The following Report was kindly produced by Diana Walsh. Who We Are The Puddingstone Club was formed in February 2016, following a visit to Hertford Museum and seeing such fine examples of the stone both there and in Hertford Castle grounds. We are a small group of five and we research where known puddingstones are […]
Work Party Report – 19th April 2018
Weeding and Nettle Control On a warm and sunny day the team continued weeding the planting beds. We still hope to get the Borough Council to undertake some nettle spraying in non planting-bed areas, but in In antithe planting beds nettles have to be hand weeded. Daffodil Rescue In anticipation of the Digger […]
Notice of Work Party – Thursday 19th April 2018
The Best Laid Plans.. Plans for our next Working Party have been seriously impacted by the recent spell of very wet weather. The site is still very wet. The scheduled Monday 7th April arrival of the Maydencroft digger had to be postponed, and it is not likely to be brought on site for at least […]
Work Party Report – 15th March 2018
The weather turned out much better than forecast. Still a cold wind blowing from the East, but the rain held off for the 14 volunteers to enjoy a good morning’s work, and to welcome our visitors.. Scheduled Tasks Task 1 We started attending each and every staked whip and shrub that we had planted in […]
Notice of Work Party – Thursday 15th March 2018
March 15th 2018 Work Party Visitors – Area Representative of the British Pterodological Association. Weather permitting Mr Peter Blake will be visiting from Norwich. We hope that he will be able to give us the benefit of his knowledge of the types of ferns we might aim to plant, and their best positions. He will […]
23rd February – 100+ bare rooted trees planted
Screening The prime purpose of many of the bare-rooted trees planted on 23rd February is to restore the shelter which the more delicate ferns and other specimen plants would have enjoyed in the past. An equally important purpose is to screen the site from unwelcome Motorway views, (not a Victorian problem), whilst also presenting seasonal […]
1877 James Pulham 2 writes – “Worth a Visit to Danesbury Fernery”
The following extract is from Picturesque Ferneries and Rock Gardens by James Pulham 2nd c.1877 p.15 Kate Banister of the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust kindly sent me a copy of this extract on 10th February 2017, and it has sat in my files, waiting for an opportunity to develop the website so that we might present it […]
25th February 2018 – More Snowdrops and Acconites planted
At short notice the Borough Council delivered 500 x Snowdrops and 500 x Aconites – all ‘on the green’ (i.e. well rooted with full stems and leaves). We had to get them planted in a hurry, and volunteers stepped forwards to help on 25th February 2018. But because of fears of frozen ground a last-minute […]
Planting Record – 15th February 2018
This List is shown against the background of the original Draft Planting List PLANTING RECORD 15.2.18
Work Party Report – 15th February 2018
Task 1 – Planting The 16 volunteers had to be watchful as we moved around the site, as the pathways were dangerously slippery from the recent heavy rain. But, despite days of cold and rain, we had a beautifully clear and bright day to start the process of bedding in bare-rooted trees, and a few specimen […]