Gardeners who struggle to get their plant spacing right – especially when using the increasingly popular ‘square foot gardening’ approach – have been offered a solution.

New Glee exhibitors Green Jeeves launched the Plantspacer, a PVC sheet with planting holes punched at pre-determined spacings, allowing users to get it right first time without guesswork or pieces of string.

They come in packs of three, each one with a different spacing. There are also packs designed to encourage children to get growing, with coloured sheets and fun graphics.

Milton Keynes-based Green Jeeves is a brand new start-up, run by Will Jeeves as managing director, with Natalie Bunker as business development manager.

“Even my Grandad uses them,” Natalie Told Glee Daily News, “and he’s a piece-of-string enthusiast!”