Be a part of nature and not apart from nature. King Charles 2025.

The beautiful nature displays continue at the UK Award Winning Rowlands Dell where the stunning 10,000 newly planted daffodils are now fading and being replaced by 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 (18.4.26) 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 (18.4.26), 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 below with the main task focusing on weeding around the newly planted young 600 ferns to help maximise their growth to provide self-sufficient ground covering woodland lushness for years to come.

• Creating a dead hedge to hide the new compost bin made from recycled pallets.
• Weeding new woodland & fern areas (main task)
• Creating a cairn from excavated rocks
• Backfilling wishing well with cement and pebbles.
• Watering.
• Mowing and strimming the Orchard/dry waterfall rockery areas.
• Planting Nordman tree.

Equipment needed: essentials sturdy boots, garden gloves, garden/hand fork, kneeling pad, spade.

Huge thanks to:

Linda, Joan, Diane, Sonia, John, (pictured) Colin and Frank who kindly achieved the following:

• Bins emptied
• Hedging replaced, added and weeded near archway and sunken garden, utilising leftover hedging
• New grass seed sown to repair the grass following the use of the tractor digger to plant the large new fruit trees.
• Wishing Well plumbing installed. We are immensely grateful to Lindsey and her team for professionally installing the beautiful copper pipework and the cascading bucket to enable the well to function in the near future. A more comprehensive thank you will follow soon but for further information see the link below: https://www.lindseysplumbingservice.co.uk/
• Afterwards, we met with Prof Mike Pearson and his wife Diane at the Dell. They have a huge, long established beautiful garden near the old train station on Willow Hey Road and following an awesome visit we were honoured to invite them for a tour of the Dell.

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/ 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.

• Winner of the UK 2025 BBC One Show/RHS Growing Together Community Garden Award.
• Winner of the 2022 BBC Make a Difference Environmental Award.

More information at www.fomd.co.uk including: (1) Events tab for everything about the meeting and (2) Projects tab for the project background.

Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk

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