Welcome to Emily and Sarah from the Typography and Graphic Communication department. These two second year students have the challenge of producing interpretative signage that will be effective in communication, look good and cope with warmth and humidity. They also … Continue reading
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At lunchtime today we started moving some of the railway sleepers to mark out the design of the tropical glasshouse planting areas on the ground. There is a world of difference between a sketch on paper and the reality of … Continue reading
Most of the old plantings have now been dug up and new plants propagated. Here we see six keen volunteers with a range of the plants in pots including a fine flowering orchid specimen. Now much of the old overgrown … Continue reading
After many weeks of research, discussion and negotiation we finally have our recycled, untreated hardwood railway sleepers to create the raised beds for drainage and landscaping in the greenhouse. Although the space seems small we needed 120 sleepers to do … Continue reading
Four people and two hours were needed to mix together a large pile of well rotted compost and a slightly smaller pile or horticultural grit. Luckily the weather was dry and not too hot for this long and tiring job. … Continue reading
A number of background logistical operations have been ongoing since last Autumn and several are now coming to fruition. Critical to the success of this project have been three basic supply issues: purchase of hardwood railway sleepers to landscape the … Continue reading
New crop plants for summer 2012 and beyond were planted today. A local supermarket was the source for Pineapple (Ananas comosus), Sweet Potato (Ipomaea batatas), Ginger (Zingiber offininale) and Scotch Bonnet chilli (Capsicum annuum). It’s amazing what can be grown … Continue reading
One week after the brutal process of digging up and splitting some of our tropical plants into smaller pot sized pieces four of our eager volunteers are checking whther the plants have settled in to the fresh compost. Several are … Continue reading
A few ideas for the tropical display: New World: Melastomataceae – Tibouchina is pretty – yes, we might also manage Medinella.:-) Theobroma cacao – good economic plant and nice example of cauliflory – we have hundreds of these but the … Continue reading
Please send a join request if you want to help out. http://www.facebook.com/groups/275327922529006/ I’m planning to hold the next meeting on Wednesday 8th Feb at 2pm
