Preston pensioners scoop top gardening award

A group of pensioners have won an award for maintaining their beautiful garden.

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

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.