• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

The Danesbury Fernery

'the best fernery to be found in the Home Counties'

  • About
  • Galleries
  • Fernery Video 2023
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Location
  • Support Us
    • Donate
  • Become a Volunteer
    • What do Volunteers do?
  • Garden Strategy and Design
  • Funding
  • History
    • The House
      • Historical note – the Closure of Danesbury Hospital in 1993
    • The Families
      • A time Line – Post Fernery
    • The Fernery
      • Fern Fever
      • The Gardener
      • Pulhamite
  • Local Nature Reserve
    • Butterflies/Invertebrates
    • Fungi
    • Wild Flowers – Nature Reserve
  • Reports
    • Progress
    • Visits & Visitors
  • Contact

Main Content

Recent News

The Fernery to be Judged again.

It’s that time of year again when the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council have the opportunity to show the (RHS) Anglia in Bloom judging team our beautiful town and borough. It is a Borough competition sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society and covers Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, … Read Full Article about The Fernery to be Judged again.

The Fernery Open Garden Volunteers Rewarded

Monday 30th June 25 The volunteers are glowing a) with praise from the High Sheriff on the 20th June b) with praise from the Open Garden Visitors on the 22nd June c) with praise for the FODF Committee who organised the private picnic on Monday evening to thank all the volunteers, … Read Full Article about The Fernery Open Garden Volunteers Rewarded

Welwyn Festival Open Garden

Sunday 22nd June 2025 Once again the Fernery was open and attracted large numbers of villagers, friends and their families. The final count (in the order of 150 visitors) has not yet been made but numbers of visitors were slightly down on previous years for a number of possible reasons: this … Read Full Article about Welwyn Festival Open Garden

The King’s Representative visits the Fernery

Friday 20th June 2025 In the weeks leading up to the Welwyn Festival Open Garden programme the volunteers had been working extra hard making final preparations so that the Fernery was at its best. Then came the call from Welwyn Hatfield's own Palace at The Campus in Welwyn Garden City that … Read Full Article about The King’s Representative visits the Fernery

The Welwyn Festival – Danesbury Fernery Open

… Read Full Article about The Welwyn Festival – Danesbury Fernery Open

Xmas 2024 – The Volunteers Celebrate

Chair’s Christmas Message December 16th 2024 Happy Christmas everyone. Another year has come and gone. I wont talk for long so everything stays warm, including us! Glad to see that there are quite a few of you here, because without you, the Fernery would never look this good. … Read Full Article about Xmas 2024 – The Volunteers Celebrate

Primary Sidebar

Earlier News

A Good Time to read a Peaceful Poem by Chloe Cheng

My name’s Chloe and I am a Master’s student studying Creative Writing at … [Read More...] about A Good Time to read a Peaceful Poem by Chloe Cheng

Notable visitors in 2024 – The Folly Fellowship

We were approached in November 2023 by The Folly Fellowship who were following … [Read More...] about Notable visitors in 2024 – The Folly Fellowship

The Welwyn Festival Committee – An Amazing Award

On Tuesday 3rd September 24 a group of volunteers joined Sara and the Committee … [Read More...] about The Welwyn Festival Committee – An Amazing Award

Archives

Follow Us Online

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Archives

  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • December 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • June 2024
  • April 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • September 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • March 2023
  • January 2023
  • November 2022
  • July 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • July 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017

Copyright © 2025 Friends of Danesbury Fernery (FODF). Non attributed photography by John Roper.