Beth Campbell, left, and Lorraine MacCormick always have a pot of soup at New Hope.
The arrival of sunny weather can bring tasty early pickings, from soff fruit to salad, and it won’t be long before gardeners are adding root vegetables and brassicas to their crops.
Many of those who garden for pleasure find that they have more than their family and friends can consume, and it is these extras – which might otherwise end on the compost heap – that Lions are requesting be donated to New Hope.