A TINY community has worked together to create a sensory garden.

There are only 11 houses in Windmill, which lies between Hamsterley and Toft Hill. But lack of numbers did not stop villagers raising money to create the garden on a grass verge, so people with sensory impairments can enjoy the flowers and read the story of the garden on a braille plaque.

The scheme started out two years ago as a millennium project, but despite the missed deadline, fundraisers secured grants from the Northern Rock Building Society and the charity New Horizons.

Villager Alison Bradford said: "Lots of local companies donated things like sand and cement. There are too many to list, but we would like to thank them all."