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Keen gardeners and naturists are being encouraged to get out into their back yards this summer and take part in World Naked Gardening Day.

The annual event has been brightening up the world's gardens since 2005 and after a couple of chilly autumn days for the first two years it was moved to May.

This year the event will be held on May 4.

According to the World Naked Gardening Day website : "First of all, it's fun! Second only to swimming, gardening is at the top of the list of family-friendly activities people are most ready to consider doing nude.

"Moreover, our culture needs to move toward a healthy sense of both body acceptance and our relation to the natural environment.

"Gardening naked is not only a simple joy, it reminds us - even if only for those few sun-kissed minutes - that we can be honest with who we are as humans and as part of this planet."

The bad news is that you'll have to be discreet

Under Section 18 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act (1990), citizens are not allowed to appear outdoors in the nip evenwhen on their own property because its considered to be an act of public indecency.

The law states: "Any person who commits, in public, any act in such a way as to offend modesty or cause scandal or injure the morals of the community shall be guilty.

"The person may receive a fine of up to €634.87 or six months' imprisonment."