Having used up all the replate media replating, so we had to teach them how to make replate media. The students were all hands on, and are understanding the concepts of sterile and, how to create those conditions. Hopefully the next replate session we will have power all the way through, so we will get […]

We had our first go at replating with lots of people having a go. People learnt quickly and it was lovely to see the students explaining it to fellow students if they didn’t understand our English. We had a bit of trouble as the power cut out half way through which meant we had a […]

We started by finding small chips of charcoal from the kitchens, and then we put the smallest wood chips which we found near the KCCEM road where the saw milling activity has taken place.  And then we made a mixture of those chips of wood and charcoal, ready for the orchids to be potted into. […]

Our next workshop was making media, where we had lots of students all getting involved. This media is now ready for more seed sow and replating.

We took over the library for one of our sessions and did orchid in a box. Orchid in a box is when we paired the students up and gave one person a picture of an orchid and the other colouring pencils and paper. They had to describe the orchid for there partner to draw. Then […]