Haworth schoolchildren have been praised by Yorkshire in Bloom judges for bringing flower power to the village.

The youngsters' efforts helped Haworth climb to seventh place in the spring judging of the annual competition.

Members of Haworth Primary School gardening club will carry out extra work in time for the final judging in July.

Haworth scored 165 points out of a possible 200 in the small country town section of Yorkshire in Bloom. Addingham came top with 176 points, and Haworth came just three points lower than third placed Thirsk.

Haworth scored top marks for its public areas, and was also highly placed for its business premises. It was also judged for private houses and environmental awareness.

The judges sid the school's gardening club and its supporters were making a 'measurable difference' to Haworth.

They said: "It seems as though a lot of the ideas and work for the improvements florally emanate from the school.

"The Main Street for the time of year was colourful. The public areas are tidy and colourful."

The judges added that Haworth's ideas and drive made it an entry to watch when they returned in July.

Bradford council's head gardener for the Worth Valley, Steve Thorpe, who runs the school gardening club, said: "All in all I think we did pretty well. The results give us a bit of a boost.

Earlier this year the children planted flowers outside Haworth fire station, railway station and police contact point, and along Main Street.

Other Haworth students designed posters to put around the town, encouraging residents to make improvements.

The gardening club will now plant a rose bed at the fire station and prepare baskets for around the town.

Club members will later start growing vegetables, possibly making baskets for the school's harvest festival.

The club has been nominated for a national award for voluntary endeavour, organised by the Nationwide Building Society. It has also been entered in a sub-section of the Yorkshire in Bloom competition covering youth endeavour.

Mr Thorpe's son Joseph, a club member, was recently given an achievement award for "outstanding contribution to the wider community". He set up a litter-picking gang at the school, collecting paper rubbish for recycling.