BELVILLE Community Garden opened up their grounds for an afternoon of outdoor fun to celebrate a successful harvest.

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Children came along in fancy dress, there were traditional outdoor games and then a chance to pick pumpkins.

The community project in the east end is part of a coalition of local groups cutting down on food waste and fighting poverty across Inverclyde.

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Their latest event was a chance to welcome the community into their grounds and showcase what they have to offer all year round.

Food co-ordinator Sue Harris said: "It was a great day and we had lots of fun. It is great to welcome families from the community and show them what we do here.

"It is always good to give something back and we had so much fun at the pumpkin picking. I would like to thank Morrisons and River Clyde Homes for donating the pumpkins."

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Belville Garden runs a whole series of projects and has community plots to help cut costs for  people, showing them how to grow their own food.

They also support other community projects by working in tandem with them.

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Their indoors Knit & Natter and 'soup and a blether' events are also very popular.

Sue and the team are predicting a tough winter ahead for families as the demand for their produce, donated by local supermarkets, increases.

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She said: "I think there is definitely not as much food waste now and there is a shortage of donations. But we are kept going with the support of stores like Lidl and M&S."