September was a quiet month with only five items of information being received from five contributors, bringing the total up to 8442 items from 2736 contributors.

Five plant walks were led for the South London Botanical Institute, and two walks were led for other organisations.

One minor publication was produced:

‘Green alkanet’ in FONC News 149: 5-6.

Image: apple, Malus domestica, flowering at Faversham, Kent, 15 September 2020; apple trees flowering out of season were widely believed to foretell death.  A similar flowering apple tree was seen on Wimbledon Common, London Borough of Merton, 18 October 2020.