FOR the second year running, a group of green fingered pensioners have proved you are never too old to dig for victory.
Once they reached their eighties, the six members of a Gardening Club at the Moor Grange residential home, in Spennymoor, could have been forgiven for sitting back and watching other people do the work.
But Edith Lawrence, Freda Pearson, Meggie Greenwell, Edna May Robinson, Dorothy Money and Martha Mitchell are always hard at work in their sensory plot, which has just beaten 19 other entries from Durham County Council homes to win the Garden of the Year title in a Create Homes in Bloom competition.
They won the award last after transforming a vandalised courtyard at Moor Grange.
When vandals destroyed much of their work last December, they used the opportunity to introduce a Mediterranean theme, with a carpet of flowers, a water feature and tropical plants and herbs.
An arbour, designed by porter and handyman Jackson Porter, takes pride of place while a flower border spells out the home's name.
A kitchen garden plot provides the home's cooks with fresh fruit and vegetables.
Julie Watson, residential supervisor at Moor Grange, said: "Everyone puts so much effort into the garden all year round, from the design and planting of seeds and bulbs to the weeding and watering. We come up with the ideas and Jackson helps us put them into practice. He does most of the hard work."
The club is always looking for donations of plants and equipment. Telephone Ms Watson on (01388) 814063.
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