Friends of Garston Park

17/10/2026

Great morning and thanks to all those that helped planting all the daffodil bulbs job well done 👏 Great to see some children getting involved too. Roll on spring next year 🌷

13/10/2026

Dont forget we need help this Saturday please to plant approx 500 daffodil bulbs. Meet at 11.00am on Whitehedge Road by the wooden play area. Children most welcome. Thank you 😊

11/10/2026

The rose bed is there for everyone to enjoy and we put a lot of hard work in maintaining this. So when we see flowers in bloom it is lovely to see and shows our hard work is paying off. Please leave the flowers on the roses whilst they are blooming for everyone else to enjoy. So whilst dead heading I had spoken to a family not to take the red rose flower. So why did they feel the need to go back and pull it off leaving it on the ground. Poor little rose 🌹 now left on top of the bin for people to see instead of where it belonged!

10/10/2026

A dispersal zone will be issued in an area of Garston following increased reports of anti-social behaviour.

The order will be in place from 3pm this afternoon (Friday 9 October) and will remain active until 3pm on Sunday 11 October.

It includes the area bounded by and including Garston Way, Whitehedge Road, Long Lane, Horrocks Avenue, Speke Road, Banks Road, Blackburne Street and King Street.

The measure has been brought into place following increased reports of youths setting off fireworks, starting fires and intimidating local residents who live in the area.

Extra officers will be deployed to Garston to provide a visible presence and deal with any incidents.

The order has been authorised under Section 34 of the Anti-Social Behaviour & Policing Act 2014, which gives Police Officers and Police Community Support & Traffic Officers powers to direct people they suspect are causing or likely to cause crime, nuisance or anti-social behaviour to members of the public to leave a designated area and not return for up to 48 hours.

Under the legislation, officers have the power to seize any item, including vehicles, used in the commission of anti-social behaviour. Should a person who has previously been directed to leave the area return, an offence would be committed, which they may ultimately be arrested for.

Inspector Richard Smith said: “We will not tolerate this sort of behaviour and more officers will be in the area over the next 48 hours to deal with any incidents.

“Our officers will now have an additional tool to disrupt the activities of anyone we suspect is likely to commit ASB. Patrols have also been stepped up to reassure our residents in the area.

“I would appeal to parents and guardians and urge them to inform their children of the dangers of using fireworks and to know where their child is this weekend. No parent wants a knock on their door from a police officer informing them that their child has been arrested or been involved in a serious accident.”

Anyone with information should contact the Merseyside Police social media desk Merseyside Police Contact Centre on X and Facebook. You can also report information via our website: https://orlo.uk/DR0yu or call 101.

Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

08/10/2026

04/10/2026

Thanks to those who turned up today lots of litter again 🫣

02/10/2026

Rose Bed been extended and 3 more roses added looking good 🌹

01/10/2026

Looking for help please we have 500 daffodil bulbs that need planting on the park. So we are having a bulb planting day on Saturday the 17th October meeting by the wooden play area on Whitehedge Road at 11.00am if anyone could come along we would be most grateful thank you 🥰. Even better if you could bring your own spade 🤔

29/09/2026

Litter pick this Sunday meet at 11.00am at the swing park car park please. Lots of litter on the park at the moment so need as many volunteers as possible please 🙏