GREEN-fingered Alison Massey and Helen Hamer are holding a plant sale in aid of Hospice Care for Burnley and Pendle.

Cottage garden perennials and annual shrubs will be on sale at Blacko Chapel, Blacko, for an August Bank Holiday extravaganza.

Christina Cope, community fund-raiser at the hospice, said: "We are very grateful to Helen and Alison for their kind contributions and hope the day will be a huge success."

The hospice, which is based in Pendleside, cares for people suffering form cancer and progressive illnesses.

The plants will be supplied by Laneside Nursery, in Stocks Lane, Gisburn, with some of the proceeds going to the hospice.

The sale, on Monday, August 26, starts at 4pm.