GREEN-fingered friends and supporters of Portishead in Bloom took part in a family planting day at the Lake Grounds.

North Somerset Times: Families and Portishead in Bloom volunteers planting wildflowers.Families and Portishead in Bloom volunteers planting wildflowers. (Image: Archant)

Children took great delight in helping to plant snowdrops and bluebells at the Esplanade meadow and wildflower bank near the outdoor swimming pool on the town’s seafront.

North Somerset Times: Families and Portishead in Bloom volunteers planting wildflowers.Families and Portishead in Bloom volunteers planting wildflowers. (Image: Archant)

A spokesman for the group said: “We will reap the benefits of this planting next spring and we expect the wild flowers we have planted to become an added attraction.”