Wisley fern show was held at The Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley, county Surrey on 3rd and 4th August 2019. The garden was founded in 1878 by George Ferguson Wilson, a RHS member. Now it covers 240 acres of area and there are many formal and informal gardens. I came here as a volunteer […]
A new plant in Cockerton, Darlington, called Shaggy-soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata. There are two soldier plants in botany. One is called Gallant-soldier and the second one is Shaggy-soldier. This Shaggy-soldier Gallinsoga quadriradiata was discovered by Jill Cunningham. Jill identified and photographed the identity feature of this difficult plant. Plant belongs to the Asteraceae family. This plant […]
Baydale Beck Field Trip Tuesday July 9th 2019 : Grid Ref NZ 254143 12 members met in the Lay by west of the Baydale pub on A67 in light drizzle. We first looked at the wildlife beside the hedge near the lay by. This site is south facing. Numerous plant species were seen and some […]
Tees Bank Wood between Barnard Castle and Cotherstone. 7TH OF July was a sunny day and three members of the club joined this lovely walk. It was just not a simple walk; there were so many plants to see and to understand how to identify them. Here under the canopy of tall trees there were […]
Report – Eston Moor – Sat 13 July 2019 – Leaders Jill Cunningham and Fleur Miles The weather was largely sunny, breezy and it had been raining in the early hours. We parked up in the Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park carpark. We walked across Flatts Lane to the University NHS Health Clinic. […]
Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists Field Club Visit to Raisby Hill Grassland Saturday June 1 st , 2019 Summary of Visit Ten members left Abbey Road on a sombre day with rain threatening and found their way .to the site near Coxhoe. It was a longish (half mile walk to the entrance to the site through […]
The up dated summer programme is on the club forum
Tony our speaker last night has sent the following information if you are interested.Regarding the Yorkshire Conchological Society meeting in Barton village, this is at 11.00am on 27th April. The grid reference I have is NZ2296.0879. Details of meetings are on the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union website, Events section. The aim of the Barton meeting is […]
In our spring time walk we recorded Adoxa moschatelina Townhall clock. “Quite a specialist in the botanical world, as it is the only plant in an entire plant family. There are five flowers to each stem. The four flowers that go to make up the four“ faces of the clock”, each have a five-lobed corolla, […]
Gagea lutea (L.) Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem. It is Gagea lutea Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem time again. Photograph showed the plant in flower. These are the clues how to identify the plant. 1) There is a single basal leaf and a flowering stem per plant. Height of stem is 8-25cm. 2) Basal leaf has unique acuminate hooded tip. There […]