Five months after green-fingered volunteers both young and old had lovingly planted a memory garden at Gyllyngdune in Falmouth, they were back last week to rip out all the plants.

Members of the memory cafes in both Penryn and Falmouth were joined once again by pupils from Constantine School, Penryn College, and members of Falmouth Fire Station's black watch, to help prepare the gardens for winter.

They worked under the supervision of gardeners from Cormac, Falmouth Town Council, and a number of regular volunteers at Gyllyngdune Gardens.

As part of the Dementia Friends memory garden project, the teams of volunteers had been back every month over the summer to maintain the beds so it was appropriate that they were invited back again when the time came to rip out all the plants.

Community engagement officer, Jacqui Owen, said: "It has been a real inter-generational project and has been brilliant. Everyone has been able to see the plants as they have been growing and today they have ripped them out and are getting the beds ready for the winter. Tulips and wallflowers will be arriving shortly."

The plants which have been removed will either be composted on site or taken to Cormac's nursery and used again next year. Some were taken back to school by the children where they will be replanted.

The memory garden project had received £500 of sponsorship from the Royal Horticultural Society's Greening Grey Britain initiative which aims to promote health and well being of older people in the community by getting them involved in gardening and working with different generations.