This weekd we asked our Suffolk iWitness members to take photos showing off their green fingers

Ipswich Star: Helping out getting green fingers. Picture: PAMELA BIDWELLHelping out getting green fingers. Picture: PAMELA BIDWELL (Image: (c) copyright newzulu.com)

Our iWitness website has had a tint of green as we invited our members to show off their green fingers and send in photos of them getting up close with nature.

Ipswich Star: This year's crop. Picture: DAVID LAMMINGThis year's crop. Picture: DAVID LAMMING (Image: (c) copyright newzulu.com)

We have had plenty of submissions from bees collecting pollen from flowers in the garden, classic green bottles being lined up against the wall to crops of beans being grown in our iWitness members’ back gardens.

Ipswich Star: Crop of runner beans coming this year. Picture: JULIE KEMPCrop of runner beans coming this year. Picture: JULIE KEMP (Image: (c) copyright newzulu.com)

However, we can have only one winner and it is from Steve Coates, for his picture of a butterfly having landed with a brilliant blue sky.

Ipswich Star: Green bottles on the wall. Picture: FRANCES CRICKMOREGreen bottles on the wall. Picture: FRANCES CRICKMORE (Image: (c) copyright newzulu.com)

Next week’s challenge is all about the seaside

Ipswich Star: Bees in the garden. Picture: GRAHAM MEADOWSBees in the garden. Picture: GRAHAM MEADOWS (Image: (c) copyright newzulu.com)

We want to see photos from your trips to the beach and by the seaside, from glorious sunsets reflecting out on to the waters to busy beach huts lined up along the coast and everything in between.

To take part, become a Suffolk iWitness member - and you could see your pictures online or in one of our newspapers.