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The Writhlington Orchid Project

The Writhlington School Orchid Project combines horticulture, science and conservation. Pupils raise orchids from seed and are working on conservation projects in the Himalayas, South Africa, South East Asia and Central America. Follow their story on this blog.

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All set for the grand opening

Posted by The Writhlington Orchid Project on 24 Sep 2010 at 10:24 PM

Writhlington school's orchid enthusiasts are all set for the big day on Saturday when we open our new orchid centre. The greenhouses are looking amazing, the lab is glistening and set for tomorrows volunteers to demonstrate propagation techniques, the show tables are all ready......and the cake is decorated...woohoo.

If you look closely at the decoration you will see our six sections, five the tropical habitats where we have our conservation link projects and a sixth propagation zone... and of course the whole thing is bursting with orchids, school pupils and unicycles. I hope you like the cake and will like the orchid centre even more, whether you visit it for the opening tomorrow (Sat 25th) or over the coming years.

We will be featuring the RHS blogs tomorrow so feel free to send messages to the students on their big day.  p.s thankyou Eva for the cake idea.

Comments

Miranda Hodgson said:

What a splendid looking cake! Lovely idea to celebrate your new orchid centre - hope it's a great success!

on 26 Sep 2010 at 11:10 AM

The Writhlington Orchid Project said:

Thanks Miranda, we had a wonderful day. Do come and visit sometime. Simon

on 26 Sep 2010 at 09:44 PM

EvaInNL said:

Ooh I see Max's Mum has done you proud, what a wonderful cake!

on 27 Sep 2010 at 12:07 PM