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April 2019
S: Ascog Fernery, Isle of Bute
Our annual workday at the beautiful Ascog Fernery We will be starting off our 2019 season of fern events on Saturday 27 April with our annual workday at Ascog Fernery (http://ascogfernery.com/) on the Isle of Bute. This is a beautiful garden on a lovely island; it’s always a good day out. But also we can help the Burke’s with a spring clean-up before their summer season. Meet at the ferry terminal at Wemyss Bay at 9:45, for the 10.00 ferry…
Find out more »May 2019
EA: Swines Meadow Farm Nursery
Further details will be posted when available
Find out more »SE: Warnham Nature Reserve
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Warnham road ( B2237 ) Horsham, West Sussex, RH 12 2RA OS Map TQ 167 323 Leechpool and Owlbeech Woods, Harwood road ( B2195 ) Horsham , (opposite Manor Fields RH13 6SG,) OS map TQ 194 314 All weather footwear recommended. Packed lunch recommended; there is a coffee bar but it only supplies teas and coffee, biscuits and cake etc There are some nice ferns on both these sites. Also some nice ornithology for those who…
Find out more »MM: Broadbottom Fernery
A work day at Broadbottom fernery. Leader Alison Evans acl.evans@btinternet.com. Meeting place – Lymefield Garden Centre and Tea Rooms, Broadbottom, SK14 6AG, NGR SJ996935. Please park in the overflow car park to the left rear of the tea rooms. Lunch – Alison will reserve a table for 12.30 for lunch. Please let her know if you will be attending, and if you want to have lunch in the cafe - if we are more than 10, we need to let…
Find out more »June 2019
S: Fossil Grove, Victoria Park, Glasgow
Working party at the fernery, near the 300 million year old fossilised casts of Lepidodendron scale trees. Fossil Grove in Glasgow's Victoria Park, is a set of 300myo fossilised casts of Lepidodendron scale trees (their nearest living relatives are the quillworts), excavated in the late 1800s and protected shortly after discovery by a small building. The building has become somewhat neglected in recent years, but plans are afoot to renovate or possibly replace it, and so improve the care and…
Find out more »Y: Moonwort monitoring – Grinton to Redmire road
Meeting Place - Bridge Inn Car Park, Grinton, Near Reeth SE 04750 98423 (54.38157 x -1.92910) (toilets – paying now - next to car park, or in pub). Going - Easy (KT1) on roadsides but a bit hilly in places and exposed (warm clothes and waterproofs) Footwear - Anything comfy Food - Pub grub (Bridge Inn) or pack-up. Notes - Continue with the detailed monitoring of the Moonwort and Adder’s tongue colonies in our fixed quadrats that we set up…
Find out more »EA&SE: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Meet just before the payment booths at Victoria Gate entrance This will give people time to gather without getting in the other visitor’s way Alternatively meet up with Pat Acock at the Kew Greenhouse, outside Kew Gardens Underground Station
Find out more »MM: Deepdale ferns and flora (Provisional)
Deepdale near Bakewell. Leader Henry Folkard. Arrangements for this meeting may change so please email the leader for further details nearer the time Deep Dale is a Plantlife Reserve and is good for cowslips and calcarious grassland species particularly in its upper reaches. The ferny bit is towards the bottom end. A fairly easy, wide path runs its full length with parking possible at both ends. There are some slightly uneven bits on it and if it's wet the limestone…
Find out more »NW: North Lakes
North Lakes - Barf and Bassenthwaite woodlands. Meet at the car park NY220265 to the north of Thornthwaite village. Map Explorer OL4 Lakes NW In the morning we'll ascend the Bishop of Barf to see the Forked Spleenwort etc on the serpentine rocks there. It's a bit of a steep climb up, but everyone managed OK on the BPS meeting in 2010. Afterwards we can explore for more ferns in the neighbouring woodlands either around Thornthwaite or Wythop. Sarah Campion…
Find out more »Y: Strensall pillwort survey and translocation
Meeting Place – Meet in the large car park just as you leave Strensall heading north. Turn right down a lane near the 19 on the map (one-way – exit via the one-way NE as shown on the map) where it says to the Defence Training Estates North, bear right and the car park is a short way down on the left at SE 63565 59813 (54.03192 x -1.03173). Going – Wet at pond edges, tussocky grass and heather (KT1-2).…
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