Church Council Accidentally Plants Cannabis In Floral Display

Before a passing gardener realized what they were, the parish council accidentally planted several cannabis plants in a flowerbed.

In all seriousness though, the residents of the community group in West Parley, Dorset, failed greatly in their attempt to brighten up their small corner of the globe for the summer.

Even worse, a recent image shared on social media indicates that the plants were left there for a few days after that.

(Image: Bournemouth Echo/BNPS)

Tray Veronica, who was on her way to pick her children up from school, noticed some "interesting plants" sticking out of the planters and informed the West Parley Parish Council of the presence of a different kind of pot plant in their planters.

She explained: “I was driving to drop my daughter off and as I drove down New Road I saw the planter, being a gardener I always notice things like that. But as I looked over I thought ‘oh my god, is that what I think it is?’”

Tray continued: “When I drove past again I stopped to have a closer look and yes, it’s cannabis. I was laughing all the way home.”

Credit: West Parley Parish Council/Facebook/BNPS

“But at first there were six plants in there, now there’s only two. The first ones were so big, that they were towering above the bedding plants. They thrived on that planter.”

You can now grow any weed without using any energy by placing it in a beautiful floral display with some chrysanthemums and daffodils.

Of course, that’s a joke – don’t grow weed or do drugs, children.

Tray first noticed the plants on July 17; however, two days later, the West Parley Parish Council shared a photo of the planters, clearly extremely proud of them, to which one person commented: "Smokin'."

On Wednesday, the council had a meeting and then issued an update.

A spokesperson said: “On 20th July, the parish council was alerted to a report concerning one of the village’s floral displays, which suggested it may have been tampered with and amongst the flowers was a plant not part of this year’s schedule.”

“On the advice of the police, the plant was located, removed, and has been secured by the parish council, and arrangements are being made to pass it on to Dorset Police for identification and destruction.”

“An inspection has taken place of all the parish’s other planters, and this has not raised any further concerns.”

For her part, Tray added: “I hope the council can see the funny side. It is worth adding that all the planters around the village do look beautiful, they’ve done a great job.”