Residents at HC-One’s Berry Hill Park care home in Mansfield have been busy transforming their garden area in a bid to win this year’s HC-One national Gardens in Bloom competition, which was judged by television presenter Rachel de Thame.

This year there were no set categories, allowing homes to create the garden they wanted, including creating a new fruit or vegetable patch, flower beds/boxes, and wildflower gardens.

Other ideas included creating dementia and sensory gardens or supporting local wildlife by creating bug hotels to attract and shelter insects, allowing homes to create a garden that best suits residents’ goals and interests.

Members of the care home’s gardening club take part in regular maintenance of the garden, as well as enjoying it.

Berry Hill Park care home manager Tara Spencer said: “Residents, colleagues and the local community really enjoyed transforming the garden area of the home in a bid to enter this year’s HC-One Gardens in Bloom competition.

“I would like to thank all of our residents and colleagues for the hard work they have put in to transforming the garden.”