A rotary club will be planting crocuses as they join thousands of others in supporting World Polio Day.

The Studios Rotary Club of Elstree & Borehamwood will be joined on Friday at 1pm by a host of special guests at Woodcock Hill village green.

The day coincides with planting trees for the Queen’s Canopy which is marked across 53 Commonwealth countries.

Five thousand crocus corms have already been shared across ten primary schools in the area and schoolchildren will be amongst the guests at Woodcock Hill.

They will be led by rotary club president, Cllr Sandra Parnell, and she will be joined by Hertsmere MP Oliver Dowden, leader of Hertsmere Borough Council Cllr Morris Bright, the Mayor of Hertsmere Cllr Brenda Batten, the Mayor of Elstree & Borehamwood Cllr Victor Eni, Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council leader Cllr Pat Strack, and the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

A series of trees will be planted and a plaque will be unveiled.

Polio is a serious viral infection that used to be common in the UK and worldwide. It's rare nowadays because it can be prevented with vaccination.

Most people with polio don't have any symptoms and won't know they're infected. But for some people, the polio virus causes temporary or permanent paralysis, which can be life threatening.

The purple crocus has become a symbol of the rotary’s fight on polio, as the colour purple represents the colour of the dye placed on a child’s finger to show they have been immunised against the disease.