SPACES are still available for an author-led event in Greenock on Monday. 

Helen Cross will be at South West library to speak about how gardening can help the climate and our own mental and physical health. 

At the event, which is called Growing for Wellbeing, attendees will get the chance to create wellbeing branches, try flower hammering, make bags of bath salts, and sow calendula seeds. 

Helen is the author of Grow, Cook, Inspire and her visit to the library is being funded by the Scottish Library and Information Council.

The event will run from 5.30pm-6.30pm. 

Admission is free but spaces should be booked at www.eventbrite.co.uk