BIG plans have been unveiled to bring a 100 year old derelict building back to life at Avebury as a visitor friendly potting shed.

The shed, which is in urgent need of repair, will be used to tell the story of Avebury Manor Gardens by undergoing a transformation during 2018.

Hazel Barry-Scott, senior visitor experience officer at Avebury said: "The garden at Avebury has such a lovely history and we want to share more of this with our visitors. The work of the garden team today is also really interesting and we’re imagining seasonal display in the potting shed which will bring this work to life."

Simon Brooks, head gardener at Avebury said: “Bringing another part of the garden back to life is an exciting opportunity. It will provide a dedicated space to tell the story of the garden, enable authentic storage of produce from the Kitchen Garden, overwintering of plants and practical demonstrations of horticultural techniques and skills.”

Once the building works have been completed the space will be used for displays about the historic garden story as well as ‘how to guides’ and seasonal highlights from the garden team.

The team at Avebury are fundraising through the sale of raffle tickets at Avebury between now and October.

Last year the raffle raised over £11,000 for the Alexander Keiller drawing office project, which means that the Trust can now refurbish the famous archaeologist’s drawing office, showing visitors how it was used in the 1930’s; work will continue on this project throughout 2018. This year the team are hoping to do the same for the potting shed.