GARDENING celebrities are hoping to grow a lot of new interest in a selection of charities at a fundraising event planned for Billington.

Charities including the British Thyroid Foundation, The Christie Hospital Endocrine Unit and Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society will benefit from the gardeners charity evening on Saturday, June 5. Gay Search, presenter of the BBC's Gardener's World, will be among those giving presentations.

In addition, there will be an auction of celebrity containers and a plant sale. Tickets are £20, including wine and canapes on arrival, and tea and coffee during the interval.

Cheques should be made to Peter Foley Charity Event and sent with an SAE to Holden Clough Nursery, Bolton-by-Bowland, Clitheroe, Lancs.