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A grandmother has been left devastated after killjoy council bosses destroyed her retirement home garden display - for being a 'health and safety hazard'.
Gillian Davies, 86, was reduced to tears when workers ordered by South Kesteven District Council smashed up the garden she had spent hundreds of pounds and the last 17 years working on.
The retired land worker began sprucing up the outdoor space with a friend when she moved into retirement home Emlyn's Gardens, in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in 2006.
She transformed the shared garden by growing plants and adding ornaments and furniture, for which she won an award.
But she was left gobsmacked when the council told her she didn't have permission to do any gardening and it would have to be removed.
Workers sent by South Kesteven District Council destroyed Gillian Davies' garden, which she had been working on for 17 years. Pictured: Before and after
The 86-year-old (far right) was left devastated after the council ordered her retirement home garden display to be removed. Pictured L-R: Jillian Murcott and her daughter Claire White with Gillian Davies and her son Stephen Taylor
Mrs Davies' plants were uprooted by the workers and dumped in a pile in the garden
Last Friday she was heartbroken when killjoy council workers ripped up years of hard work and smashed her shed down with lump hammers.
Her potted plants were also uprooted and dumped in a pile in the garden and the wooden trellis she had put up was yanked down.
The grandmother-of-28 said: 'They used a big hammer to smash my shed and plastic container, and started taking all my ornaments.
'I have lost it all.'
Her son Stephen, 60, a caravan maintenance technician, added: 'She hasn't got long left. That's all she has. She
