Former carer Jean Turner has transformed a public garden near her home with the help of National Lottery money.

Mrs Turner, of Greet Street, Lancing, cared for her late mother, Alice Docwra, who had Alzheimer's disease, and was awarded an After Dementia Millennium Award earlier in the year.

She used the money to refurbish Headborough Gardens, in nearby South Street, spending a month organising new shrubs and plants and getting her own hands dirty with some arduous gardening.

Mrs Turner said: "I was awarded £4,000 because I wanted to go back to gardening. I have been doing work for charities in the past and I said I'd like to do something for myself.

"I chose Headborough Gardens because the parish council could only afford to mow the lawn but not afford to pay for weeding and other jobs. I was extremely lucky to get the money.

"I had to put in 60 hours of weeding on my knees because that was the main problem with garden. Not only am I pushing 70 but I need an invalid scooter to get about.

"That should be an encouragement to people who are disabled and are older that they can do it."

The plot of land will be formally opened by Shoreham and East Worthing MP Tim Loughton at 2pm on Friday.

After Dementia Millennium Awards are run by the Alzheimer's Society and funded by the National Lottery.