A couple signs have been posted in the Labyrinth Garden at Regner Park in West Bend asking people who are playing Pokemon to please respect the area.
“We’ve had a lot of damaged done to the garden because people stomp on things and they’re not even watching where they’re going,” said Mary Steiner, one of the original creators of the garden.
Steiner and her husband Bill work in the garden and they’ve noticed the uptick in damage ever since Pokemon Go started trending.
“We put up signs at the entrance but now someone had the gall to steal one,” she said. “Barb (Robertson) saw a young kid run off with a sign on his bike and she hollered at him. You know people are just not respectful.”
“It’s a matter of respecting places where there is beauty and we’re just getting beat down,” said Steiner.
There were four signs placed around the garden but now Bill Steiner, who mows around the garden, said there’s only two.
Organizers with the Labyrinth Garden said they have contacted the West Bend Parks Department for assistance.
Photo courtesy Caitlin Marsch