Medieval churches, pteridomania and custard creams: in the latest instalment of 'Unfurling', @golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns’ lasting entanglement with the idea of beauty 🌿✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/unfu...

July Unfurling - fern "seed" and mer-folk

For protection from mer-folk or freshwater sirens, just look to the ferns on the riverbank, advises @golowmor.bsky.social in her latest 'Unfurling' column www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/unfu...

My unfurling piece with solstice fern myths and the currency of invisibility and non-existent flowers...

Did anyone search for the mythic fern flower last night? Summer Solstice and fern seed myths in my latest Unfurling in @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social 'In some instances they are used to pay people, and in others they are kept in a pocket for protection. When applied, fern seed may grant powers of...'

I love the names and language of ferns... Some of my thoughts are here for May in @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social

I've just finished my new Tree of Life May 2025 miniature painting. Some of the details I needed to use a single strand of hair to paint with!

'Deciduous ferns that died back last year are now re-emerging, elegantly unfurling new fronds known as fiddleheads...' Happy Ostara! To coincide with the Spring Equinox, @golowmor.bsky.social considers the age-old association between ferns and rebirth www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/unfu...

@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social have published my February column. It includes some of the inspiration that I get from ferns and specifically the epiphytic fern attached to the wisteria outside my door which I have shown here in the third photo.

'The roots of the word ‘fern’ in both Greek & Anglo-Saxon are derived from words meaning feather. When you pair that with epiphytic growth...it’s like the ferns, the feathers of the plant world, are turning branches into wings.' @golowmor.bsky.social considers ferns' feathery forms buff.ly/4kiEHXI

'The snowdrops and the primroses will come up through the decaying fronds, their delicate bulbs protected by a bracken blanket over the winter months.' In a new monthly column, Pip Squire explores the myth, magic and allure of the oft-overlooked fern 🌿 https://buff.ly/3CHbLaS