February 2013 - Seeds started in a poly tunnel that we will be planting later in the year ​

Winter 2012 - we have finally got the go ahead to start work. Our friends at the Environment Agency are starting with the construction phase of the project in march 2013 ​

November 2012 - We have our drawing so its now down to finalising the work and hopefully all the construction stage to be completed so that we can get it planted up next spring/Summer (2013)

September - October 2012 - We had a surveyor out and had to revisit our plan and get a drawing completed for the funders

August 2012 - we created 4 beds and planted our first locally grown food the vegetables in Oak Hill Park. The environment Agency are helping us with the project to construct paths and level the area where it needs it.

July 2012 - we potted up seeds in Oak mansion conservatory ready for the Alice garden. 

July 2012 - Start work on the Alice garden. 7th July we started in the Alice garden - Created 4 beds for this years growing which we planted up with locally grown food

June 2012 - seed planting for Alice garden with the help of our friends at Abbeyfield, Tony from Oak Hill Mansion courtesy of Carol helped us sow seeds for the Alice Garden. 

May 2012 - We have received funding from Lancashire environment fund

March 2012 - Applied for funding will hear in 30 days

February 2012 - Offered some free compost for the Alice Garden project- we did an exercise to see if our plan for the garden would work. With a little adaptation of what goes where we have revised the plan slightly the wild flowers will go where the hoops are and the hoops will go where the wild flowers are in the current plan.

January 2012 - Applied for funding  awaiting will here in April 2012. Work cant start until we hear from the funders.

December 2011 - Are funding bid from green spaces forum has been accepted so we now have money for edible hedges and trees for the Alice garden. yippee if anyone can spare a little time to plant them please let me know. We received quotes for various parts of the project work and have a plan for a way forward. come to the meetings to see where we are up to.
November 2011 - Hyndburn council said yes to our proposals of locally grown food in a community garden in Oak Hill park.

We have had confirmation from the Lewis Carroll Society that the Alice Liddell who Lewis Carroll mod-led his book Alice in Wonderland on was the Same Alice who later married the owner of our Oak hill park Reginald Hargreaves.

The Hargreave family owned Calico Printing firm at broad oak works  and lived in Oak Hill park in the mansion house that was sadly demolished.

Alice Liddell married Reginald Hargreaves, on 15 September 1880, at the age of 28 in Westminster Abbey.

Eat me and drink me are catalysts for many of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland so this is a perfect theme for a locally grown food garden, especially when lead by Incredible Edible Accrington, Members of other IE agree with me that we all have a touch of the Mad Hatter and March Hare in our make up.

There will be a meeting 16th November 1900 in the park pub, 68 Manchester road, Accrington to discuss the design please if you live in the area and want to be involved do go along.

November 2011 -  Calling all artists - We are after artists and gardeners to help us and anyone else interested

We need your help we want to do an Alice in wonderland theme to our community garden we are planning in oak hill park and also want help with branding and presentation of gather gardening projects we are planning. if you can help please call Katie on 07411266230 or email katie.farnell@btinternet.com

November 2011 - At our meeting this evening we came up with a basic concept for the idea of the Alice garden with locally grown food..