A GARDEN centre near Droitwich has chosen three local charities to support over the next 12 months.

Staff and customers at the family firm Webbs garden centre will support St Richard's Hospice and Acorns Children's Hospice in Worcester and Primrose Hospice in Bromsgrove.

Over the last five years Webbs has donated more than £85,000 towards the hospices' fund-raising coffers.

Executive chairman Ed Webb said: "We have been very pleased that our ongoing partnerships with St Richard's, Acorns and Primrose hospices has been so successful, helping to raise funds towards the huge running costs for providing care for adults and children."