RESIDENTS from a care home in Salisbury have been getting their hands dirty this week as part of a community campaign.

Community Crops is a Bupa initiative aiming to promote the health benefits associated with gardening and growing your own fruit and vegetables.

Harnham Croft Nursing Home is hosting a special Sow and Grow event tomorrow from 2.30pm, where volunteers from Wilton House Garden Centre will be helping greenfingered residents plant fledgling crops in the garden.

Home manager Jenny Cameron said: “Already our residents are feeling a huge sense of achievement and have taken great pleasure in watching their seedlings grow.

“We’ve been carefully tending and watering the plants and are really looking forward to the next step of planting the seedlings outside.

“Community Crops has really brought everyone together and it’s a perfect way to spend time in the garden and enjoy the fresh air.”