Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused when vandals struck at the Environment Club garden at Tenby's Greenhill School over the weekend. 

The environmental garden had only recently been moved to a new location outside the sixth form block, facing Marsh Road, and was the result of months of hard work by around 10 club members, led by geography teacher, Miss Sandra Spratt. 

The garden project is now three-years-old, with much of the equipment being donated by various people and organisations or purchased by school staff.

Appalled by the incident, the second in as many weeks, Miss Spratt said she was "extremely disappointed" as the students had put in a lot of work and given up their free time to create the garden. 

Cost of the damage is thought to be around £500, with £300 of that alone being caused to a shed, donated to the club by a local bank. This contained tools, but has sadly now been completely wrecked. 

Other damage caused during the incident, believed to have occurred after 5 pm on Friday, included implements being strewn all over the garden, trees being dug up, bird boxes being stolen after being pulled off the trees, and a bird table, which was embedded in the ground, being ripped from its base. The bird feeders were also bent out of all recognition which has rendered them useless.

Although it was only the garden that was damaged on this occasion, it was not the first incident of its kind. 

Around three weeks ago, all of the equipment used by the school's 'weather watchers' was smashed. The equipment has since been replaced, but has not been used for fear of it being destroyed again.  Miss Spratt said that the garden, which had no funding and had to rely on donations, would "probably never get back to how it was." 

"Although, hopefully, with the help of local companies, we will be able to rebuild it," she added. "We will not let the vandals win."

Students in the Environment Club were bitterly disappointed that their hard work was destroyed, and have vowed to work as hard as it takes to try and rebuild whatever they can.

Police were called to the school when the damage was noticed when it re-opened after the weekend and are investigating the matter. Both the police and the school are appealing for any information.