The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is calling on communities across East Lancs to transform an unloved space into a green haven in time for summer.

Now in its fourth year, the RHS Greening Grey Britain scheme, is offering up to 50 intergenerational gardening projects across the country £500 worth of plants and materials, as well as expert advice to help get their plans underway.

Projects should help improve health and wellbeing, address environmental issues or support local wildlife, and might include turning forgotten littered corners into vibrant wildflower meadows, car parks lined with trees to slow down storm water or disused areas becoming productive gardens, with food to share with the community.

RHS Community Outreach Manager, Liz Stewart, said: "In 2018 the RHS Greening Grey Britain scheme helped nearly 3,000 people with their greening projects and supplied over 5,000 plants.

"We’d love to hear from communities interested in improving a local space this year and encourage them to get their bids in."

The deadline for applications is midnight on February 28.

For more information visit www.rhs.org.uk/ggbwithcommunities

Since publication of this article, further details have been received from the Royal Horticultural Society, informing the Lancashire Telegraph that the RHS is not able to support projects in East Lancashire as they don’t currently have a community outreach advisor in the area.

The areas in the North West from which they can accept applications are, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.