Gosport gardeners wishing to know how to turn or mulch properly got advice first-hand at a recent gardening extravaganza.

Expert Brian Kidd, well-known for his gardening programme on BBC Radio Solent and a regular newspaper columnist turned up to help people to get to the root of their gardening problems.

The borough council also arranged demonstrations on how to plant out hanging baskets and gave advice on which plants to use.

The event was part of the town's "sustainable June" programme aimed at getting residents more involved in what is going on in and round their town, including Gosport in Bloom later this year.

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