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Chris Hogg wrote:

Don't know anything about flower walls, and I suspect collecting ferns
from the wild is illegal (but IANAL), but you can buy them online, see
for example http://www.plantsforshade.co.uk/acatalog/index.html . You
would probably need a north-facing wall to grow them successfully, as
most of them like damp shade.

It's not illegal, except for a few species. However, while taking
plants from the wild is often ecologically better than buying them,
ferns are a group that is usually harmed by the practice.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Removal of any plant material of endangered or listed species (even if you
are the landowner) is illegal. Removal of any plant material without the
landowners permission is illegal. This includes the picking of bluebells,
primroses and wild daffodils. Seed can usually be collected from council
owned roadside verges but the percentage crop should not be more than 20%.

Phil
Formally Head of the Ashton Wold Wildflower Project.