EVERYTHING is looking vine in the Dartmouth's new temporary greenhouse.

This week Dartmouth in Bloom supporters have been working hard to put up the new polytunnel on the site of the remains of the Edwardian community greenhouse that was demolished a few weeks ago.

Using scaffolding and plastic sheeting, the bloom team have been able to create a temporary greenhouse opposite the town's embankment to house all the plants.

The bloom team were even able to incorporate the impressive large vine that had been saved from demolition and has been growing there for about the last 50 years.

Dartmouth in Bloom chairman Stevie Rogers said: 'I have no idea how old the vine is but I think it goes back to the 1960s when the new doorway was put in.'

The vine used to stretch some 50ft along the length of the 65ft-long greenhouse and produces a large number of grapes each year – many of which used to end up being given away.

In the new temporary greenhouse the team have managed to carefully tame the vine to wrap around the poles of the scaffolding so that it can continue to flourish and produce grapes.

As well as putting up the plastic sheeting, the team have also had to work hard at clearing away broken glass that had been left after the demolition.

The glass and wooden structure had to come down a few weeks ago because it had become unsafe. The erection of the temporary greenhouse was originally delayed, as they had to wait for a suitable time for the scaffolding to go up.

During the waiting period, all their equipment – gardening tools and wheelbarrows – had to be stored in a container in the district council depot.

After the polytunnel was put up, bloomers got to work bringing in all the stored plants and set them down in their new home.

The bloom team hope that eventually they will be able to rebuild the wooden frame Edwardian-style greenhouse on the same site where a greenhouse has been in use since 1905.

This year the town has been invited to enter the national section of the Britain in Bloom competition for coastal towns with a population of up to 12,000.

The regional judging will go ahead on the morning of July 5 – just two weeks away – when two judges will arrive in the town and be taken on a top to bottom tour from the area of the Sainsbury store to the embankment. The bloom team will give the judges a presentation before taking them on the floral tour.

After the July judging, the town will have to wait another month before another batch of Britain in Bloom judges turn up to decide on whether Dartmouth is a national winner.