A village's newly restored herb garden has proved a recipe for success - after it was opened by TV grocer Chris Bavin and Slough's mayor Cllr Mohammed Rasib on Friday.

Colnbrook's Pippins Park herb garden - first installed in 2012 - has been transformed as the result of a campaign led by village school mum Joanne Doyle.

She worked with volunteers to tidy and regenerate the garden, stripping out the original overgrown plants, replacing them with fresh new herbs and flowers.

Greengrocer Chris Bavin has become a familiar face since appearing on the BBC programme Eat Well for Less.

He said: "It’s great to see so much enthusiasm.

“This is a brilliant initiative - you can’t beat fresh home-grown herbs for flavour and the fact that everyone can now pop down and pick a few sprigs to add to their favourite recipe is fantastic."

Mrs Doyle, who only joined Pippins First School’s gardening club last year, says she has been overwhelmed by the support she received.

“So many people have helped out, not just with the gardening but with other things such as fundraising and donating items, which has been wonderful.

"The herb garden has become a real community project and as well as getting the children involved, we’re also hoping the school kitchen will be able to make use of the produce."

Headteacher at Pippins First School Tracy Ball said: “This area has been created for children from the school to use; not just learning about the different herbs, but having a maintained area to sit and carry out other activities, reading, playing games and the like.”

The children from the gardening club have all been involved in the project and compost created at school will also be contributing to its continuing success Mrs Doyle has launched a herb garden Facebook page.

To volunteer or make a donation email pippinsherbs@gmail.com or ‘Friend’ the facebook group ‘pippinspark.herbgarden’.