Urgent Tree Planting Volunteers Needed

In February Half Term!

As part of the Friends of Maghull & District’s (FOMD) climate action & environmental improvements we have our second and largest 2025 family friendly tree planting (1,248 Trees!) session on

 Friday 21 February 2025, from 10.00 hours,  

at Rowlands Dell,

Liverpool Road North, Maghull. L31 2HL.

(opposite Hare & Hounds Pub) 

Essentials: please bring sturdy boots, garden gloves and a spade.

With your help we are hoping to plant 1248 trees at this event with 500 more the following week at St Gregory’s Primary School.

Please Register ASAP or simply turn up to Help.

The Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) is only a small group, and our success has been achieved by bringing the community together. Consequently, we need everyone to register their interest for this massive tree planting program in the New Year by sending your contact details to admin@fomd.co.uk so we can get in touch with drop in planting dates between January and March. Please help our community to continue making a difference to our environment and do our bit for climate change. No commitment but any time you can give short or long will be invaluable and a bit of healthy fun along the way.

The Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) have planted 16,000 trees in Maghull since 2021, in parks, schools, roads and are now delighted to have secured woodland and hedge trees for St Gregory’s Primary School (1,450) and Rowlands Dell (1,248).

Following the successful application the trees will be delivered at staggered intervals between January and March 2025, with considerable gratitude to the charitable suppliers – The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) The Woodland Trust, The Tree Council and supported by our brilliant long-term partners Mersey Forest.

At St Gregory’s we have planted a wildlife friendly, pollution reducing 178m hawthorn hedge (950 trees) in January and in February woodland (420 trees) comprising of Common Oak, Green Beach, Birch, Alder, Hornbeam, Rowan, Field Maple, Hazel. It will importantly provide a great eco-educational opportunity for all the children and community volunteers, whilst providing a wonderful environmental legacy for future generations.

At Rowlands Dell the planting will create a wildlife friendly (habitat and food), pollution reducing (particulates, Co2 and noise) 141m hawthorn hedge (705 trees) and woodland (318 trees) comprising of Common Oak, Green Beach, Birch, Alder, Hornbeam, Rowan, Field Maple, Hazel. Another 45m hedge will comprise of 225 Yew trees and will complement the 350 mixed wildlife friendly hedging planted earlier this year. They will also help to screen the neighbouring traffic to provide an even more tranquil legacy haven for the community and wildlife.

Sadly, Maghull has lost approximately 500 mature trees due to Ash dieback and Dutch Elm disease, whilst many green spaces are being lost for housebuilding, consequently your help will make a massive difference.

Huge thanks,

FOMD

Together Making Maghull a better place to live.

More information. www.fomd.co.uk

Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk

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