Communi-tree garden make-hoe-ver

It was our third and final task working on the Southlands Church community garden makeover.

Katie and Cara bagsied the hoes and got to work on the the front flowerbed, digging out the bindweed.

Laura and Leanne went with forks to turn over and weed the soil in the last few beds out back, and Paul Kelly dug some big holes to put trees in.

David turned up early to meet Laura, and was dragged into the fold to help drag a now half-emptied sack of compost to spread onto the remaining flowerbeds.

In under an hour, the garden was transformed and ready for admiring glances of the visitors at this weekend's York Open Studios event.