Following this week’s closure of the Shieling Residential Home (on Southport Road Lydiate) a local resident whose mother passed away there, has kindly donated the memorial tree he planted in her memory within the grounds, to the Bobby’s Wood/Woodend environmental project organised by the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD).
Consequently, we spent several hours today transferring and replanting the Victorian Plum tree into developing ecology corner for children. To maximise its survival outside the tree planting season of October/March, we tried to keep as much root, watered it copiously and cut the new growth down to the last two buds to reduce stress. So fingers crossed.
Can You Help with a Little Watering and Weeding? If you are local we would be delighted if you could contact us, to adopt a tree, to simply water it when you are passing.
Alternatively, if you have a few minutes to spare – since the bluebells have now died down we are now able to weed the ground elder in the border and although we are aiming for a woodland themed border with some wildness, they are overwhelming some of the young plants in parts. Please contact: admin@fomd.co.uk if you can spare some time, no matter how little.
PS the tree donor is also a very talented retired landscape photographer and took one of the attached pictures with the tree in situ.
Best Wishes,
FOMD