Green-fingered volunteers busy creating a sensory garden welcomed a group of teenagers to help with the ground work.

The garden is being built at the Tyrells Centre, in Seamore Avenue, Benfleet, by people involved with the Volunteer Bureau.

Digging in - volunteers Elif Erbil, Abby Baverstock and Ashley Patel from the Herts group with Ross Simmonds, Lee Hihhs and Jon Oakley from the Castle Point Volunteers Picture: TERENCE BUNCH

Volunteer co-ordinator Suzie Brutnell said ten youths aged between 14 to 19 from the Hertfordshire branch of the charitable organisation Millennium Volunteers, are travelling over to south Essex to lend a hand.

She said: "We are delighted the group are coming over as we have only just started work in the garden and a lot of hard graft is necessary!

"The garden is going to look lovely when it is finished and will be opened to be the public as well as everyone who visits the Tyrells Centre."

Published Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Brought to you by the Evening Echo