M​ISS England has been dressing up at Royal Ascot to celebrate the start of the annual Elderflower harvest.

Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge donned an outfit at Ascot specially designed for the Stroud-based Bottlegreen Drinks Co.

The brightly coloured dress and hat features strking green colours and blooming elderflowers.

Bottlegreen has been making natural elderflower drinks in Stroud for 21 years.

The harvest season is a crucial time as high quality ingredients are key to the success of any good elderflower drink.

Elderflowers are harvested by hand and they must be picked at just the right time, when the flavours are at their optimum.

Once they have the flowers in hand, bottlegreen’s experienced blenders use traditional wine-making skills to create a balanced blend to make its elderflower cordial.