Children from East Morton Primary School, pictured above, played an important role in their village’s first Yorkshire in Bloom assessment.

The judges were taken on a tour of the school’s gardening club and viewed the garden, the greenhouse, a compost area, vegetable plot and an enclosed seating area.

A spokesman for the school said: “The young gardeners impressed the judges with their horticultural knowledge.”

The pupils demonstrated that they knew the names of different plants and explained that vegetables such as sweetcorn must be planted in blocks rather than rows to ensure pollination.

They also showed off the imaginative items they use as planters, including a wellington boot, a kettle and large baked bean cans.