Marijuana found growing downtown

Marijuana has been found growing in a planter on Main Street and on City Hall grounds.

Maryanne Siegendorf, the city's top gardener, said that when crews find the sprouts, they just pluck them and dispose of them with other weeds.

Siegendorf hasn't called the police. "They're so small the police wouldn't care about them," she said.

Siegendorf believes the pot is planted as a prank.

City crews weed flower beds every couple of weeks, which doesn't provide enough time to grow smokable dope.

Gardeners also have come across marijuana plants in years past at Liberty Park and Jordan Park's International Peace Gardens.