The statues of Charles Darwin and Clive of India woke up to a bright and flowery start in a stunt aimed to encourage visitors from the Flower Show to spend time and discover what the town centre has to offer.

Kirsten Henly, Shrewsbury BID manager, said: “As the Flower Show is taking to Quarry Park on Friday and Saturday we wanted to catch the attention of those visiting and show them a flavour of the Flower Show in main focal points of the town centre.

“We created our ‘one-off’ gardens to demonstrate the town’s offer and we hope that visitors to the show will take time to explore and enjoy.”