The count down continues. 2 days and 2 hours until we fly to Himalayas. This is Matt, who will be celebrating his 16th birthday out there. This is Matt’s favourite orchid which he describes as ‘the little lellow one’

This is the one and only Heather Limond. She is our only ginger member of the team and it wouldn’t be the same without her. This is a Dendrobium delicatum which we hope to see and smell out there.

The count down begins. It is 2 days and 20 hours until we say farewell to the UK. I am Zoe Barnes one of the seven students going on this amazing trip to the Himalayas. The Coelogyne cristata next to me should be out in full flower when we are there.

New year is a time we think about all the lovely people we work with around the world. So Happy New Year to our friends in Durban both at the Botanic Garden and at West Park School. Happy New Year as well  to the pupils and staff at the Erica Primary School in Cape Town, […]