At Bella Mente Montessori Academy in Vista, the students care for live chickens, tend a vegetable garden and dig up stumps to make way for an orchard. They fertilize the beds with chicken manure, and ...

then fill in around the root ball with orchid compost, ensuring that there are no gaps.’ As the orchid potting mix is bark-based, you may find that large pieces of bark get stuck amongst each ...

Discard any dead roots or shrivelled bulbs. Put some specialist orchid compost in the bottom of a pot and place the section of plant on top, off centre, with the newest growth pointing towards the ...

highlighted that they grow best in "bark-based orchid compost". The orchid needs a place with "bright [indirect] light" to bloom and thrive, such as a north—or east-facing windowsill.

Orchids are a favourite among indoor plant lovers, offering long-lasting and exotic blooms, but they can be surprisingly sensitive.

A Dunfermline charity group has been given a £3,000 grant to transform an orchard into an inclusive community space.