Isle of Portland Orchids – applying our observations from the World’s Tropical Forests to grow diverse tropical orchids in Dorset. - BNSS

Event date: 28th October 2025 at: 7.30pm (zoom only)

Speakers: Annie and Simon Pugh-Jones

Simon Pugh-Jones MBE will take the audience to the wonderful tropical forests of Borneo, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Laos, Rwanda, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Belize to see how diverse orchids species grow in the wild and how these habitats can be recreated to grow orchids successfully in your home in Dorset.

He will also talk about the conservation and education work that he and Annie Pugh-Jones have been involved in with communities in these tropical habitats.