wild Ferns

Can I ask a potential silly question?!

As family member has a wild and fairly over grown area of a woodland and i am currently looking for some wild native ferns for a small woodland

Does anyone know when is the best time to move or is it wise to try to move wild ferns to a new woodland area??

 

I have moved ferns and they are fairly forgiving if you get plenty of root and keep them well watered. Autumn or spring is best, so they don't have to maintain the foliage straight away.
Ferns obviously think my garden is a woodland paradise as new ones grow all the time. The little ones are pretty so I often leave them be and then regret it, because they can quickly grow very large and dominating and moving them usually involves a lot of hard work and demolishing a dry-stone wall!

 

Perhaps make sure that the ferns you lift are not bracken. Bracken can be well-behaved in woodland, but I'd still avoid it.