Youngster Rowan Rough, aged six, from Dunoon, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland discovered there’s not a soup pot big enough to cook the giant veg that were on show at Cardwell Garden Centre.

The garden centre played host to the Strathclyde Leek and Onion Society annual show.

Gardening experts from all over Scotland headed for Cardwell, near Gourock to exhibit their giant veg – with some of the leeks as big as five feet high.

There were more than 40 entries in the prestigious event for the green-fingered veg growers. The show’s overall winner, lifting the Best Exhibit in Show trophy was judged to be Joe Proudlock, from Castle Douglas, in Dumfries and Galloway for his display of six onions dressed from seed he had been growing for months.

Visitors to the garden centre marveled at the displays of enormous onions and king-size carrots and colossal leeks among other vegetables, like potatoes, cauliflowers and beetroot.

And they also enjoyed a weekend of family fun and games with a barbeque, bouncy castle, face painting, a Spooky Treasure Hunt and a fairground carousel.

Cardwell’s retail general manager, Paul Carmichael said: “It’s fantastic to have the Leek and Onion Show make a welcome return to Cardwell after two years because of the Covid restrictions.

“Hundreds of visitors to the garden centre were amazed at the size of the different perfectly-formed veg on display.

“These green-fingered gardeners extraordinaire certainly know their onions!”