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January, 2010 |
| Jan 16 | Sat | 11:00 -11:00 BPS Committee Meeting, Natural History Museum, London | Contact - Graham Ackers |
| Jan 30 | Sat | 14:00 -14:00 East Anglia Group Winter Indoor Meeting. | The Old House, Little Thurlow. Host Mary Hilton. |
February, 2010 |
| Feb 2 | Tue | Nice, France to look at Mediterranean aspleniums. | Leader Sebastien Sant. Dates provisional. |
| Feb 3 | Wed | Nice, France to look at Mediterranean aspleniums. | Leader Sebastien Sant. Dates provisional. |
| Feb 4 | Thu | Nice, France to look at Mediterranean aspleniums. | Leader Sebastien Sant. Dates provisional. |
| Feb 5 | Fri | Nice, France to look at Mediterranean aspleniums. | Leader Sebastien Sant. Dates provisional. |
| Feb 6 | Sat | Nice, France to look at Mediterranean aspleniums. | Leader Sebastien Sant. Dates provisional. |
March, 2010 |
| Mar 13 | Sat | Yorkshire Group. Winter outing to Ilkley for Trichomanes speciosum etc. | Leader - Bruce Brown |
April, 2010 |
| Apr 10 | Sat | BPS Annual General Meeting at the Natural History Museum. | Leader Pat Acock. AGM contact Graham Ackers. Venue contact Alison Paul. |
May, 2010 |
| May 15 | Sat | Scottish Group.Logan Botanic Garden. Extensive new planting of exotic ferns. | Leader - Frank McGavigan |
| May 22 | Sat | Joint East Anglia and SE Groups Meeting in Essex. Curtismill Green, Navestock and Warley Place, Great Warley. | Leader - Tim Pyner. |
| Yorkshire Group. Moonwort monitoring, possibly Swaledale | Leader - Barry Wright | ||
| May 29 | Sat | Manchester and North Midlands Group. Chorlton Water Park, Manchester | Leader: Dave Bishop. Up to 18 species in and around this urban nature reserve. |
June, 2010 |
| Jun 5 | Sat | BPS Committee Meeting. Venue to be notified. | Contact - Graham Ackers |
| Jun 6 | Sun | Scottish Group. Dawyck Botanic Garden. | Leaders - Mary Gibby & Bridget Laue. Members of the BPS committee will also be in attendance! |
| Jun 12 | Sat | SE Group Meeting. Bishops Wood, Herts. and a garden at Northwood Hills, Middx. | Leader - Howard Matthews |
| Jun 19 | Sat | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Fern Identification. | One day course. Tutor: Heather McHaffie. £45. To book, contact RBGE education office 0131 248 2937, or education@rbge.org.uk |
| Yorkshire Group. Parceval Hall & Trollers Gill, Wharfedale. | Leader - Alison Evans | ||
| Jun 26 | Sat | Manchester and North Midlands Group. Deepdale and Hob's House, Derbyshire | Leader: Yvonne Golding. Limestone ferns/nice flowers/fossil corals. |
July, 2010 |
| Jul 2 | Fri | Field Studies Council. Fern Identification, Kindrogan Field Centre. | Three days from 2-5 July. Tutor: Heather McHaffie. £175. For more info admin.kd@field-studies-council.org or tel. 01250 870 150 |
| Jul 3 | Sat | Scottish Group. Loch Lee, Angus. | Leader - John Edgington. Easy, flat walking. 20 species guaranteed. |
| Jul 10 | Sat | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 11 | Sun | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 12 | Mon | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 13 | Tue | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 14 | Wed | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 15 | Thu | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 16 | Fri | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Jul 17 | Sat | Ireland. A mix of site and garden visits in SW Ireland. | Leader - Jim Dennison. |
| Yorkshire Group. Teesdale, lots of interesting sites, possibly Wodsia monitoring. | Leader - Barry Wright | ||
| Jul 24 | Sat | Scotland. Argyll Gardens, possibly Ascog, Benmore and Arduaine. | Leader - Frank McGavigan. |
| Jul 25 | Sun | Scotland. Argyll Gardens, possibly Ascog, Benmore and Arduaine. | Leader - Frank McGavigan. |
| Jul 26 | Mon | Scotland. Argyll Gardens, possibly Ascog, Benmore and Arduaine. | Leader - Frank McGavigan. |
| Jul 27 | Tue | Scotland. Argyll Gardens, possibly Ascog, Benmore and Arduaine. | Leader - Frank McGavigan. |
| Jul 30 | Fri | Field Studies Council. Beginners Guide to Fernlike Plants, Preston Montford. | From 30 July to 1 August. Tutor: Mark Duffell |
| Jul 31 | Sat | Manchester and North Midlands Group. Tissington Trail, Derbyshire. | Leader: Yvonne Golding. D. submontana monitoring and other limestone ferns. |
August, 2010 |
| Aug 4 | Wed | South Wales and Borders group. Titterstone Clee Hill & Teme Valley Woods. | Leaders: Sue & Roger Norman & Martin Rickard. Meet at 1000 in car park of Burford Garden Centre SO582682. |
| Aug 13 | Fri | West Wales. North Ceredigion field visits. | Leader - Anthony Pigott |
| Field Studies Council. Ferns in and around Snowdonia National Park, Rhyd-y-creuau | From 13-16 August. Tutor: Chris Metherell | ||
| Aug 14 | Sat | West Wales. North Ceredigion field visits. | Leader - Anthony Pigott |
| Scottish Group. Perthshire. The Hermitage and Birnam Glen. | Leader - Alistair Godfrey. | ||
| Aug 15 | Sun | West Wales. North Ceredigion field visits. | Leader - Anthony Pigott |
| Aug 21 | Sat | Yorkshire Group. Southwest Scotland near Dumfries. | Leader - Ken Trewren. Weekend meeting with Scotland Group. Dryopteris pseudodisjuncta and affinis. |
| Manchester and North Midlands Group. Goyt Valley, Derbyshire/Cheshire Border. Ingersley Vale. | Leader: Yvonne Golding. Visit Jenny & Paul Martin's garden | ||
| Aug 22 | Sun | Yorkshire Group. Southwest Scotland near Dumfries. | Leader - Ken Trewren. Weekend meeting with Scotland Group. Dryopteris pseudodisjuncta and affinis. |
September, 2010 |
| Sep 4 | Sat | South Yorkshire. Mostly gardens, possibly Wentworth Castle, Brodswoth and Wortley Halls. | Leader - Paul Ruston. |
| Sep 5 | Sun | South Yorkshire. Mostly gardens, possibly Wentworth Castle, Brodswoth and Wortley Halls. | Leader - Paul Ruston. |
| Sep 6 | Mon | South Yorkshire. Mostly gardens, possibly Wentworth Castle, Brodswoth and Wortley Halls. | Leader - Paul Ruston. |
| Sep 11 | Sat | Scottish Group. Ben Lui (new location). Woodsia alpina monitoring. | Leader - Frank McGavigan. |
| Sep 13 | Mon | Fern Workshop in Hawai'i | From 13-23 Sept., run by Dr Alan Smith. Contact Heather Driscoll in California. $500 deposit required. |
| Sep 21 | Tue | South Wales and Borders Group. Garden visits to Ivy Croft & Dial Park. | Leader: Brian Dockerill. Meet 1000 at Ivy Croft (Roger & Sue Norman) |
| Sep 24 | Fri | Northern Lake District. Three full days of field sites, possibly strenuous. | Leaders - Mike Porter and Peter Campion. |
| Sep 25 | Sat | Northern Lake District. Three full days of field sites, possibly strenuous. | Leaders - Mike Porter and Peter Campion. |
| Sep 26 | Sun | Northern Lake District. Three full days of field sites, possibly strenuous. | Leaders - Mike Porter and Peter Campion. |
October, 2010 |
| Oct 2 | Sat | BPS Committee Meeting. Manchester, exact venue to be notified. | Contact - Graham Ackers |
| Oct 9 | Sat | Yorkshire Group AGM, Harlow Carr | . |
| Scottish Group. Final meeting. | Leader and host Frank McGavigan. Frank's garden, plant swap, slide show, planning for 2011. | ||
| Oct 23 | Sat | Manchester and North Midlands Group. Autumn Indoor Meeting. | Leader: Yvonne Golding. At the Firs, University of Manchester. Plant swap, slide shows, next year's meetings. |
| Oct 30 | Sat | SE Group Meeting. Abbey Wood (field site) and Plumstead (members' presentations), SE London. | Leader - Roger Golding. |
November, 2010 |
| Nov 3 | Wed | South Wales and Borders Group. "South Wales Rarities". | Leader: Brian Dockerill. Visiting 3 sites. Meet Atlantic College SS953680 at 1000. |
| Nov 6 | Sat | National Autumn Indoor Meeting - Provisional. Possibly Cambridge area. | Leader - Sylvia Martinelli. |
| Nov 10 | Wed | Indian Fern Society. International Symposium on Ferns and Fern Allies | From 10-12 November. At Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Contact Yvonne Golding for a copy of the circular |
December, 2010 |
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