This month, the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) have been focusing on our ongoing ‘One Hour open invitation initiative’, to ‘Make Maghull a Better Place’, by weeding a huge border we created at the Woodend Community Woodland Project. Yesterday (16.6.23), we rediscovered our reindeer family hiding behind the jungle of weeds!

This month is the first time this year we have been able to weed this area as we have been waiting for the thousands of daffodils and bluebells to die down, which has given the ground elder (nettles and brambles now removed) a foothold, more than we would wish for even a woodland themed border and will give the hundreds of newly donated plants a chance to flourish!

If you can spare just one hour to drop in, the FOMD would love to see you on Friday or Sunday (23 & 25.6.23) between 0930 and 1030 hrs, until we clear the weeds from a huge, beautiful border at our Woodend Community Woodland Project (Bobby’s Wood) on the junction of Liverpool Road South and Northway L31 7BG. There is no commitment, you can do as long or as little as you wish, but you will really help to make a big difference.

Please bring secateurs, gloves, large and small garden forks, and confirm times at www.fomd.co.uk/events

Many thanks and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.

FOMD

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A Huge Thank You & Urgent Appeal.

Thank you to Joan, Chris and Jo (pictured) who along with myself weeded a further 14m length of the 50 m border in one hour, on Friday resulting in two more full agricultural bags, with a grand total of 13 since starting this month! It really is looking fantastic again and we are receiving some incredibly complimentary feedback.

Another Way of Urgently Helping.

If you can’t help with weeding in the future but live local, please please consider adopting one or more of our new trees by watering it on a regular basis during this drought period. Simply get in touch, and tell us how many trees you can water, we will then identify your tree/s with a washing peg with your name written on it, as a couple of locals have kindly started doing this week. Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk or phone 07507759813