GREEN-fingered Flintshire residents are celebrating the fruits of their labours.
More than a ton of fruit and vegetables have been grown in a community-supported agriculture scheme launched last year.
Set up by FlintShare, it was launched to encourage people to grow their own vegetables.
A special meal of homemade Indian cuisine marked the first birthday of the community garden at Cilcain.
Organic horticulturist and founder of FlintShare, Nikki Giles, from Loggerheads, said the first year had been a success.
She said: “The enthusiastic members have made amazing progress in one year carving a productive and profitable community garden out of a bracken filled field.
“FlintShare’s four community growing projects have provided fresh fruit and vegetables for over 20 families – and there’s room for more.
“I have been staggered by the fantastic progress we have made in just a year – we cropped over one ton of vegetables for our members including potatoes, greens, beans, carrots, tomatoes and fruit.
“All the members of the group have been very happy with the produce, particularly the variety and beautifully fresh vegetables.’’
FlintShare is a community run social enterprise with a network of small community gardens across Flintshire, including sites at Ffynnongroyw, Northop and Hawarden and is run entirely by volunteers.
Member Vicky Weale, of Mold, said: “Most members have got stuck in, digging over the site, building fences, planting and cropping, sitting around drinking tea in the sunshine and generally enjoying the fresh air.
“When I come for a workday my children love to play in the woods or help out. We have found we are getting fitter, have learned new skills and really enjoyed taking part and on top of that we get great tasting cheap organic vegetables.’’
Events the group held in the last year include a summer solstice party, a scarecrow making day, a winter solstice walk and tree pruning workshop.