GAMBLING, buying alcohol or visiting a massage parlour are legal on Easter Sunday so a local businessman wants to know why the law stops him selling plants.

The Millbrook Garden Centre at Mitchel Troy, is allowed to open its tea-room this Sunday, but it would have to stop customers entering the shop.

This weekend owner Geoff Wright will build a temporary blockade six-feet high from 50-tonnes of compost in protest against the Sunday Trading Law.

Mr Wright said: "Last Easter we had to turn away hundreds of people who turned up expecting to find us open. We want to open the tea-room, but the only way that we can stop people from trying to enter the shop is to build an impassable barrier."

He said the law is an infringement of his human rights and will be lobbying politicians for change. "You can legally buy alcohol, gamble or visit a massage parlour, but not shop at a large garden centre. You are allowed to buy plants from a garage or corner shop, but not from us."