Fascinating Ferns with Fred Rumsey retired Senior Curator at the Natural History Museum.
Advance booking via Eventbrite is essential due to limited capacity: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fascinating-ferns-tickets-1010648586127
Meet at Muttersmoor Car Park, Peak Hill Rd, Sidmouth by the information board.
Join Fred Rumsey, an expert on ferns, to explore and learn about ferns on a short woodland
walk. He will explain the biology and conservation of ferns and identify some of the
commoner species. The walk is suitable for beginners or those who wish to improve their
knowledge of this fascinating group of plants.
Fred is now retired but was previously Senior Curator in charge of the British Fern and
Historic Plant Collections at the Natural History Museum, London. He is a past President of
the British Pteridological Society and currently their Conservation Officer He is also a
General Referee for ferns for the Botanical Society of the British Isles.
Stout shoes should be worn as the site is flat but uneven in places, with loose stony flints
and exposed tree roots and also likely to be muddy in places. Dogs must be kept on a lead.