Writhlington School may be closed for the holiday but the plants in the school greenhouses never take a break. In fact, christmas is a lovely time with lots of plants flowering in the run up to our peak time in March. Most of the plants we grow are cooler growing orchids native to the tropical […]

Everyone at greenhouse club would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  We’ve had an excellent year and look forward to the next one, which will be full of even more Orchids, Conservation, Enterprise and a whole lot of fun!

So, I hear you ask, what has ‘The Big Bang’ got to do with orchids? Well, not a great deal… the Big Bang Science fair in Manchester, though? That’s a whole other story! As some of you may already know, as part of our Sikkim expedition in April this year, I carried out research on […]

As part of the Go4SET project last year, a working model of the new greenhouses was made by one of our two teams to illustrate how water would be conserved in the new greenhouse. Unfortunately, this model was semi-destroyed a few months back. Fortunately – it’s back and as good as new! Zoe Barnes (who […]

Well that’s it for us. Term 2 draws to a close and with it 2009. We’ve had a super year and can’t wait to start 2010! Before term ends, however, it is traditional for our school drama department to put on a talent show. This year, I have to say, it was one of the […]