Please don't pick the flowers

The pedestrian safety island garden on the northwest corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street, just outside Tile Bar, has been lovingly maintained by volunteers for years (20!) — and it shows. 

Their care and consistency have kept the spot vibrant and green, season after season. (We've given it a shout-out every so often.)

Unfortunately, a sunflower was recently snipped from the plot on Monday ... a disheartening act for those who work hard to keep this corner blooming. (The young man was caught in the act, and he was very apologetic, we're told.)

Urban gardening is challenging enough without losing flowers to passersby (as we've seen on Second Street).

Supporters of this plot shared a message with EVG: If you're walking by, admire the garden — but please, let the blooms be...