East Anglia Group – Winter Indoor Meeting
Gillian & Bryan Smith 1 Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, SuffolkPlease note the change of date. We apologise for any inconvenience. Oulton Broad, Suffolk Gill and Bryan Smith are hosting this years meeting. Our speaker will be BPS president John Edginton. Lunch will be served. A £2 contribution to costs will be appreciated.
Website Training Day
This will be an opportunity to spend a day learning how the BPS website works and how you can get involved with it. Do not worry about your level of computer literacy, as you will be shown all you need to be able to contribute. All you need is the desire. You can come for … Continue reading Website Training Day
Ferns at Gardening Scotland
Royal Highland Centre Ingliston, Edinburgh, ScotlandFive enthusiastic garden design students from Edinburgh Botanic Gardens will be presenting a Show Garden featuring ferns at Gardening Scotland, 29-31 May 2015, at the Royal Highland Showground in Edinburgh. The title of the design is: ‘A Cryoptogamic journey… from Edinburgh to Logan’. The BPS are supporting this project with a grant from the Centenary … Continue reading Ferns at Gardening Scotland
Society Day at RHS Wisley
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyAttached are details of a Society Day at RHS Wisley on 19-21 June. It’s a very good opportunity to present the Society and its activities to members of other plant societies, and to members of the public visiting Wisley (who by definition should have an interest in plants). We need a few volunteers: 1) to … Continue reading Society Day at RHS Wisley
Southport Flower Show
Southport Flower Show Victoria Park, SouthportThe Society will have a stand in the “Societies Tent” promoting the BPS, demonstrating spore propagation and answering questions from visitors. There are also a number of fern display categories where you could win prizes for your ferns. Please offer to help Michael and the “Team” if you can; it is always fun and is … Continue reading Southport Flower Show
South Wales & Borders Group – Picton Castle Gardens
Picton Castle Haverfordwest, PembrokeshireVisit to Picton Castle Gardens in Pembrokeshire, with indoor meeting. For our final visit of the year we are going to the far south west of our range to visit a fern garden in balmy Pembrokeshire. There are ferns throughout this large and varied garden, but they are particularly notable in the wooded areas, where … Continue reading South Wales & Borders Group – Picton Castle Gardens
SE: Autumn end of season meeting
Emmetts Garden Ide Hill, SevenoaksSaturday October 3rd, 2015. 10.30 a.m. Autumn end of season meeting - Emmetts garden, Ide Hill near Sevenoaks, Kent, then at Pat Acock’s house, 13 Star Lane, St Mary Cray, Kent, BR5 3LJ. Leader: Pat Acock Emmetts belongs to the National Trust. Set in woodlands that are rich in fern interest in their own right … Continue reading SE: Autumn end of season meeting
Yorkshire Group – AGM, RHS Garden Harlow Carr
RHS Garden Harlow Carr RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshire10.00: Classroom open to set up plant sales, and discuss topics of interest over a cup of coffee. 10.30: Activity to be arranged 12.30: Lunch 14.00: AGM 15.30: Tea, members’ slides, plant sales AGM meeting place – Learning Centre at the RHS Gardens, Harlow Carr, Harrogate.
Autumn Indoor Meeting
Glasgow Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Rd, GlasgowThis will be our lead-in to the celebrations of BPS’s 125th anniversary in 2016. The theme will be ‘Major Milestones in Pteridology’ with a number of talks on ‘fern science’ in the morning and ‘fern growing’ in the afternoon.
EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting
Rookwood 1 Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, LowestoftSaturday 31st October: Autumn Indoor Meeting, Oulton Broad, Suffolk Meeting place: Rookwood, 1 Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft NR32 3PT Time: 12:00 Gill and Bryan Smith are kindly hosting our Autumn meeting again. Please bring photos and any ferny items that may be of interest. Also please bring along any spare ferns for our popular … Continue reading EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting
EA: Winter Indoor Meeting
Tim Pyner 182 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-SeaSaturday 30th January 2016. Winter Indoor Meeting, Southend, Essex Meeting place: 182 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4UX Time: 12.00 Tim Pyner will be hosting our winter meeting. This year past president and current editor of the Fern Gazette Professor Mary Gibby has very kindly agreed to give a talk on a fern related subject. … Continue reading EA: Winter Indoor Meeting
Plant Societies Weekend, RHS Wisley
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyBPS will again have a stand at this event which showcases a variety of plant societies. We will be promoting the appreciation of ferns, fern growing and of course, the benefits of being a member of BPS. Please email me if you would like to help
Chromosome Workshop
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Inverleith Row, EdinburghTo be held in the teaching laboratory, RBGE, between 10.00 - 15.30, the aim of the workshop will be to introduce participants to the traditional method of making chromosome counts on ferns first described by Irene Manton in her 1950 book, ‘Cytology and Evolution in the Pteridophyta’. The workshop will include an introduction to cell … Continue reading Chromosome Workshop
BPS 125th Anniversary Display
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyWe have been invited by RHS to have a weekend-long display at Wisley to celebrate our 125th Anniversary and promote BPS. We will have 3 indoor stands, and RHS will be inaugurating their new fern beds. Please email if you would like to help. Please meet at Garden Entrance at 10:00 on both days
Cultivar Day
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyDuring this 1-day meeting, the Cultivar Group has arranged for us to view the fern cultivars in the garden. In particular though, there will be an opportunity to see the fern herbarium collection to which Graham Ackers devoted a considerable amount of time and energy. Please meet at Garden Entrance at 10:00 for plant swap. … Continue reading Cultivar Day
Southport Flower Show 2016
Southport Flower Show Victoria Park, SouthportBPS will have a stand in the “Societies Tent” promoting the Society, demonstrating spore propagation and answering questions from visitors. There are also a number of fern display categories in which you could win prizes for your ferns. Please email me if you would like to help
SE: End of Season Meeting and Members’ Slideshows
Roundabout Wood Sandhurst Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent10:30 Roundabout Wood Footpath entrance off Sandhurst Park TN2 3SZ between the two closes Sandhurst Close and Parkwood Close, Near High Brooms Station. We meet at this interesting wood that has a number of ferns and interesting habitats and rare for Kent Equisetum sylvaticum! If that does not ensure a good turnout nothing will. Geoffrey … Continue reading SE: End of Season Meeting and Members’ Slideshows
Ferns & Fossils
World Museum William Brown Street, LiverpoolRead the flyer This popular BPS ‘roadshow’ will once again display a wide variety of ferns and their fossil ancestors to the public, only this time it will be at the home of the BPS Archive. There will be hands-on activities for all ages, and we will need volunteers to promote ferns and the BPS. … Continue reading Ferns & Fossils
Scottish Group – AGM
Muirburn Biggar10:30: Arrival, coffee, greetings 11.00: Tour of the garden 12.00: Plant sales & Book sales 12:30: Lunch 13.15:Programme to be arranged 15:00: Planning the Scottish Group Programme for 2017 15.30: Tea 16.00: Meeting closes
Yorkshire Group – AGM
RHS Garden Harlow Carr RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North YorkshireAnnual General Meeting 10.00 Classroom open to set up plant sales, and discuss topics of interest over a cup of coffee. 10.30 Activity to be arranged 12.30 Lunch 14.00 AGM 15.30 Tea, members’ slides, plant sales AGM meeting place – Learning Centre at the RHS Gardens, Harlow Carr, Harrogate.
EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting, Oulton Broad
Gillian & Bryan Smith 1 Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, SuffolkMeeting place: Rookwood, 1 Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft NR32 3PT Gill and Bryan Smith are kindly hosting our Autumn meeting again. Please bring photos of fern meetings, ferny holidays and any ferny items that may be of interest. Also please bring along any spare ferns for our popular plant sale. Lunch will be provided, … Continue reading EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting, Oulton Broad
Autumn Indoor Meeting 2016
RHS Garden Harlow Carr RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshireview the flyer As a finale to our 125th celebrations, there will be a number of talks on the theme ‘Looking to the Future’. We hope to include, for example, scientific developments, cultivation and cultivar developments, “what’s new” generally, and the future of BPS. Program Also available: • Fern book sales • BPS … Continue reading Autumn Indoor Meeting 2016
EA: Winter Indoor Meeting, Southend
Tim Pyner 182 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-SeaMeeting place: 182 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4UX Tim Pyner will be hosting our winter meeting. Fred Rumsey, our current president has very kindly agreed to give a talk on a fern related subject. Lunch and refreshments will be served.
WS: National Museum of Wales Herbarium and a garden visit
Brian and Sue Dockerill 19 Westfield Road, PontypriddWe have arranged with Sally Whyman, the Botany Curator at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, to visit the herbarium at the museum. She will have available international, and especially Welsh, herbarium specimens and we will have the opportunity to seek out material of particular interest to members of the group. She will also show … Continue reading WS: National Museum of Wales Herbarium and a garden visit
N: BPS Display Weekend, RHS Wisley
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyLast year, the Society put on a two today event for the RHS, in the Gallery of the Glasshouse at Wisley. This was appreciated by the RHS, and was very successful for us. It increased our profile with the general public, gained us new members – and was fun as well! We are doing it … Continue reading N: BPS Display Weekend, RHS Wisley
N: Southport Flower Show
Southport Flower Show Victoria Park, SouthportThis is a chance for you to help at the show, enthuse to the public about ferns and/or display your ferns to try and win in various display categories. Please contact Michael if you would like to help.
S: Annual Indoor Meeting
50 Liberton Brae 50 Liberton Brae, EdinburghProgramme 10:30: Arrival, coffee, greetings 11.00: Tour of the garden 12.00: Plant sales & Book sales 12:30: Lunch 13.15: David Tricker (RBGE) 'Plant hunting excursions; ferns in China, Taiwan and Nepal' 14:00: Max Brown (University of Edinburgh) ‘Perspectives on parasitism of ferns’ 14:45: Review of 2017 programme 15:00: Planning the Scottish Group Programme for 2018 … Continue reading S: Annual Indoor Meeting
SE: Autumn end of season meeting
Swan Inn 1 Swan Street, WittershamWe look forward to seeing you at the last SE Meeting of the year. Perhaps the last chance to see ferns in the wild, and then an opportunity to review the year’s ferning. Meet 10.30 a.m. in Wittersham (Grid Reference TQ 897276) on the Isle of Oxney. Park on the B2082 (Rye/Tenterden road) just past … Continue reading SE: Autumn end of season meeting
EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting, Oulton Broad, Suffolk
Gillian & Bryan Smith 1 Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, SuffolkGill and Bryan Smith are kindly hosting our Autumn meeting again. Please bring photos of fern meetings, ferny holidays and any ferny items that may be of interest. Also please bring along any spare ferns for our popular plant sale. Lunch will be provided, a £2.50 contribution to costs will be appreciated.
N: Autumn Indoor Meeting
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1 Brookside, CambridgeThis meeting is now fully booked We cannot accommodate any further registrants Ferns and Islands The Classroom Brookside Gate Cambridge University Botanical Garden Use ‘Bicycle Parking’ entrance in Bateman Street opposite Freemason’s Hall 18th November 2017 Car parking and general CBG advice
EA&SE: Winter Indoor Meeting 2017
Julian Reed 19a Northdown Road, KemsingMeet at Northdown Rd and have a wander round my garden All weather footwear recommended. Change of footwear for the pavilion, my garden is clay and gets sticky Move to Sir Mark Collett Pavilion, Heaverham Rd, Kemsing, Sevenoaks TN15 6NE for lunch and a fascinating talk by Alison Alison Paul, Curator of Pteridophytes at the … Continue reading EA&SE: Winter Indoor Meeting 2017
N: Plant Societies Weekend 2018
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyFor a couple of years now, we have been supporting this weekend-long event which showcases a variety of plant societies, and BPS will again have a stand here. With a large display of ferns, we will be promoting the appreciation of ferns, fern growing and of course, the benefits of being a member of BPS. … Continue reading N: Plant Societies Weekend 2018
N: Cultivar Weekend, Fibrex, Pebworth
Fibrex Nuresery Honeybourne Road, Pebworth, Stratford-upon-AvonThis is what is happening at Fibrex over the weekend of the 16th and 17th of June I will be at Fibrex with a BPS stand both days and it will be a fascinating weekend It is fun to visit Fibrex with there wide range of named varieties of ferns at any time but to … Continue reading N: Cultivar Weekend, Fibrex, Pebworth
WS: John Massey’s garden at Ashwood Nurseries
Ashwood Nurseries Ashwood Lower Lane, Kingswinford, West MidlandsTour 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 … Continue reading WS: John Massey’s garden at Ashwood Nurseries
N: BPS Display Weekend 2018
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyFollowing 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 … Continue reading N: BPS Display Weekend 2018
N: Southport Flower Show 2018
Southport Botanic Gardens Churchtown, SouthportOnce again, BPS will have a stand here promoting the Society, demonstrating spore propagation and answering questions from visitors. There will also be a number of fern display categories in which you could win prizes for your ferns. Please contact Michael if you would like to help or enter ferns.
S: Annual Indoor Meeting, Bearsden, Glasgow
Alastair Wardlaw GlasgowTour of the Wardlaw garden, coffee/tea and lunch provided! Including plant sales, book sales, fern-related presentations, and planning for 2018.
N: Autumn Indoor Meeting 2018
World Museum William Brown Street, LiverpoolTheme – Dryopteris There will be a full day of illustrated talks, including Angela Tandy of Fibrex Nurseries on cultivating Dryopteris species and varieties, Mary Gibby on the British allotetraploid species and their hybrids, Fred Rumsey on Dryopteris submontana and Dryopteris cristata, David Hill with some excellent photos featuring Dryopteris. There’s a whole lot more … Continue reading N: Autumn Indoor Meeting 2018
N: Plant Society Show, RHS Wisley
RHS Garden Wisley Woking, SurreyFor a couple of years now, we have been supporting this weekend-long event which showcases a variety of plant societies, and BPS will again have a stand here. With a large display of ferns, we will be promoting the appreciation of ferns, fern growing and of course, the benefits of being a member of BPS. … Continue reading N: Plant Society Show, RHS Wisley
N: Southport Flower Show 2019
Southport Flower Show Victoria Park, SouthportOnce again, BPS will have a stand here promoting the Society, demonstrating spore propagation and answering questions from visitors. There will also be a number of fern display categories in which you could win prizes for your ferns. Please contact Michael if you would like to help or need advice on entering ferns in the … Continue reading N: Southport Flower Show 2019
N: Autumn Indoor Meeting 2019
Stoke Bliss And Kyre Village Hall Stoke Bliss, Tenbury WellsOur theme for this year’s finale will be Polypodiums. It will be held at Stoke Bliss and Kyre Village Hall near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire (on the B4214 between Tenbury Wells and Bromyard). There will be a number of talks starting around 11:00 with coffee at 10:30am. A cold buffet lunch will be available, so … Continue reading N: Autumn Indoor Meeting 2019
EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting 2019 – Moved to 9 November
Peter Blake & Nick Lodge 14 Mill Hill Road, Norwich, NorfolkFurther details will be posted when available
Y: Annual General Meeting
Harlow Carr Crag Lane, Harrogate, YorkshireMeeting place – In the main car parks at Harlow Carr at SE 28192 54023 (SatNav 53.98157 -1.57189). Enter via the green gate in the main car park south of the main buildings or through the main entrance stating you are with the Yorkshire Fern Group and make you way to the Bramall Learning Centre, … Continue reading Y: Annual General Meeting
EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting
The meeting will start with a look around Peter's ferns at 12.00. Lunch will be provided at 1.00pm and members are invited to present any slides they have of interesting ferns or fern-trips between 2.00 and 5.00pm, preferably in PowerPoint. Please let Peter and Nick know that you are attending for parking and catering purposes … Continue reading EA: Autumn Indoor Meeting
EA&SE: Herbarium at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, LondonFurther details of all these events will be made available nearer the time. Please let Peter Blake know if you wish to attend any of the events on: peterblake1952@gmail.com This meeting will be held jointly with SE group (max 15)
S: Annual Indoor Meeting, Strathbungo, Glasgow – Postponed until 2021
House (and garden) of Chris Nicholson & Fiona MacKinnon 8 Moray Place, Strathbungo, ScotlandPostponed until 2021, but please let us know if you would like to join in for a Zoom meeting. Contact: bridgetlaue@blueyonder.co.uk Arrive 10:30am. Tour of Chris Nicholson’s garden, and fern-related presentations. Includes plant sales, book sales, and planning for 2021. Coffee/tea and lunch provided! More information will be available closer to the event. All are … Continue reading S: Annual Indoor Meeting, Strathbungo, Glasgow – Postponed until 2021
N: AGM
This will be a vitual event. Please contact the Secretary (secretary@ebps.org.uk) to receive an invite to the event. AGENDA FOR 117th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The latest copy of the BPS Bulletin (Vol. 8, No. 6, distributed earlier this year) contains the minutes of the previous AGM, relevant to agenda item 2. It also contains the … Continue reading N: AGM
SE: Autumn end of season Meeting – Cancelled
Paul Reddy Hill Farm Oast, Yalding Hill, Yalding, KentLeader: Peter Clare Meet at 10:30 to Visit Paul Reddy's home. This garden is a must see with his stumpery. This visit will be followed by lunch and talks and growing advice at the Sir Mark Collet Pavilion Kemsing, Heaverham Road, Kemsing, Kent TN15 6NE. This is about half an hour from Paul’s. Lunch will … Continue reading SE: Autumn end of season Meeting – Cancelled
EA: Peter and Nick’s indoor meeting – Cancelled
Peter Blake & Nick Lodge 14 Mill Hill Road, Norwich, NorfolkPeter and Nick’s indoor meeting. Further details of all these events will be made available nearer the time. Please let Peter Blake know if you wish to attend any of the events on: peterblake1952@gmail.com
S: Autumn meeting – Glasgow Botanic Garden
Glasgow Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Rd, GlasgowLeader: Chris Nicholson Programme 10.00: Arrival, greetings, tea/coffee 10.30: Tour of the glass houses and filmy fern house 12.00: Plant sales & BPS book sales 12.30: Lunch 13.15: Illustrated talks: Chris Nicholson: ‘Adder’s-Tongue on Barra’ Richard East: ‘Update on the Fossil Grove fernery’ Bridget Laue: ‘Ferns in Taiwan’ 14.45: Review of the Scottish group 2021 … Continue reading S: Autumn meeting – Glasgow Botanic Garden