A Moray community group is appealing for help to transform their village’s former railway station into a beauty spot.
The Burghead Community Garden project has been awarded £12,000 of grants, which will be used to buy equipment to spruce up the space.
But, while members are celebrating the funding boost, they fear they do not have enough volunteers to help implement the changes.
Burghead Amenities Association’s treasurer, Hilary Gloyer, said she hoped to recruit some residents to help erect a polytunnel for growing vegetables by offering them free barbecue food and beer.
She added: “The polytunnel had always been a part of our plans, and we managed to buy one after receiving a £10,000 grant from Tesco.
“We are planning to put it up on Sunday, but our problem is a lack of volunteers.
“We have all these things to do, but not the people to get them done – which is a bit dispiriting.
“People don’t have to be great gardeners to help, we just need assistance moving and lifting things.”
The group plans to erect the polytunnel at 1pm on Sunday, and they hope that volunteers who help out will then attend its annual meeting the following Thursday, at 7pm in the Church of Scotland Hall.
Many villagers have already expressed an interest in developing vegetable plots inside the polytunnel.
The Tesco grant will also cover the costs of paving over an old platform area at the site.
In recent weeks, the garden scheme has received a further £1,500 donation from the Money for Moray initiative and £750 from Sport Relief.
The £1,500 will fund fencing for a vegetable plot, to prevent animals from disturbing it, and the £750 pledge will pay for a children’s climbing frame.
The group ultimately hopes to be able to extend its children’s play area to include a trampoline built into the ground, and to create a gazebo for outdoor concerts and an all-weather pitch.