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
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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 Loughborough University. I am also a frequent visitor of the Danesbury Fernery. This poem was written as part of an assignment for my degree, but it is also an ode to a historical gem that is precious to Welwyn and all our … Read Full Article 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 up a Report of our work in a 2017 Hertfordshire Gardens Trust Journal, when we were only two years into major restoration work. With their deep interest in Grottoes and Ferneries, the Fellowship were organising a … Read Full Article 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 in celebration of the end of another successful year Managing and Maintaining the Fernery. The high point was without doubt the fantastic award of £1000 from the Welwyn Festival Committee which had been officially … Read Full Article about The Welwyn Festival Committee – An Amazing Award

We are ready. Are you ready too?
On Thursday 27th June from 4.30 pm to 8 p.m. the Danesbury Fernery will be Open as part of the Welwyn Festival Open Gardens Programme. The Friends of Danesbury Fernery Volunteers will be there in force, identified by their new green caps, so please stop them and ask as many questions as you … Read Full Article about We are ready. Are you ready too?
