Eric Young Orchid Foundation

Eric Young spent decades building an orchid collection on Jersey and left it in trust with purpose-built glasshouses at Victoria Village, and the foundation has continued to breed and show, taking a long run of medals at Chelsea. Several thousand plants are held across a set of climate-controlled houses, with a display house rotated so that whatever is flowering is what visitors see. Slipper orchids and cymbidiums are particular strengths.

What you'll find

• The display house - the rotated show of whatever is currently in flower.
• The breeding programme - the hybridising work the foundation is known for.
• The slipper orchids - one of the collection's particular strengths.
• The glasshouses - the purpose-built climate-controlled growing houses.

When to go

February to May is the peak flowering period. The foundation opens only on certain days of the week. It closes for parts of the year.

Practical notes

Opening is limited to a few days a week and closes for periods. Only the display house is open; the growing houses are not. It is small and an hour covers it.

Nearby

Pallot Steam Museum is nearby, and Bouley Bay is north.