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Orchid Events of the San Francisco Bay Area (& Beyond) in a COVID-19 World
2021
March 6, 2020) Mariposa Gardens Plant Sale Saturday 9am - 3pm. 6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. OPEN EVERY SATURDAY DURING CYMBIDIUM SEASON! SPECIAL - 8 Cymbidium One-Gallon for $200 or $30 each. Jeff's Free Homemade Cookies! Thousands of first bloom cymbidiums in spike with some already in bloom. Don’t miss the opportunity to pick through some exciting new hybrids. And Joe Santy Orchids will be offering many award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at his special prices. Come early for best selection. In the past, their Open Houses were only open the 1st or 2nd of the month, January - April, but NOW, they are open EVERY SATURDAY. Questions, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588, www.MariposaGarden.com, or Facebook. Joe Santy Orchids .
March (12, 2021) Malihini Orchid Society Meeting The MOS has voted to go into hibernation for the winter and spring months until they can actually meet in person. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, and free raffle tickets for orchids are drawn for Zoom attendees who stay until the end for the drawing! See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture
March 12, 2021 Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting If you are not a member, and wish to attend a meeting, they ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7:30 pm There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872 . #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening . #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening
March (13 - 14, 2020) Cymbidium Madness Sale (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Park Blvd. Sacramento CA 95816. Buy orchid plants, growing supplies, Repotting demonstrations, and Repotting Services for a Fee. FREE PARKING! www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there
March (13 - 15, 2020) The 75th Santa Barbara International Orchid Show "Orchids - A World of Adventure" (UNKNOWN IF THIS SHOW WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Fri - Sun, 9 am to 5 pm. Admission. Earl Warren Showgrounds, Exhibit Hall, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA. (Highway 101 at Las Positas Road). This is the BIG ORCHID SHOW! Admission and parking fees. For info, call (805) 969-5746- or visit them on Facebook or sborchidshow.com. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (14, 2020) The 46th Annual Cymbidium Society of America Congress (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Saturday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Earl’s Place, at Earl Warren Showgrounds 3400 Calle Real (Hwy 101 at Las Positas) Santa Barbara, CA 93105. The fee includes access to the big International Show & Sale Areas for all 3 days, the selectures, breakfast, lunch, a special cocktail party, a really special plant auction, a gala dinner banquet, a free plant, and more! Really incredible great orchid value! Tickets: http://www.cymbidium.org/cymbidium-congress-2020. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (13 - 15, 2020) Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Annual Spring Open House (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Friday - Saturday 8 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 9 AM - 4 PM. 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA. Established in 1957, it is amazing for the 5 acres of the various species of cymbidiums, cattleyas, and umpteen thousands of orchids! Must see on the orchid tour! More like family, than a business. For more info, call 800-553-3387-, or http://www.sborchid.com/events.php. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (13 - 15, 2020) Cal-Orchid Spring Open House (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Fri - Sun 9 AM - 5 PM. 1251 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA. Incredible and unique orchid breeding of Lots of different orchid species & varieties - Cymbidiums, cattleyas, paphs, and of course their specialty - epidendrums! And MANY, MANY MORE! And you'll find some Call James or Lauris Rose at 805 967-1312-, e-mail calorchid@cox.net, or see their website at http://www.calorchid.com . Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (13 - 15, 2020) Orchids Royale Annual Spring Open House (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Friday - Saturday 8 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 9 AM - 4 PM. 5902 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA. For more info, call (805) 684-8066; or see them at FB, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Orchids-Royale/158825240817565 . Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March (16, 2020) Orchid Society of California Monthly Meeting (OSC is NOT MEETING AT THIS TIME) Monday, 7:30 PM. Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA. They meet the 3rd Monday of the month. Monthly meetings with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidium and other orchids, intereresting orchid Lecturer, & usually a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! http://www.orchidsocietyofca.org/, https://www.facebook.com/OrchidSocietyofCalifornia/.
March 15, 2021 The American Orchid Society's Semi-Annual Meeting of the Members - Online Saturday, 11 am - 1 pm. Join the President, Bob Fuchs and the AOS Board of Directors and Committee Chairs and Staff to catch up with all the activities of your AOS. The election of new trustees to serve will be held as well. If you are an AOS member, here is the registration link : https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7722545674534470926. Consider Joining the American Orchid Society, https://secure.aos.org/join/new-membership .
March 20, 2021 The Paph Forum and the Paph Guild Presents their First International Speakers Day Virtual Seminar Saturday, 12:30 - 5:30pm. Registration fee of $30, includes a full days of recordings. Go to the orchiddigest.org/events for the list of speakers.
March (21, 2020) American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. CANCELLED, FILOLI IS CLOSED UNTIL APRIL 7TH AT THIS TIME. Saturday, 9 am. Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062. Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. A series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli's Visitor Center (access to the Gardens and Historic House has a seperate fee). View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged! Bring your blooming plants by 9AM. Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker. For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.
March (21, 2020) Napa Valley Orchid Society's 27th Annual Show & Sale (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Saturday 10 am - 4 pm. Napa Valley Senior Activity Center, 1500 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94559. Free Admission. Quality blooming orchids, a wide variety of orchids and other plants, Orchid supplies, Orchid care demonstrations and classes, Raffle. For more info, call (707) 738-4128, or check out www.nv-os.org. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March 24, 2021 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Meeting "Cultural Techniques for Growing Award Winning Cymbidiums by legendary grower George Hatfield" If you wish to join, but are NOT a member, please email your name, phone number & email address by 4/23 to goldengatecymbidiumsociety@yahoo.com. Wednesday, 7:00 pm. They normally meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer with slideshow, AND with there will be a drawing for cymbidium orchid door prizes of orchid plants for anybody who joins at 7pm, and stays until the end of the meeting! For more info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GoldGateCymbidiumSociety/ . #cymbidiums #orchids #flowers #Oakland #SFBayArea #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchid lecture #orchid class #orchidraffle.
March 26, 2021 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting Friday, 7pm Visitors are welcome to attend - just go to penorchidsoc.org, at the right hand column "Next Meeting", look for the "Visitors" link, & send your email to them. They meet the 4th Friday of the month. There will be a Members' Orchid Plants Show & Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and often have a drawing of the speaker's nursery's of plants for Members who attend! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on their Facebook page. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing
March 27 - 28, 2021 Open House Cymbidium Sales Presented by Members of The Gold Coast Cymbidium Society, Inc. Saturday 10am - 3pm in Saratoga, Menlo Park & Los Altos Hills; Sunday 9am - 3pm in Half Moon Bay. With the cancellation of their normal Spring show and sale, five (5) advanced orchid society members, who normally participate in their cymbidium orchid sale, have chosen to hold OPEN HOUSES on March 27th and 28th in their backyards and greenhouses. Get your chance to buy some awesome new seedlings of 2021, and past award winners (face masks and social distancing required at all locations).
Names and contacts can be found on this FLYER which you can save to your computer and email to your orchid friends or upload to your favorite Facebook site. For more info, click: www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org. #cymbidiums #sfbayarea #blooming orchids #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow
March TBD (27 - 29, 2020) Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society 70th Annual Show & Sale (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Friday, Sales: 11am - 9pm. Show & Sales: Saturday 10am - 9pm, Sunday 11am - 5 pm. Westgate Shopping Mall, 1600 Saratoga Avenue (at Prospect Avenue), San Jose. Free Admission and Parking. Check them out at www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org/ or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Clara-Valley-Orchid-Society-179637966053/. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (28, 2020) Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society 17th Annual Show & Sale (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Park Blvd. Sacramento CA 95816. See cymbidium orchid exhibits , Buy orchid plants, growing supplies, Repotting demonstrations, and Repotting Services for a Fee. FREE ADMISSION AND FREE PARKING! For more info, see www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (29 - 31, 2019) San Joaquin Orchid Society Orchid Fest (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Friday - Saturday 10am - 9pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm. Sherwood Mall, 5308 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA. Orchid Judging, Sales, Repotting Demonstrations. For more info, contact Patty Reece, 209.931.3081-, or patty@mynewyorkdiamons.com. Their website is at www.sanjoaquinorchidsociety.org, info@sanjoaquinorchidsociety.org, or check www.facebook.com/SanJoaquinOrchidSociety/ . Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.
March TBD (28 - 29, 2020) Sonoma County Orchid Society Show & Sale (UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN 2021) Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm. Veteran's Building, 1352 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA. Admission $10. A weekend full of fun, education and beautiful blooming orchids to admire, photograph and purchase! A great event for the whole family! Featuring: many orchid plant vendors, free orchid plant raffle, cultural demonstrations, and many more! They have many events scheduled such as: "Grow and Rebloom Your Orchids", "Repotting Cymbidiums", "Growing Orchids in your Backyard in the Bay Area", and more! For ore info, click on http://sonomaorchids.com/?page_id=5629. Their website www.sonomaorchids.com.
April TBD (4, 2020) California Orchids Sale (POSTPONED) Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm. Bolinas. Rain or Shine, they have an indoor area where their orchids are! Lots of Orchids, in and out of flower, many sizes, in pots and on branches, hanging Tillandsias, Rhipsalis, gorgeous Bird's Nest and Maidenhair ferns. Everything you need to grow your orchid collection, or the advice you need to start a new one! Call Mary Nisbet directly for more information (415) 868-0203-, and fill out their online form for directions to gt to their greenhouse in Bolinas, www.CaliforniaOrchids.com.
April 1, 2021 Mariposa Gardens Spring Orchid Sale Saturday 9am - 3pm. 6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. OPEN EVERY SATURDAY DURING CYMBIDIUM SEASON! SPECIAL - 8 Cymbidium One-Gallon for $200 or $30 each. Jeff's Free Homemade Cookies! Thousands of first bloom cymbidiums in spike with some already in bloom. Don’t miss the opportunity to pick through some exciting new hybrids. In addition, Joe Santy Orchids will be offering manyof his award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at his special prices. Come early for best selection In the past, their Open Houses were only open the 1st or 2nd of the month, January - April, but NOW, they are open EVERY SATURDAY. Questions, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588- or www.MariposaGarden.com, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids/.