Weather Forecast – long range Sunny and a gentle breeze. Management of Work on Danesbury Local Nature Reserve We operate a Nature Reserve Working Party which meets on the morning of the third Thursday each month. and we have a Fernery Gardening group (operating as The Friends of Danesbury Fernery FODF) which meets regularly, sometimes […]
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February 2022 – Notice of Working Parties
Weather Forecast – long range Sunny intervals and a fresh breeze. Much windier and wetter further North and West. Although the main paths are newly gravelled, care is still required on the Fernery slopes after heavy rain. Management of Work on Danesbury Local Nature Reserve We operate two working parties on the third Thursday each […]
February 2022 – County Councillors generous support.
Hertfordshire County Council encourages their County Councillors to spend cash on local projects that promote worthy social, economic or the environmental wellbeing of their local area, and supports this aim by allocating each Councillor a ‘Locality Budget’. In past years, long-serving County Councillor Richard Smith (now retired) allocated cash from his Locality Budget to pay […]
January 2022 – Notice of Work Parties
Weather Forecast – long range Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze – but cold if standing still. (Photo by Colin) Management of Work on Danesbury Nature Reserve We welcome back all volunteers to the first Working Parties of 2022. The dates for all meetings can be found on the website calendar. Following very constructive meetings […]
16th December 2021 Christmas Greetings to our all our readers.
A group of 18 volunteers, including the retired Manager of the Borough Landscape and Ecology Department, Ann MacDonald, and Borough Councillor Paul Smith, enjoyed our Xmas Party on 16th December 2021. Before the Chairman blew his whistle to down tools, the seasonal task of leaf collecting continued and our compost cages are filling up nicely. […]
16th December 2021 – Xmas Work Party
Notice of Meeting from Harry – our Committee Secretary: 10 a.m. This month’s Work Party for both the Nature Reserve & Fernery groups will meet at the Fernery at 10am . We will work for an hour planting Whips and perhaps some leaf raking. 11a.m. We will break for our Christmas Get Together, (Ed. when the Chairman […]
Notice of Working Parties – Thursday 18th November 2021
Weather Forecast – long range Light cloud and a gentle breeze. Management of Work on Danesbury Nature Reserve The Danesbury volunteers completed some good work last month, but we are in need of Volunteer Leaders, (and members who can take photographic records – Ed). Last month we commented that habitat management undertaken by Council contractors, […]
Welwyn Festival – Award
The Welwyn Festival Committee has generously awarded a donation to the FODF as a result of our September Open Garden Evening which supported their 2021 Autumn Festival. Writing to the Friends of Danesbury Fernery, Catherine Farrell, Chair of the Welwyn Festival Committee says that: From the proceeds of Welwyn Festival and Welwyn 10k we are […]
Notice – Workparty- Thursday 21st October 2021
Weather Forecast – long range Light rain showers and a fresh breeze. Work party Leaders will decide on the day if recent heavy rain has made the Fernery footpaths unsafe for normal work. An announcement of cancellation will be made as soon as practicable via the WhatsApp groups. Management of Work on Danesbury Nature Reserve […]
Website reconstruction
This website was built in May 2017 and is now undergoing a period of review and reconstruction. We welcome your views on how you might find this site more interesting and easier to use. (Editor)