A school won a horticultural competition for their community garden design skills.

Bishop Douglass Catholic School has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Green 'Plan It' Challenge to design a new school or community garden.

The ten-week project aimed to inspire young horticulturalists, and a team of six 12-14 year-olds from the school developed a 3D design for the 'Beautiful and Beneficial' school garden.

Their design, which included areas to pupils to relax in and plants with sensory, wildlife-friendly and air-cleaning properties, was judged at Capel Manor College in Enfield on Wednesday against 11 other teams from London.

Dr Sue Williams, from Bishop Douglass Catholic School, said: "What a transformation ten weeks can make!

"From very simple or no gardening knowledge, our six students have grown and developed in a wonderful way.

"Our mentor Dave Hine, a landscape architect at Thomson Ecology, passed over his enthusiasm and mastery to them, and they have begun to play and run with ideas beyond their years.

"They are now so excited about design and growing, and can’t wait to start putting their design into reality."

This is the second year the RHS has run the challenge with nearly 1,000 young people taking part across eight regional hubs, from Edinburgh to Bristol.