Residents have transformed a drab wall into a kaleidoscope of colour.

A mural has pride of place on the wall of the Pizza Roma restaurant, in Eston, near Middlesbrough.

More than 100 volunteers attended workshops to design the artwork, with the theme of a garden featuring trees, flowers, bees and birds, chosen to reflect how the designers would like their landscape to look.

The project was completed as part of a partnership between Groundwork South Tees, Coast and Country Housing, Church Lane Partnership and residents.

It involved commissioning artists Ged Holmes and Mark Warner of kitch-en, an art and design organisation based in Middlesbrough, to hold workshops with the local community, and pupils and students from Caedmon Primary School and Gilbrook Technology College.

Tracy O'Neill, community investment manager for Coast and Country Housing, said: "The workshops allowed the local people to put forward their ideas for improving this rather drab wall in the centre of the Fabian Court shopping centre.

"They wanted something bold and colourful and I think the professional artists who translated their designs on to the finished mural have captured the spirit and enthusiasm generated by the project."

Mr Holmes, of kitch-en, said: "This was our first community project and we found it very rewarding to work with Groundwork, Coast and Country Housing, and both the residents and children of Eston. The work that was produced was creative and inspiring and has been combined into a fantastic piece of artwork and focal point for the community."