A GREEN-fingered Stourport man has harvested a new garden waste bin, after scooping first prize in a recent competition.

Gardener Roger Barry, of Hermitage Way, was among more than 100 residents who took part in Wyre Forest District Council's Facebook competition to win a year's free subscription to fortnightly kerbside brown bin collections.

Mr Barry said: "The brown bin has been very useful.

"I used to pile up the garden waste and then take it by car to the tip.

"It has saved me a journey and time stuck in traffic."

Anyone interested in taking part in the scheme, can visit wyreforestdc.gov.uk/gardenwaste.