A "UNUSABLE" garden at a Redditch nursery has been transformed thanks to the hard work of volunteers.

Disabled children and those with learning difficulties at Batchley Plus Nursery, located at Batchley First School, now have a new, safe outdoor sensory space to play and learn.

The work included levelling the ground, which had a severe slop, painting fencing as well as planting flowers. The final garden will have a mud kitchen and tyres for sand and water play.

The project was the brainchild of Batchley Plus Nursery teacher Alice Morris, who enlisted the support of parents after discovering the nursery was unable to get funding through the school.

"It was absolutely awful," Mrs Morris said.

"It was the worst garden I have ever seen."

Speaking on the completed project, she said: "I am ecstatic - I am quite overwhelmed about all the support from people who have done the garden and supported the project."

Daniel Crathorne Director of CHS Garden Services supplied the landscape material for the garden and donated his labour along with his workforce to the project.

Botany Bay Garden Center donated flowers and seeds, Lee Hadley of Top Gear Consumables donated £100 and four tyres, and parent Jemma Sparks donated £50.

Ms Sparks said: "The garden for Batchley Plus nursery had been left in an unusable state so Alice Morris wanted to give it a makeover.

"Alice asked all the parents of the children that attended the nursery to help in making this possible."

"Myself and (fellow parent) Kirstie Hamer have helped dig up the garden and painted the fencing along with Alice."