Nearly £500,000 of lottery funding has been awarded to an organic gardening project in Plymouth.

The idea of Digging It is to transform two acres of waste ground in the Stoke area at the same time as encouraging people to eat what they sow.

The hope is that amateur gardeners will create a market garden.

Digging It is run by the Routeways Centre, which aims to help people at risk of social exclusion overcome problems and develop community skills.