HRH the Duke of Kent will be visiting Writhlington School tomorrow for a tour of the building and to officially open the new school.  As part of this visit he will be making a trip to the greenhouses and meeting many of the students involved in the growing. Normally, I’d put a paragraph here about […]

May is here and the top tip from Writhlington is get out into the countryside and find yourself some British orchids to admire. At the moment you could find Early spider orchid like the one above flowering at Dancing Ledge in Dorset last weekend, Green Winged orchid and early purple orchid. (go to read more […]

I’m pleased to report that we are back to normal, with Greenhouse club now hiding in the ‘Propagation Zone’ of the greenhouse and production resuming in the Lab. There are a few changes however, as the photo above shows, all of greenhouse club now have school issued netbooks (I don’t get mine until September).  We’re […]

We’ve decided to make use of the school’s brand new dining facilities to take some time to think about the future.  This lovely room is a great place for sitting and eating, but is also the only place in the school we are allowed to drink coffee!

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, […]