Simon Pugh-Jones
Teacher in charge of the Writhlington Orchid Project
Teacher in charge of the Writhlington Orchid Project
As part of our activities with our Sarawak Partners in the first week of July we will be opening the greenhouse to the public from 4.30 until 7pm. There will be tours of the greenhouse and labs, plant sales, and a chance to hear about the amazing work being done in Kuching (Sarawak) by our […]
Can I give a massive thank you to ex-student Dan Groves who set up WSBE orchids when a student at Writhlington (a long time ago) and has now updated all the things I don’t understand to ensure that the site is fully functional and future ready. Expect lots of news from the greenhouse over the […]
Each year one of our wonderful volunteer students is awarded Orchid Project Student of the year and this year’s winner is Dale Leakey for his lead in ensuring that the greenhouse is always a clean and healthy environment. Fallen leaves and detritus that can harbour disease and fungus in a greenhouse and should always be […]
Thanks to all who made this evening’s Orchid Christmas such a success. It was lovely to have so many visitors on such a cold and frosty evening and our volunteer team tell me that they really enjoyed meeting new people and talking about their plants. It was lovely to see Pamela Young from Radstock in […]
Students Finlay Lisk and Lily Jones were featured on BBC Somerset this morning. The two were interviewed along with Simon Pugh-Jones by Claire Carter on BBC Radio Somerset’s Breakfast programme and talked about their work with orchids as well as this afternoon’s Orchid Christmas event in the Greenhouse from 4-6.30pm (Thursday 15th December). The link […]