TOOLS refurbished by prisoners are being given away to budding gardeners.

Last spring the Eden Project teamed up with HMP Dartmoor and the Conservation Foundation's Tools Shed project to provide the first permanent garden tool recycling programme in Cornwall.

ince then, old, broken and unwanted tools have been dropped off at the collection point at Eden and transferred to HMP Dartmoor's Tools Shed workshop. Here prisoners have been able to learn a variety of new skills while also refurbishing the donated items.

As a result, they now have 20 sets of reconditioned tools which will be given away to schools and community gardening groups in Cornwall.

To receive a free set of these tools, or to nominate a deserving school or group, email or write to Karen Dawkins at: kdawkins@edenpro ject.com or to Eden Project, Bodelva, PL24 2SG before Friday, January 27. Include the name, address and contact details of the organisation which would receive the tools and a short paragraph on where and how the tools would be used.

The first 20 to be selected will be notified by February 3 and invited to collect their tools from Eden on February 10.