GREEN-FINGERED residents have planted saplings as part of a £3,000 scheme to improve a cemetery.

The idea for Bridge End cemetery came from Brompton on Swale Parish Council.

Locals were asked to sponsor saplings, with 30 people giving money.

Council chairman Andrew Guest said: "It is a fairly big cemetery and we wanted to make it more tranquil and secluded.

"We are very pleased with the response we got from people in the village towards the scheme."

The works, helped by a National Lottery grant, also included laying a footpath.