VOLUNTEERS got down to some hard graft for a garden makeover.

Twenty employees from Barclays Bank transformed the garden at the Leonard Cheshire Care Home, Thicket Road, Penge, into a planter's paradise.

The bankers took up the challenge to mark National Make a Difference Day, Britain's biggest day of volunteering.

Volunteer Wayne Austin, 27, said: "We all had a great desire to get involved with something which would help the wider community.

"It was hard work but fun and gave us all a chance to give something back."