched.