PUPILS at Great Malvern Primary School have been busy growing a monster pumpkin thanks to super seeds from the Royal Horticultural Society.

The pumpkin will be displayed at the RHS Autumn Show at the Three Counties Showground this weekend.

Emily Dean, the school's garden co-ordinator, said: “This has been a marathon effort for teachers and children. We started back in April when we first planted the seeds. The children have loved caring for the pumpkin."

Head Nikki Selby, said: "This has been a fantastic project for our children to work on with Mrs Dean. Our garden provides us with opportunities to work with children outside of the normal day to day of lessons. The commitment shown by Mrs Dean and the children has been extraordinary, I could not believe my eyes when I saw how much it had grown over the summer. Projects like this make a huge difference to the children."