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Archives for April 2019

Report of Working Party – Thursday 18th April 2019

30th April 2019 By John Roper Leave a Comment

Tasks It was decided to operate just one Working Party as the amount of work to be undertaken in the Fernery Garden would demand the full attention of the 14 volunteers present, and the bird nesting season is upon us, militating against scrub-bashing until August at the earliest. We were also mindful that with the […]

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Last Spring Planting – Saturday 30th March 2019

15th April 2019 By John Roper Leave a Comment

Sarah – “We have some new and very exciting plants to put in the Fernery” This ‘call for action’ was broadcast on our WhatsApp Fernery Gardening Group on 26th March, and a busy team was formed at short notice.

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Planting more snowdrops – 4th April 2019

15th April 2019 By John Roper Leave a Comment

Following the planting of 5000 x snowdrops ‘in the green’ on the 11th March 2019, (see earlier News item) we were offered another 5000 x plants by the WHBC. A small team met on Thursday 4th April and added to the earlier plantings so that come the Spring of 2020 we will have a splendid […]

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Notice of Working Party – Thursday 18th April 2019

15th April 2019 By John Roper Leave a Comment

Weather Forecast (Long Range) Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze and warm. Tasks Depending on the number of volunteers and qualified leaders who turnout, we will aim to operate two separate work parties. We will all meet at The Fernery for initial briefings and to allocate of tasks and issue tools. Leaders will be on […]

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British Pteridological Society – Calendar of events

5th April 2019 By John Roper Leave a Comment

Andrew Beattie is our Representative for the East Anglian Region. Colin Adlam is also a Memberr of BPS. Please ask Andrew for details of Regional and National events which might be of interest to you. We are now running a separate Calendar for BPS activities, as they are reported to us.

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WGC 2020 Centenerary – Walk Talk

5th April 2019 By John Roper Leave a Comment

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