Isle Of Portland Orchids

If you are ordering orchids as a Christmas present from our ETSY shop you can buy a card means that we will include it with your order with your own message choice.  The cards are all purchased from Dorset Wildlife Trust, at the Chesil Wild Centre, where both of us volunteer to do our bit to help and protect our local flora and fauna - keep an eye on our website for details of the summer flower walks we lead on the reserve every summer. By the way our last ordering date for pre-Christmas delivery is Wednesday 18th December.  

Most towns are getting set to turn on their Christmas illuminations but here at our nursery it is all about 'turning on' the natural winter light for our orchids. We have now removed the last of our external shading on the greenhouses so that our plants can make the most of our rather feeble British winter light. We have also cleaned the inside of the glass to remove any algae. Indoors we have moved our orchids nearer to the windows to increase their access to light now that the summer sun is a distant memory.  

  We are running an Orchid Workshop in December -  All welcome, details on the poster shown here. To book email portlandmuseum@gmail.com or call 01305821804

  We have been asked so many questions about growing mounted orchids that this month is our 'Mounted orchid Month' and we have added a new culture page all about how we grow orchids in the rewarding way. Article here we also have lots of mounted orchids on our shop - just search for "mounted' and they all come up.