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Belhaven Community Garden is part of the local hospital in the area, and is lovingly tended by a group of volunteers.

Throughout the night between June 3 and June 4, vandals ripped the sides and the doors of the large polytunnel – a polythene covered frame that protects seedlings and plants growing outdoors.

The group, although shocked and saddened by the attack, have remained positive and are as enthusiastic as ever on the benefits of their community project.

Naomi Barnes, garden coordinator, said: "Although the attack on the polytunnel has shocked us all, we want to emphasise just how many positive benefits there are of being part of the Belhaven Community Garden and how well-loved by locals it's become.

"We have over 30 volunteers who grow fruit and veg here and we hold events throughout the year which attract the wider community, like our Seedling Swap in May and Apple Day in October.

"Patients from the Belhaven hospital and their families enjoy the garden on visits and lots of locals make it a destination for a quiet walk.

"The garden is one of the very first projects set up by Sustaining Dunbar in 2012 and is also the springboard for our outreach work at the Dunbar Nursery and the Brewery.

East Lothian crime news: Belhaven Community Garden team 'shocked' as polytunnel damaged by vandals

"We have become a supplier of soft fruit and apples to our local veg shop, the Community Carrot and flowers to the local florist Pixie Rose.”

The group posted pictures of the damage on social media, confirming that they had reported the incident to the police and the community warden.

They have asked that if anyone has any information about what happened, or knows who is responsible, they should contact them, or the police.

Naomi added: "It is a tragedy that there are those in our community who think it's okay to take out their anger on our polytunnel or local bus stops etc, and this incident was unexpected and pretty extreme but hopefully a one-off.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers in Dunbar received a report of vandalism to a community garden at Belhaven Hospital, which is believed to have taken place overnight between Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4.

"Enquiries into the matter are ongoing and anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting incident 1342 of June 4.”

East Lothian crime news: Belhaven Community Garden team 'shocked' as polytunnel damaged by vandals