This week we have completed some remarkable achievements with a new log archway, wildlife bog garden, revamped the old pathway, and launched our £15,000 crowdfunding appeal for the final stage later this year to create a lower pathway and woodland planting.

Can you help with the ongoing transformation?

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 (10.5.25) at 09:00 hours, to:

• Continue bagging debris created from Yew tree.
• Water Yew tree hedge.
• Dig out sprouting brambles.
• Some donated plants need planting.

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

Huge thanks for any help you can provide. Please consider a financial donation to boost our green restoration planting spectacular and final pathway by visiting www.fomd.co.uk and hit the yellow donation button at the top right of the page. Our new six-month appeal has started with £300 towards our £15,000 target.

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

Thank You 

On Saturday 3.5.25 we would like to thank: Diane, Sonia, Charles, Joan (S), Joan (G) (pictured) John, Colin, and Frank (not pictured) for:

• Litter picking and emptying two bins
• Transporting several tons of woodchip (courtesy of Paul and Harry Richards – tree surgeons) to hydrate plants and suppress weeds.
• Anne (neighbour) for letting us access her water to water the 200 Yew tree hedge plants.
• Planted ferns
• Inserted and secured further logs into the ongoing neurodiversity awareness log arch (courtesy of: Saxon Tree Services, anonymous tree surgeons from Preston, and local residents Sandra and Mike)
• Creating a large bog garden to support wildlife and biodiversity with water kindly donated by Anne.

Huge thanks to one and all,

FOMD

Together making Maghull a better place to live.

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 266 bin bags of litter and 25 tons of debris. In the two months of Stage II, that was completed in November, with our NHS landowner partners (expertly installed by subcontractors – PR England Landscapers) using a health and wellness grant fund (representing Maghull’s largest green investment) have installed an amazing legacy array of hard landscaping installations to provide accessibility for the whole community (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.

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

More information. www.fomd.co.uk

Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk

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