POOLE: Grow Your Own Sunflower kits are being sold to help raise money for Forest Holme Hospice.

Hospice fundraising manager Paul Tucker said: "Sunflowers are regarded as symbols of hospice care as they draw strength from focusing on the light and not the darkness. The sunflower has been adopted by hospices across the world as the symbol of hospice care, with the seed representing the patient and the surrounding petals representing love, care and compassion."

The kits are available to buy from the fundraising office at Forest Holme Hospice, Seldown Road, or its charity shop, The Secret Wardrobe, at Poole's Dolphin Shopping Centre.