IT HAS been a long and successful 25 years of gardening and planting for one community group in Cockenzie and Port Seton.

Cockenzie and Port Seton In Bloom, made up of volunteers, was officially established a quarter of a century ago and members celebrated its growing achievements with an exhibition in the Heritage Room of Cockenzie House which opened on Friday.

The exhibition, which can be accessed by the public during Cockenzie House open hours, was formally opened by George Anderson, a presenter of BBC programme Beechgrove Garden.

The group was featured in an episode of Beechgrove Garden with their secret garden in August 2002.

East Lothian residents can now browse a large number of photographs displayed on boards and in albums and see if they can recognise themselves as “Brownies and Cubs planting bulbs, doing litter picks and beach cleans”.

Additional boards illustrating the creation of the village’s public gardens are also displayed, alongside information about how the nursery garden was made.

After 25 years of hard work, determination, open-air exercise and gardening galore, the team is looking forward to replicating the work for the next 25 years.

Anyone interested in joining Cockenzie and Port Seton In Bloom should go along to the polytunnel at Cockenzie Primary School on a Monday or Wednesday at 10.30am.