A group of residents in a home for the elderly have been honoured with the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society gardening award for their efforts.

All of the residents at Windsor Court Sheltered Housing Scheme in Poole Road, Fulwood, are involved in maintaining the beautiful garden and it is the first year that they have entered the competition.

The pensioners have now become the only entry in the area to be given an excellence award in the north-west in Bloom's neighbourhood gardening category, the Lancashire Evening Post reports.

Resident Ron Todd, 74, told the newspaper: "There is colour in our garden all year round as we use a lot of perennial plants. We have just planted 200 daffodils and crocuses, two apple trees and a pear tree."

Lisa Macdonald, community development officer at the centre, said: "They are already planning everything for next year.

"It shows age and disability do not have to be barriers."

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