BOY gardener Nicholas Burrows showed that he knows his onions and that he can teach the adults a thing or two when it comes to showing his produce.

Nine-year-old Nick, who has his own allotment near to his home in Brunswick Street, Nelson, was awarded a special cup as the Nelson and District Young Millennium Gardener at the Nelson allotment and gardeners show.

He also won prizes for his miniature garden, beetroot, floral art and onions.

Nick, who attends Barrowford County Primary School, said he became really interested in gardening about two years ago when his dad, Steven, got a mini-greenhouse.

He started with pot plants and growbags in the backyard but really began to blossom when he got his own allotment. He goes to his garden every day and was there before 7am on Saturday getting his exhibits ready for the show at the Civic Hall.

Nick said: "I grow mostly vegetables but I like to grow flowers as well."

Show secretary Dianne Mason said: "He is a splendid young lad and a joy to have at the show."

She added: "It has been a very good show. Entries in the wine and egg sections are up considerably while flowers and veg have also been good. We allowed more room for them this year and it proved to be the right thing."

Other trophy winners were: Goodenough and Greenwood, Terry Hinton, Barbara Stainthorpe, Brian Cottam, Alan Greenwood, Harry Carr, David Caygill, James Mason, Joan Greenwood, Dianne Mason, Catherine Barnes and Linda Hinton.