A Liverpool alleyway hidden from public view has been transformed into a hidden garden by the people living next to it.
Numerous families who live around the alley, which is backed onto by three different streets in Fairfield, have tended the stunning space since efforts to improve it started in 2008.
Glo Needham, a retired hairdresser who has lived in the area for two decades, now maintains the alley with her husband and some friends after another couple in the street began to make changes to the alley twelve years ago.
Ms Needham said the alley has won numerous awards throughout the years as part of a competition run by the housing association that owns their homes.
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The garden is split into numerous sections, with different parts taking inspiration from gardens in Britain, Europe and Asia.
Ms Needham said the alley, which has numerous benches and other places to sit, had been key for giving residents access to outdoor space during the coronavirus lockdown.
"It has been such a blessing to be honest. It like having a little park on your own doorstep.
"We're able to see our neighbours and speak to them more than if we didn't have it. You don't have to stand on top of one another, there are seats there and you can all sit down and there is still space between you.
"It also gave me the opportunity to get out because I was still able to look after it."
The coronavirus lockdown has seen a number of alleys in Liverpool transformed as families have banded together.
Earlier this year, photos showed the amazing transformation of an alley in Wavertree.
Residents living around that alley cleared huge amounts of rubbish and weeds before turning the alley into a communal garden.
Work is currently ongoing to renovate many of Liverpool's alleys.
Many of the cobbled alleys, mostly built in the Victorian era, are now in poor condition leading to difficulties for residents as well as council workers such as refuse collectors.
