Tag: Kew

The polytunnel needed a tidy up, to make room for more plants, so we moved a few pots around. We use regular plastic and terracotta pots, but more and more we use air-pots, which have some advantages over the usual pots, mainly: they don’t have a flat, circular surface, against which the roots start circling…

I learned how to mix compost today, that we then used for potting on. It was fun! We get our compost components in bulk basic mixes in massive canvas bags. Depending on the use to which the compost will be put to, we will then mix those basic mixes together to give the desired texture:…

So today was my first day in the arboretum nursery. July is the month when the Kew Diploma students in the 1st year finish their classes and go back into the gardens, so with me was also a student, new to the nursery. We were shown around, and then assigned an area to take care…

Coming to work to Kew has made me want to sing, something I had not done for a long while. Since I am driving for a minimum of 1.5 hrs/day, that’s been a good opportunity to practice in an isolated space, where my out-of-shape, shaky voice, that could not reach up to high notes any…

Back from my study leave and RHS Level 3 exam (that was a long day, as I was taking the first part early in the morning and the last one in the afternoon) I knew I would have to take care of a work experience lad for the day. My main objective for the next…