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Volunteers Needed for One Hour at Maghull’s Rowlands’ Dell.

4 April @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am

| Free

At Rowlands Dell, the 10,000 newly planted daffodils continue to amaze alongside countless thousands of bluebells and huge carpets of ‘white bluebells’ (Three Cornered Leek). Next up are striking May displays of Alliums and Camassia.

Please can you help by volunteering for one hour on Saturday (4.4.26) or support with cash or woodland plant donations….

Venue & Tasks.

We would love your help for a spare one hour from 09.30 hours on Saturday (4.4.26), at Rowlands Dell (opposite the newly refurbished Hare & Hounds PH, L31 2HF), to make a fantastic difference to our environment.

Several tasks to choose from:

Creating a dead hedge to hide the new compost bin made from recycled pallets.
Weeding new woodland & rockery (main task)
Creating a cairn from excavated rocks
Backfilling wishing well with cement and pebbles.
Watering.

Equipment needed: essentials sturdy boots, garden gloves, garden/hand fork , kneeling pad, spade. (IMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING OWN TOOLS, NO SPARES AVAILABLE TODAY!)

Huge thanks to:

Linda, Harry (DoE), Jess, Jill, Sonia (pictured) Frank and Colin (not pictured), who last Wednesday (1.4.26) brilliantly undertook the following in only one hour:

Restored last year’s hedge by planting with further leftover wildlife friendly hedge trees (pictured).
A special thank you to Cllr Dr Mike Desmond, colleagues, Green Sefton, and Arbor Force subcontractors – who provided 10 precious large standard trees in the form of five fruit trees and five red birch trees to invaluable complete the orchard and sunken garden area respectively (pictured)
Thank you to Sefton Council highways department for repairing the external perimeter pavement sinkhole (pictured), although the wall still seems precarious.
Wanted green wind screening.

If You Would like to Help in the Future?

Volunteer sessions (everyone is welcome without any commitment) can be found on our Events calendar page at https://www.fomd.co.uk/events/ oh where you will find all the details.

Crowdfunding Campaign. We are hoping to raise further funds in 2026 for steps handrails, eco-educational signage and mass planting for two of the four planned nature zones. Please donate online at www.fomd.co.uk or with cash at the Hare & Hounds PH, Morrisons, Essar Petrol Station.

Rowlands Dell Introduction (3min Video): https://youtu.be/lxrTdudVza8?si=AM_znsaI35Cose-M

Background and Exciting Developments at Rowlands Dell.

This beautiful haven for wildlife has unbelievably been treated as an open tip for decades, where every inch has revealed a variety of pollutants harmful to wildlife. In our three-stage plan, stage I has resulted in Maghull’s biggest ever 46-week cleanup in which FOMD have removed 300 bin bags of litter and 25 tons of debris (2024).

In Stage II (November 2024), with the help of our NHS landowner partners we successfully obtained a health and wellness grant (Maghull’s largest green investment) to fund an amazing legacy array of hard landscaping installations. These features provided accessibility for the whole community and included: accessible path, viewing/picnic area, sunken garden, bins, 12,000 bulbs and planting at small junction points, bug and bird boxes, and a dry waterfall feature). A Morrisons grant has enabled us to create the ongoing bog garden and wishing well.

We now need your help throughout 2026 for funding and planting to complete a beautiful restorative legacy haven.

All the Best,

Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD)

Together making Maghull a better place to live.