The Writhlington Orchid Project

As you may have guessed we’re all a little excited about the London Orchid Show. To vent some of our excitement we have created a page dedicated to this event. It contains booking information, links and even another countdown clock (I couldn’t resist!) Have a look, click here

At this point you may be wondering “What on earth does circus skills have to do with orchids?”.  Well the honest answer is – Nothing what-so-ever!  But it’s fun (so I’m told!). Simon Pugh-Jones was previously a circus entertainer and as a result of this, many students learn’t circus skills about 4 years ago.  Today [...]

Fancy a sneaky peek at what we’ll be selling at the London orchid show this year?  That’s what we thought!  You’ll find a list of all the new plants we’ll have for sale this year in the new section of our seedling portfolio. Click Here

Granted – the Media Library has been a bit rubbish for the past few months but now it’s new, updated and you have no excuse to not visit it! We’ve added four videos from the archives as well as Image galleries from our various expeditions, shows etc.  Once I perfect the art of shrinking photos [...]

The orchid team weren’t the only ones braving the conditions today.  Our caretakers have been busy clearing snow and, be honest, what would you do if you had a load of snow to clear next to a three storey building?

All schools in the south west may be shut because of snow, but writhlington orchid project carries on regardless!  It’s 7 degrees in the cool end but the snow seems to be forming a nice inulating blanket over most of the greenhouse. The lab is a nice warm 25 degrees but I’m told that doesn’t [...]