Last week we created a bug hotel that needs populating with pictured bug friendly materials (just pop down any time with your children to insert your useful materials) and check out the neighbouring money log (pictured). Whilst this week the evolving bog garden (pictured – basically a pond with holes in that will be a magnet for wildlife) is starting to take shape and will look more natural over time. We have left the neighbouring area wild as a haven for wildlife whilst developing/disturbing other areas.

In the meantime, the huge Wishing Well is also taking shape (pictured) with support timber for the roof being added by our partners – The Conservation Volunteers (TCV). We were also delighted, after many weeks, to finish planting hundreds of donated shrubs courtesy of the sadly closed Windmill Nurseries.

One Hour Volunteer Opportunities below.

We have regular welcoming multi-award-winning one-hour sessions you can just drop into any time without any commitment. No special skills needed just a healthy dose of enthusiasm.

Venue & Tasks.

The Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) need volunteers to meet at Rowlands Dell (adjacent to the Hare & Hounds Pub) for one hour on Saturday (16.8.25) at 09.30 hours, to:

• Plant Donated shrubs.
• Sow grass seed where previous seeds have not taken.
• Cut Car park hedge.
• Weeding
• Complete bug hotel construction.
• Emptying three bins
• Watering Yew tree hedge
• Install Art Wheelbarrow!

Equipment needed: sturdy boots, garden gloves, spade, and garden fork

Thank You to:  FOMD Volunteers Jill, Joanne, Linda (pictured), Frank and Colin (not pictured) and TCV volunteers Neil, Alex, Peter, Joe, and Ricky for the midweek session (pictured13.8.25) who undertook the following:

• Planted and watered in countless donated Pyracanthas, box shrubs, laurels in large sloped upper border, courtesy of Windmill Nursery and Carol (St Joseph’s charity shop).
• Bug hotel construction continued with bamboo and twigs inserted by Ruth and children (pictured).
• Weeding continued near pathway, resulting in one agricultural bag for the recycling centre.
• A flowerbed border beautifully created with unused rocks (pictured) courtesy of TCV volunteers.
• Bog garden – further rocks and soil inserted courtesy of TCV.
• Wishing Well, sturdy uprights and roof frame installed courtesy of TCV.

Special Thanks to: Sarah Fairly (Aughton) for donating a massive array of sandstone free rocks some weeks ago and for Alan Frost (Grabber Driver) for the equally immense kindness in delivering them for free.

Crowdfunding Donations Needed for Rowlands Dell.

Our second milestone has just been achieved! After the last two successful months achieving our planned 50% target, we want to achieve our 75% target in August with a little help from you.

Currently (14.8.25) we have 120 donors who have pledged £5673 which is 64% of our £8,767 goal. To achieve the August 75% target of £6575 we now need to raise £902!

Overall, we need to raise £8767 before October (68 days!), to pay for a lower connecting path (creating a circular health and wellness walk) and a huge array of much-needed woodland plants.

To attract substantial match funding, we need your kind support on our crowdfunding webpage in the form of donations (minimum £2), ‘likes’,  ‘positive comments’ and please share, as positive community engagement is a measure that can trigger match funding, involving up to 40% of our target! The website also has a short introductory video.

DONATE AT  https://www.spacehive.com/rowlandsdell

Share with everyone using the share button below the main picture on the website.

Background to 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.

In Stage II (completed in November), with the help our NHS landowner partners we successfully obtained 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, 10,000 bulbs and planting at small junction points, bug and bird boxes, and a dry waterfall feature).

We are now engaging in stage three to repopulate Rowlands Dell with woodland planting and need your help.

Many Thanks and Best Wishes,

FOMD

Together making Maghull a better place to live.

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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