GREEN-FINGERED experts are coming together to help amateur gardeners grow something special for this year's Moreton Show.

Local grower and judge Chris Small, from Stow on the Wold, will be passing on his expertise on Easter Monday at the Fosseway Garden Centre in Moreton in Marsh between 11am and 3pm.

Mr Small is chairman of the Stow on the Wold Allotments Association and team leader of the vegetable section at Moreton Show are launching the campaign, called 'Moreton Show? Have a Go!'

Jayne Homer, plant manager at the Fosseway Garden Centre, said: "We want to show people that even first-timers can succeed and grow something special.

"People may think that putting their produce on show is intimidating but it really isn’t. It’s not an elitist thing at all.

"We want to encourage more people to enter Moreton Show and anyone can have a go. The aim of the workshop on Easter Monday is to prove just that."

The aim is to demonstrate that even gardening newcomers can grow and prepare fruits, vegetables and flowers for events like the Moreton Show.

There will also be lessons on sowing seeds and building an entire garden in a seed tray.

Youngsters can also now enter the Moreton Show Potato in a Pot competition.

For a 50p donation, they can collect a seed potato and a 10 litre pot from the Fosseway Garden Centre until Monday April 24.

They then plant their potato in soil or compost and care for it until show day on Saturday, September 2, when stewards will empty the pots and weigh each entry in public.