EXHIBITORS from Worcestershire and Herefordshire battled it out for medals at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.

Winners were: Alpine Garden Society, Avonbank, Pershore - Gold.

Bouts Cottage Nurseries, Inkberrow - Silver Gilt Flora.

The Cottage Herbery, Tenbury Wells - Silver Knightian

Fuchsiavale Nurseries, Torton, Kidderminster - Silver Flora. Hardy Plant Society, Great Comberton, near Pershore - Bronze Flora.

Rickards Hardy Ferns Ltd, Kyre, Tenbury Wells - Gold.

Chris Caligari Landscapes, St John's, Worcester - Silver Gilt Flora.

Pershore College - Bronze Flora. Severn Trent Water (in conjunction with RSPB) - Silver Gilt.

Wyevale Garden Centres, Hereford - Gold.