The restoration of a garden at a popular heritage attraction in Nottingham could be about to take a major step forward.
Plans have been submitted for the repair and refurbishment of buildings in the walled garden at Wollaton Hall.
Volunteers have been working on the site for nearly a decade and the new scheme would see additional facilities installed.
City councillor for Wollaton West, Steve Battlemuch, said the area was a "broken down mess in 2015" but praised volunteers for turning it into "a different place".
The garden was first created in the 16th Century to provide fruit and vegetables to the hall and its household.
The 'Wollaton Walled Garden Project' is a community-led collaboration between the Friends of Wollaton Park group and the Wollaton Hall Historical Society, supported by the city council's park management staff.
Battlemuch, who helped establish the Friends of Wollaton Park group, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "It's still not the finished article, but it is already a different place.
"Hundreds and hundreds of volunteers have worked on it. People were saying you would need millions of pounds and that you'd never raise that through fundraising, but they decided to chip away bit by bit.
"The potential is massive."
As well as the external wall itself, the project has repaired the cucumber house and Gardner's Cottage, while also planting flower beds, a sensory garden, vegetable beds, an orchard and a tree nursery.
Plans have now been submitted for the refurbishment and restoration of potting sheds and supporting buildings, which will provide dozens of volunteers with a toilet and electrical supply.
Wollaton Hall itself, a Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion built between 1580 and 1588, is currently on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register due a backlog in maintenance.
