In 2021/22 Maghull’s St Georges and Hudson Primary Schools between them planted 2851 trees in the form of woodland and hedging as part of 16,000 planted throughout Maghull, organised and supported by the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) and Mersey Forest.

On recent inspection the trees are looking incredibly healthy (three/four times higher!) following regular maintenance work by FOMD. Consequently, both schools following the bird nesting season are cutting the hedges for the first time to help them bulk out, which is a fantastic result by everyone.

Massive Planting Programme in Maghull Needs Your Support.

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 a massive tree planting program later in the year by sending your contact details to admin@fomd.co.uk so we can get in touch with drop in planting dates between December and March. Please help our community to continue making a difference to our environment and do our bit for climate change.

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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FYI List of School Trees.

St Georges Primary School 1,358 (2021/22)

 Hedge Total: 150m = 750 + 195

Perimeter Hedge: 300 Hazel, Hawthorne (Jan 2022, TCV)

Perimeter Hedge:450 Hazel, Hawthorne, common oak, silver birch, Rowan (March 2022, WT)

Perimeter Hedge (rear) 195

Three Copse Areas: 405 mixed native. (planted by Andrew Burran on behalf MF (March 2022).

8 Standard Trees along entrance path.

Hudson Primary School 1,493 January and March 2022

Perimeter Hedge 800 were used for 159m perimeter wildlife friendly hedging (Hawthorne, Hazel, Rowen, Silver Birch, Common Oak)

A further 680 native species used to cover a huge mound (the length of two football pitches) of spoil from last summer’s newly created front car park. The mounds have been strategically positioned to hopefully attenuate the runoff from the field which may exacerbate the flooding that the school sometimes experiences.

13 Standard Trees.

Pictures: Before and after