A FATHER-OF-FIVE has won the top prize in a Teesside gardening competition thanks to his team of helpers.
Thomas Harrison, 51, of Steele Crescent, South Bank, was awarded first prize for the best front garden of the year in the annual South Bank Gardening Competition, thanks to help from three of his children - Amanda, ten, Jamie, nine and Paul, seven.
Mr Harrison started to transform his front garden when he moved to the property in 1988.
He won first prize in 2000 and his mother, Mary Winifred Flannigan, who lives in the same street, won the first garden competition held in the South Bank area.
"I don't think anyone could deny that green fingers run in the family," said Mr Harrison, a former labourer.
"With a magic touch from my children and some top gardening tips handed down from my mum, I've laid the foundations for the perfect garden."
Mr Harrison was presented with a £50 B and Q voucher by Chris Watson, from the environmental charity, Groundwork South Tees.
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