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Thank you to all who have volunteered in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during January.

Unfortunately we had to cancel our Saturday Litter Pick because of the ice and frosty conditions.  Our three garden maintenance sessions all went ahead though, and we have continued to work on clearing the pathways in Adelaide Garden, and on clearing the stream and overgrown rocks in Beach Lawn.

This month we will be holding our annual pond clearing weekend on 15/16th February, starting at 1.30pm in Beach Lawn.  We have to complete any work on the pond before the end of February to avoid affecting the wildlife, and we hope to clear some more of the old reeds and plant some iris that have been donated to the group.

Our other sessions during February will take place on:

Saturday 8th – litter picking meeting at 10.30am in Beach Lawn
Tuesday 11th – garden maintenance meeting at 10.00am in Adelaide Garden
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th – pond clearing in Beach Lawn at 1.30pm
Wednesday 26th – garden maintenance meeting at 1.00pm in Adelaide Garden.

All equipment will be provided, as well as refreshments.  If you have wellies or waders they would be useful for the pond clearing.

Best wishes,

Janet Markland

Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

The Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens would like to wish a Happy New Year to all our volunteers, members and friends.

Weather permitting, we will be starting our regular volunteer sessions next week – and these will take place on the following days each month:

Litter Picking – 2nd Saturday at 10.30am

Garden Maintenance – 2nd Tuesday at 10.00am

Garden Maintenance – 3rd Sunday at 2.00pm and

Garden Maintenance – 4th Wednesday at 1.00pm (or 7.00pm in the summer)

The venues will change, so please keep a watch out for our monthly updates.  If the weather is looking doubtful, please check our Facebook page for updates – but even if the event is cancelled, one of the Committee will always attend, just in case!!

Our volunteer sessions during January 2025 will therefore take place on:

Saturday 11th meeting at 10.30am in Adelaide Garden

Tuesday 14th meeting at 10.00am in Adelaide Garden

Sunday 19th meeting at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn and

Wednesday 22nd meeting at 1.00pm in Adelaide Garden

All equipment will be provided, as well as hot drinks and refreshments.

Looking forward to seeing you in 2025

Best wishes,

Janet Markland

Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

 

Thank you to everyone who volunteered in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during November.  

We had fifteen at our Saturday litter pick in Marine Garden, when we also did some work on the rockery, planting bulbs provided by Green Sefton.

There were only two garden maintenance sessions this month (we were rained off on the Sunday!).  We have continued to work on edging the bottom path in Adelaide Garden, with 4 volunteers at the Tuesday session and 5 at the Wednesday session.  Another three drains have been discovered that were completely hidden by the overgrowth and by clearing these out, hopefully any flooding will drain away more easily.

We held our AGM in November (a very pleasant evening in the Victoria Hotel) when our annual report, and suggestions for future projects were discussed.

 Our volunteer sessions during December will take place on:

Tuesday 10th  – meeting at 10.00am in Adelaide Garden (note new time)
Saturday 14th – meeting at 10.30am in Crescent Garden and
Sunday 15th – meeting at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn

All equipment for litter picking and garden maintenance will be provided, as well as refreshments.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us in the Seafront Gardens during 2024.  

We hope you have a good Christmas and New Year, and we look forward to seeing you in 2025!

Best wishes,

Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Thank you to everyone who came along to volunteer in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during October.  

We had 10 at our litter pick in Potter’s Barn, when in addition to litter picking, we weeded the Waterloo Rose bed, and gave the fountain a clean-up and set it running for a while – which always creates a lot of interest with passers-by!

We had a very busy and productive month with our other volunteer sessions – at our Tuesday session we were joined by 17 volunteers from Sefton4Good, who came for a “taster” and did a fantastic job continuing with our clearing of the steps in Adelaide Garden, and clearing grass from the paving in front of the shelter.  At our Sunday session, 9 of us continued to work on the stream area in Beach Lawn, and we also planted daffodil, crocus and snowdrop bulbs provided by Green Sefton.

Later in the month we were joined by a group from Diligentia, who continued with the clearing the overgrown edges on the bottom path in Adelaide Garden, and then 5 of our regular group continued with this work the next day on our Wednesday session.  The path is now about 2 foot wider in the areas worked on, and we discovered and cleared completely overgrown ground drains – to much excitement!

We will be holding our 6th Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 14 November 2024, commencing 7.30pm at the Victoria, 27 Bath Street, Waterloo, L22 5PS. All are welcome to attend.  It is also that time of year when our annual voluntary membership donation is due. A separate email will be sent out shortly with details on how to donate, but if you have already set up automatic donations then no action is required.

Our regular volunteer sessions during November will take place on:

Saturday 9th – Litter Picking at 10.30am in Marine Garden
Tuesday 12th – Garden Maintenance at 9.30am in Adelaide Garden
Sunday 17th – Garden Maintenance at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn and
Wednesday 27th – Garden Maintenance at 1.00pm in Adelaide Garden

All equipment, and refreshments will be provided.

Looking forward to seeing you in November.

Best wishes, 

Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Dear Members,

We will be holding our 6th Annual General Meeting of Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens Charity on Thursday, 14 November 2024, commencing 7.30pm at:

The Victoria,
27 Bath St,
Waterloo,
Liverpool,
L22 5PS 

The following documents are attached on the highlighted links:

Agenda
Annual Report

Please could members confirm attendance by 31st October and, should members wish to propose any resolutions, please send these to the Secretary by email [contact@fowsg.co.uk] by noon on Thursday 31st October 2024. A revised agenda will be issued should resolutions be proposed. 

Best Wishes, 

Andrew Khodabukus
Secretary
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Thank you to everyone who came along to support our Autumn Festival in Marine Garden – it was a great success and once again we were so lucky to have good weather on the day!

It was a great fundraising day for us, taking just over £1,800.   All the money raised goes back to our community via the work we undertake in the gardens.

We decided to cancel our gardening session due the day after the Festival (we were all too tired, and it poured down most of the day!!), and our Tuesday session was also rained off, but at our Wednesday afternoon session we had five volunteers who worked to clear the ivy and weeds from the steps in Adelaide Garden.  Our volunteer sessions in October will take place on:

Tuesday 8th, meeting at 9.30am in Adelaide Garden
Saturday 12th, meeting at 10.30am in Potter’s Barn
Sunday 20th, meeting at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn and
Wednesday 23rd, meeting at 1.00pm in Adelaide Garden

As usual, all equipment (and refreshments) will be provided.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Best wishes, 
 
Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Thank you to everyone who volunteered in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during August.  We litter picked in the Children’s Play Park and surrounding areas, continued our work on the stream in Beach Lawn and did some pruning and path clearing in Adelaide Garden.

Our big event this month is our annual Autumn Festival which will take place on Saturday 14th September between 12.00pm and 4.00pm.

If you are able to help us, even for an hour or so, we will be setting up from 9.00am and would be very grateful for any help, and again at the end of the day to pack up.  If you can spare any time to help us, please do let us know.

Our volunteer events this month will take place on :

Tuesday 10th September at 9.30am – litter picking & tidying in Marine Garden
Sunday 15th September at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn and
Wednesday 25th September at 1.00pm in Adelaide Garden

Looking forward to seeing you,

Best wishes, 
 
Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Thank you to everyone who has helped in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during July.

We had 12 at our litter pick in Adelaide Garden, when we were able to spread out into Beach Lawn and Crescent Garden, and some of us worked on clearing brambles and branches overhanging the pathways.  

At our regular Tuesday garden maintenance session we had 7 volunteers, and were also joined by 10 from Royal Sun Alliance, when we worked on the rockery/steps area in Marine Garden.   The RSA workers were fantastic, and as well as working on the steps, cleared and edged a large area of the crazy paving pathway.

Our Sunday maintenance session coincided with the Outdoor Theatre visit to Marine Garden, where we provided seating and refreshments, and 3 of us went up to Beach Lawn to continue our work on the stream.  We had 4 at our Wednesday evening session when we worked on the rockery in Beach Lawn.

We also had two volunteer days on 18th and 25th from the Plant Health Agency, who are part DEFRA. Three volunteers helped to tidy up the rockery at Marine Garden and five helped work near the rockery at Beach Lawn Garden in preparation for our visit from the In Bloom judges. The photo’s below shows how they uncovered some of the old stones along the pathway. 

Sadly, after many years of being allowed to use the lock-up next to the Waterloo Sunset Cafe, because of redevelopment of the building we have now moved all our equipment to the Green Sefton Depot in the car park behind Beach Lawn.  We would like to thank Angela Pooley for allowing us to use the lock-up for so long – it has been a fantastic help!!

Our volunteer sessions during August will take place on the following dates:

Saturday 10th – Litter Picking at 10.30am in the Marina Play Park, 
Tuesday 13th – Garden Maintenance at 9.30am in Adelaide Garden,
Sunday 18th – Garden Maintenance at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn,
Wednesday 28th – Garden Maintenance at 7.00pm in Adelaide Garden,

All equipment will be provided, as well as refreshments.

A date for your diary next month is our annual Autumn Festival which this year will be held on Saturday 14th September – more information to follow next month! We looking for volunteers to help set up the event and clear up afterwards. We also have some stalls we need help manning, one of which is our coconut shy, a popular stall which needs a couple of enthusiastic volunteers to help run it.  If you can help in any way please let us know.

Looking forward to seeing you soon,

Best wishes,  
 
Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during June.  We had 8 at our litter pick in Crescent Garden, and a total of 15 at our three garden maintenance sessions.

We have continued to work on clearing the stream to the pond in Beach Lawn and on the rockery area in Marine Garden.  At our Tuesday session we were pleased to be joined by a group of 11 volunteers from Crown Commercial Services who did some great work clearing ivy off the walls and weeding and tidying around all the benches in the centre of Crescent Garden.

Our volunteer sessions during July will take place on the following dates:

Tuesday 9th July – Garden Maintenance meeting at 9.30am next to the Cafe;
Saturday 13th July – Litter Picking at 10.30am in Adelaide Garden;
Sunday 21st July – Garden Maintenance meeting at 2.00pm in Beach Lawn;
Wednesday 24th July – Garden Maintenance meeting at 7.00pm at the Cafe.

All equipment for garden maintenance and litter picking will be provided, as well as refreshments.

On Sunday 21st July there will be an open air theatre production of Twelfth Night, presented by the Wanderlust Theatre Company.  This will take place in the rockery area of Marine garden commencing 2pm.  More details including booking can be found on our website here

Another date for your diary is our annual Autumn Festival which this year will be held on Saturday 14th September – more information to follow next month! 

Best wishes, 

Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens

Thank you to everyone who volunteered in the Waterloo Seafront Gardens during May.  We had 17 at our litter pick at the Children’s Play Park, 5 at our Tuesday morning session when we weeded the raised bed in Crescent Garden, and 8 at our Sunday afternoon session when we worked on the stream in Beach Lawn.

We removed some more of the reeds and mud filling the small ponds in the stream and it was exciting to see at least 4 newts in one of the sections we had cleared earlier in the year.  The big pond is looking good too, with lilies just starting to flower.

Our Wednesday afternoon session was rained off, but two of us had joined with a group of hardy volunteers from Crown Commercial Services in the morning.  We worked with them on clearing the weeds from the steps in Crescent Garden.  There was heavy drizzle when we started, and they did a fantastic job, but we all decided to give in at 11.30am when the rain got even heavier!

Our volunteer sessions in June will take place on:

Saturday 8th – Litter Picking in Crescent Garden between 10.30 and 11.30am
Tuesday 11th – Garden maintenance meeting near Waterloo Sunset Cafe at 9.30am
Sunday 16th – Garden maintenance meeting in Beach Lawn at 2.00pm
Wednesday 26th – Garden maintenance meeting near Waterloo Sunset cafe at 7.00pm

Please note that our Wednesday session will be at 7.00pm in the evening (our “summer time”).  All equipment will be provided, as well as refreshments.

Best wishes, 

Janet Markland
Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens