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NPA commissioner Sarah Kirby-Yung's tweeted something that summed up the attitudes of many Vancouverites today.

"This is not cool," she declared in response to a News 1130 story about plants being stolen from Queen Elizabeth Park.

"Our park gardens are for everyone to enjoy," Kirby-Yung added. "When you steal from them you're stealing from everyone in #Vancouver."

As the wife of police officer Terry Yung, she's no stranger to hearing about crime.

Green park-board chair Stuart Mackinnon tweeted a similar message.

News 1130's Tamara Slobogean launched the discussion with a tweet about some unusual signs at Queen Elizabeth Park.

They were handwriten notes saying "I was stolen by a plant thief."

Local public-relations practitioner Nancy Wong replied by saying this was also a problem when she worked at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

"Often it was small landscapers who offer cut-rate prices to their clients and then steal the plants," Wong tweeted.

On the upside, the B.C. Buddhist Festival was held in Queen Elizabeth Park today, which didn't go unnoticed by Kirby-Yung.