Volunteer Rules and Guidelines At long last we are permitted to organise Work Parties once again. Covid-19 rules must be applied including: social distancing, not sharing tools unless they have been disinfected before, and then after use by individuals, and not sharing drinks and or refreshments. Weather Forecast- long range Sunny Intervals and a gentle […]
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The Fernery is Open Again.
The Fernery has dried out nicely now and it is safe once again for you all to freely enjoy the spring bulbs. The Friends of Danesbury Fernery thank you all for your patience and indulgence while openings were restricted to weekends only during the recent bad weather. Come to Enjoy the Fernery The Spring bulbs […]
The Fernery is Open again – but for Weekends only.
We are reopening the Fernery, but at weekends only, from 9am Saturday to 5pm Sunday, until further notice. These restricted opening times will allow visitors taking exercise to enjoy the Spring bulbs, whilst limiting damage to paths and grass. Once the weather improves and the paths dry out, the Fernery will reopen as normal. The Friends […]
Danesbury Fernery Closed until 13th February 2021
Resulting from the recent extremely wet weather the Fernery Paths have inevitably suffered heavily from the footfall of our many visitors. With our eyes on the current adverse weather streams approaching the country the Friends of Danesbury Fernery Committee have reluctantly agreed with the Borough Council that we should close the Fernery with immediate effect […]
Work Parties re-commence
The Borough Council have given us permission to re-commence Work Parties on the Danesbury Local Nature Reserve, but it will take time for us all to settle into new Protocols for safe working, including the necessary sanitisation of shared tools, as well as social distancing. These protocols have been circulated to all regular Friends of […]
5th March 2020 – The Talking has to Stop – A Time to Reflect
The Talking has to stop! On Thursday 5th March 2020 John and Colin gave a Talk ‘Recovering and Restoring Danesbury Fernery’ to the Ashwell Horticultural Society (Chris James’s own). This is turning out to be the last for long time as next month’s scheduled Talk at the Ryde & District Gardening club has had to […]
Notice – All Work Parties cancelled
We have received a directive from Ann MacDonald, the Landscape & Ecology Manager, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, that due to the spread of Covid-19, no more volunteer Working Parties are to operate on the Borough’s nature reserves and gardens for the time being. From Tuesday 17th March 2020 all work parties must stop until further […]
Report of Working Parties – Thursday 20th February 2020
We had a good turn out of 14 volunteers working on the Nature Reserve, and in the Fernery. The weather forecast was just about right, and we managed to undertake some good work in cold and gusty conditions before the rains came down at 11 a.m. just as we started to make our exodus. Work […]
Notice of Working Party – Thursday 20th February 2020
Dependant as we are on the constraints of the weather, and the number of volunteers on site, we are planning to operate two Work Parties on the 20th February: Local Nature Reserve – Leader Andrew Beattie The Fernery – Leader Harry Ward Weather Forecast- long range Gusty winds and hail showers! If we have to […]
Gymnogramma chrysophylla Parsonsii Or Pityrogramma austro-americana?
The title might sound like a mysterious and, frankly, academic question but the significance may become clear in this article. In the Pteridologist magazine in 2000 Patricia Watt mentioned that Anthony Parsons (AP) was honoured by having a fern, Gymnogramma chrysophylla parsonii , named for him. This is a Victorian name, no longer in use, […]