Over the weekend we were spending time at the welsh botanic garden for the welsh orchid festival. We had great fun! The display looked great and, though we weren’t judged for it, we thing it was excelent seeing as it was erected in less than 2 hours.
0 Comments - The End of the Year.
July 23, 2009
The academic year of 2008/2009 is drawing to a close. What a year we’ve had! From Chelsea to Sikkim, London to smaller local shows. It’s been a brilliant year for us and we’re all hoping that next year will bring more excitement and unexpected to the project (we like it that way!).
I’m sure I’ll be [...]
0 Comments - On TV!!
May 20, 2009
We appeared on BBC1 at 7:30 today. Zoe Barnes talked about conservation and our Gangtok Schools project (yes to anyone who noticed the family connection!) If you missed it, the video is online, right here, right now. Simply click here or visit the media library.
A personal record for me as it has only taken 1 [...]
1 Comments - GOLD!!!
May 19, 2009
To-the-point, I thought to myself while choosing a title to this post! We’ve got a Gold Medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower show and we’re all a little bit excited!
The display looks fantastic and I would like to say a public ‘well-done’ to Ben Stokes, Luke Lucas and Simon Pugh-Jones who made up the set [...]
0 Comments - Chelsea Gold
May 19, 2009
Today the Judging commenced at the Chelsea flower show where the orchid project won a Gold award. Currently no word has filtered back from London as to which category we won in, but updates will soon follow as word comes through!
1 Comments - Flows and flags!
May 16, 2009
Just received correspondence from the Chelsea set up team! They inform me that the flow cabinet is up and in place as are the prayer flags that surround our display. Technology and plants go on tomorrow.
I don’t know about you, but this news makes me even more eager to get up there and [...]