Beautiful displays in March and April & Can You Help?
With the advent of spring on Sunday (1.3.26) some of the best and largest displays of spring bulbs are now peeping through at four of the Friends of Maghull & Districts (FOMD) projects. The bulbs flower for only a couple of weeks, so please get to see them early to enjoy the first beautiful uplifting signs of spring.
The Stafford Moreton Way Eco-Garden and the Parkbourn Wildflower Garden are our smallest projects with hundreds of daffodil bulbs.
The Woodend Community Woodland Project (Bobbys’ Wood next to Bumbles Nursery) has about 4000 daffodil bulbs, 100 tulips and thousands of bluebells
starting to make an appearance in between the rear pathway and the town’s largest community flower border.
The Rowlands Dell NHS health and wellness green transformation project has just finished a display of hundreds of snowdrops, which are being overtaken by Crocus, 10,000 daffodils, hundreds of bluebells and countless white bluebells (which are in fact Three Cornered Leek due to the triangular stems, garlic smell and white Bluebell type flowers).
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, Esso 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, 10,000 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.
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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