The fourth annual Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day on March 27 was the most successful ever, raising in excess of £95,000.
Fundraising highlights this year included i2i's Glee team's London Thames Path Walk; Richard Jackson's QVC shows that brought in more than £40,000 over three days; events such as 'guess the length of string', 'soak the boss' and Easter egg hunts taking place at garden centres across the UK; and the Glovies campaign, which raised over £10,000 thanks to donations from the sales of gloves by Briers and Town and Country.

Greenfingers trustee and Garden Re-Leaf Day founder Boyd Douglas-Davies announced the total - which was 30% up on last year - to attendees at last week's GIMA Awards, and praised the combined efforts of the hundreds of garden centre teams, suppliers and individuals that have taken part over the past four years.

The grand total raised now stands at over £270,000, and has helped the Greenfingers charity build 49 children's hospice gardens.

Greenfingers head of fundraising Linda Petrons said: "The support we continue to receive from the garden industry is just amazing. Without your help, children and families that use hospices would not have access to an outside space for which to play with their children away from the pressures they face in care, and would also sadly not have a special place to remember those that have passed. Thank you so very much."

Looking ahead to the 2016 campaign and beyond, the focus will be on raising £1m in three years, helping the charity to source funds for 16 new gardens.