A total of 10 community groups have created beautiful show gardens in Shibden Park which can be visited by the public during the four-day Stage at the Lake festival.

The Seeds of Hope project will be open from Thursday (August 13), and celebrates community gardening in Calderdale through its 10 micro gardens.

Following the festival, the gardens will be transported back out into the community, where members of the public can go and visit them.

The community groups involved in the project include: Halifax-based charity St Augustine’s, Friends of Todmorden Station, Kirklees and Calderdale charity The Brunswick Centre, Halifax’s The Outback Community Kitchen and Garden, Friends of Shibden Park, Halifax’s Everybody Arts, Halifax Academy, Incredible Edible Todmorden, Ovenden’s The Paddock, and Calderdale’s Healthy Minds charity.

Incredible Edible Todmorden's beautiful micro garden created for the Seeds of Hope project.

placeholder image — Incredible Edible Todmorden's beautiful micro garden created for the Seeds of Hope project.

Cultural Programme Manager Jo Fullman said: “Seeds of hope is our celebration of community gardening in Calderdale.

“As part of the four-day programme for Stage at the Lake and Seeds of Hope which is celebrating 100 years of Shibden Park, we have been working with 10 different community groups from across Calderdale.

“Each group is creating a show garden; they’re going to be five by three metres, they’re going to be installed here in the park and people will be able to come and see them and visit a trail of all the different gardens that are here.”

She added: “Once the four-day festival is finished, each of the gardens is going to be relocated back in the community.

“So if visitors can’t come and see the gardens when they’re installed here at Shibden Park, they’ll be able to go and visit them out in the community throughout the year.”