Please can you help to give the Parkbourn Wildflower Garden its annual TLC with a quick one hour tidy up involving some weeding, raking and laying a roll of donated (courtesy of Windmill Nursery) weed suppressing membrane to prepare for donated (courtesy of Linda) wildflower sowing in spring.

Venue The Parkbourn Project is a little tricky to find. It is situated on the rear service road of (45) Parkbourn Square (L31 1JD off Park Lane), also listed on Google maps.

Time. Meeting for one hour on Thursday 15.1.26, at 09:30 hours.

Tasks. 

• We will be focusing on simple but important weeding in the small outer border that has four layers including (1) the rear dogwood hedge is developing to cover the stark railings, (2) in front there is a row of 72 white hydrangea cuttings blossoming, and (3) in front of this there is a row of assorted plants, whilst the (4) daffodils and bluebells that fringe the path
• Mowing, raking, and laying membrane in the middle triangle wildflower bed. It is important to remove vegetation as it creates rich soil nutrition, that hinders wildflowers as they prefer a poor quality soil medium.

Equipment: You will need garden gloves, sturdy boots, large or small garden fork and secateurs.

A Special Thank You to Colin who braved the chilly weather and joined me at Parkbourn on Wednesday (7.1.23). Surprisingly, the two of us made a really noticeable difference after one hour. E.g. raking path leaves, cutting perimeter dogwood hedge, strimming and raking middle triangle of dead wildflowers and weeds. We have tried several strategies over the years to develop and sustain the wildflowers with occasional success, but we are thinking of covering the area with the donated weed suppressant membrane and obtaining some tons of Mersey Grit and resow, as recommended by a local wildflower expert.

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

Parkbourn Background: 

The Friends of Maghull & District’s (FOMD) first (2018) of many local green transformations. This small area had been blighted with 20 years of profound antisocial and fly tipping behaviour, was transformed into a much-visited inspiring green wildlife oasis. More info at https://www.fomd.co.uk/parkbourn-wildflower-garden-project/

Lots more volunteer opportunities will be coming up soon, so please keep an eye on our events calendar.

Many Thanks,

FOMD

Together Making Maghull a better place to live.

More information about this and other projects at: www.fomd.co.uk

Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk

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Pictured: Last weeks progress.