People who have sight loss can start or continue to cultivate beautiful gardens with support from Thrive, the charity that uses gardening to change lives.

• A gardening starter pack including great ideas and gardening tips for spring, summer, autumn and winter for flower, vegetable and fruit gardens. It also includes free Suttons Seed Tapes - strips of tissue paper with pre-spaced seeds which can be placed directly in the ground make seed sowing easier.

• A gardening yearbook with 55 pages of seasonal advice on maintaining food and flower gardens, plus advice on tools and equipment. Thrive has selected the best ideas and tips from other gardeners who have sight loss, month by month across the whole gardening year.

• A buddy system that can put people who have sight loss in touch with other gardeners in their local area to inspire and support each other.

Thrive is still taking entries for the annual Blind Gardeners of the Year competition. Individual gardeners and groups of all ages are invited to

enter before the 30 July deadline. For more information about the competition or to enter, please call Thrive at 0118 988 5688 or visit http://www.thrive.org.uk/