A COMMUNITY garden is beginning to thrive after gardeners from a Dursley gardening group got involved.

Transition Cam and Dursley enlisted the help of the keen gardeners at Dursley in Bloom in a bid to help transform its Secret Garden project at the Chantry Centre in Long Street.

Members of the Cam, Dursley and District branch of the University of the Third Age, an organisation that provides life enhancing opportunities to elderly people from across the area.

The transformation which began last spring is now well underway with planning permission having been granted for a new multifunctional space.

The new addition to the garden is set to be used as a venue for performances and live music as well as being a relaxing area for the community to spend their time.

Transition organiser Laura Pardoe said: “The project is about bringing people together and creating an environment we all want to live in.

“The project aims to enhance the heart of Dursley.”

Volunteers meet at The Secret Garden every Wednesday morning to work on the garden.

When work began last year, the garden was overgrown and unusable, but after months of hard work The Secret Garden is becoming a lovely space for all the community.

The community led organisation, Transition Cam and Dursley wants to help bring the community together while finding ways to strengthen the local economy, reduce our living costs and create a robust future for the area.

Dursley in Bloom members are currently preparing for the towns annual judging as part of the nationwide Britain in Bloom competition.

Transition Cam and Dursley has asked that anyone who is willing to lend their support to the project get involved by visiting the website www.transitioncamdursley.org.uk