A green-fingered pub landlady has been the toast of Crowmarsh Gifford after her gardening skills scooped first prize in a competition.

Sharon Reynolds, who took over The Queens Head 18 months ago, topped the front-of-house category in a Fullers Brewery pub garden competition.

Judges hot from the Chelsea Flower Show were impressed by the colourful tubs and hanging baskets she had nurtured outside the pub, in The Street.

Sharon Reynolds

Ms Reynolds said: "It has been a lot of work, dead-heading and watering all the time, but it was worth it."

Ms Reynolds beat more than 400 entries from Fullers pubs across the country.

Last year, she was highly commended for the rear garden at The Queens Head.