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July 2018
Y: Brandrith Wood and Castle Howard
Meeting Place – Meet at the workshops off the stray south of the house and the public car park. SE 71068 69429 (54.11580 x -0.91429). John will arrange free access and access to the workshops parking. Contact Barry Wright if you need a map of the meeting location. Going – Moderate (KT3) Footwear - Boots Food – Café lunch at Castle Howard or pack-up Notes – In the morning explore Brandrith wood. Then lunch and visit the Alder Carr in…
Find out more »EA: Cockshoot Broad
Cockshoot Broad boardwalk (dependant on river level), Thelypteris palustris Lunch provided and visit to Rosie Steele’s Garden, Coltishall, NR12 7AW Rosie has a large collection of cultivars of Polystichum setiferum, Asplenium scolopendrium and polypodies in a large and very interesting garden More details to follow (especially about parking at both venues)
Find out more »S: Mountain ferns in Glen Lyon
Meeting time/place to be arranged, depending on attendees. At our indoor meeting last year, Steve Munyard told us about easily accessible sites in Glen Lyon where we can expect to see a range of interesting mountain ferns, including Cystopteris montana, Woodsia alpina, and Polystichum lonchitis, as well as Asplenium viride and Dryopteris expansa. The first site is just north of Loch Tay, and a second site is in Glen Lyon itself. (Steve has provided grid references.)
Find out more »August 2018
WS: John Massey’s garden at Ashwood Nurseries
Tour of John Massey’s garden at Ashwood Nurseries followed by indoor meeting. Leaders: John Massey (Garden), Brian and Sue Dockerill (Indoor Meeting) John Massey has recently become ever more interested in ferns and, as with everything in his garden, these are grown to a very high standard. His fern meeting held last year, with speakers Martin Rickard and Angela Tandy was regarded as a really great event by everyone lucky enough to attend. He has agreed to give our group…
Find out more »NW: Ennerdale
This meeting will be for those who have made arrangements to visit Ennerdale on Saturday 4th August, and who are not attending the event at Brantwood. The site is quite straightforward, so although this meeting is partly in preparation for the Sunday visit, we are likely to see all the taxa listed below - drought permitting! Meeting place: Car park at NY110 153, on the north-east side of Ennerdale Water. OS map Explorer OL4 Footwear: stout shoes or boots Food:…
Find out more »NW: Celebrating Sally
Information about the event at Brantwood to celebrate the life of Sally Beamish
Find out more »NW: Ennerdale
Meeting place: Car park at NY110 153, on the north-east side of Ennerdale Water. OS map Explorer OL4 Footwear: stout shoes or boots Food: packed lunch We will begin by walking eastwards on the lakeside track to see Dryopteris affinis subsp. kerryensis, found by Roger Golding last year, the first record for this sub-species in England. We should also see the two other subspecies of Dryopteris affinis, plus D. cambrensis and D. borreri. The intention then is to explore the…
Find out more »N: BPS Display Weekend 2018
Following the successes of our 125th Anniversary Display Weekend in the main glasshouse at Wisley in July 2016 and again in August 2017, we have been invited by RHS to repeat this. We will have a fine display of ferns, fern cultivation, fern merchandise and fern sales to promote BPS and pteridology. Please contact Julian if you would like to help.
Find out more »Y: Lumley Reservoir
Meeting Place – Grass verge parking, Drift Lane at SE 2238 6993 (54.12484 x -1.659.6) Going – Gentle (KT2) Footwear – Boots or Wellies for entering the reservoir margins. Food – Packed lunch Notes – At least one known site for Pillwort plus others we may have a look for as well as the possibility of a chance find. The afternoon is variable. We hope to explore some pastures new and David has provisionally offered to take people back to…
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