VOLUNTEERS from the Maldon in Bloom team came out to contribute to National Gardening Week.

National Gardening Week was launched seven years ago by the Royal Horticultural Society, and aims to become the country’s biggest celebration of gardening.

Thousands of people, gardens, charities, retailers, culture and heritage organisations and groups have got involved over the years.

The team from Maldon in Bloom were busy throughout all of last week, including attending the launch of their own competition at the town hall, scattering wild flower seeds at the new wildflower meadow at the Friary Playschool, and distributing various plants left over from the Maldon Rotary Club's plant sale at different sites around the town.

9068 –The team at the Town Hall for the launch of the local Maldon in Bloom competition

9584 – Friary Playschool scattering wild flower seeds at the new wildflower meadow at Longfields

9586 – All Saints Primary scattering their seeds

9621 – Maldon Methodist Brownie Group doing the same!

9636 – Maldon Rotary kindly donated left over plants from their plant sale to Maldon in Bloom for use at various sites around the town.