COS @ Hollandia Spring Garden Expo 4/9 & 10

Mar5

COS will be at Hollandia Nursery,  Bethel,  Ct  April 9 and 10, 2016 for their Spring Garden Expo!

The Connecticut Orchid Society will be participating in the Sprint Garden Expo happening at Hollandia Nursery in Bethel, Connecticut.  Members of the society will be on hand all day on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 to answers questions, offer advice, and share their experience growing and caring for orchids.  The Society will have a variety of orchids for sale that are something different than those typically available in the big box and grocery stores.  All sale plants are blooming or in-bud to bloom soon and are appropriate for all growing conditions and beginner growers. Society members will also be conducting two classes during the event: an Orchid Care and Potting Demonstration on Saturday from noon – 1:30 PM, and Basics of Orchid Growing on Sunday, April 10 from 10 – 11 AM.  Classes are geared towards beginner and hobby orchid growers with audience participation and questions encouraged.  Wondering how to get that orchid you received as a gift to bloom again?  Curious about orchids and how to grow them well?  Looking for an interesting orchid to add to your collection?  Come visit Hollandia Nursery and The Connecticut Orchid Society on April 9 or 10.

Visit the Hollandia Nursery website for more details:  http://www.ctgrown.com/

COS March 8 Meeting in Cheshire

Mar5

Wednesday March 8, 2017

Cheshire Senior Center

240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410

Doors open at 6:30pm, meeting starts at 7:30pm.

This month Richard Ho will present on “Chinese Cymbidium – The King of Fragrance” and is bringing plants for sale.

 

SEPOS Orchid Show – BUS TRIP!!

Jan24

Bus Trip to SEPOS Annual Show & Sale and Longwood Gardens

http://www.sepos.org/annual-show.html

Bus Trip to SEPOS Annual Show & Sale and Longwood Gardens:

We are planning a three-day, April 1-3, 2016 bus trip to the famous Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania — close to Philadelphia.

These famous gardens were created by Pierre du Pont in the 19th century. The gardens are composed of 1,077 acres with many paths that wind through extraordinary gardens, woodlands and meadows. In addition there are fabulous greenhouses full of orchids and other magnificent flowering plants. Our group will be given a private behind-the-scenes tour of the gardens.

The itinerary is as follows:

Fri., April 1st Leave Waterbury approx. 12—1:00 pm.

Spend the night at Homewood Suites Hotel near Kennett Square.

Sat., April 2nd Spend the day at SEPOS Southeast Pa. Orchid Society Annual Show & Sale with option to leave mid-afternoon and go back to hotel for your own free time (King of Prussia Mall is only 3 miles away). SEPOS has fabulous vendors, seminars and free guided tours.

Sun., April 3rd spend the morning at Longwood Gardens with a special behind-the-scenes tour of the gardens. Sunday afternoon return trip home to CT.

Cost: Single (inc. bus ) 2 nights + breakfast, admiss. to SEPOS $421.00—does not include Longwood Gardens, food and purchase of any plants.

Couple (inc. bus) Hotel room for two + breakfast, admiss. to SEPOS $608.00 — does not include Longwood Gardens, food and purchase of any plants.

(Prices based on 18 participants.)

Deadline= Feb. 1st (50% deposit by Feb. 10 at COS mtg. and bal. due by Feb.29.)

COS Meeting – Feb 10th – Farmington

Jan24

Wednesday February 10th, 2016

Farmington Senior Center

321 New Britain Ave., Unionville, CT

doors open at 6:30pm, meeting starts at 7:30pm

POTTING 101 – What do you need, what do you do….Tips & Tricks on repotting your orchids.

We will have demonstrations on potting techniques.

You can bring in your plant for diagnosis and recommendations (BRING IN PLASTIC BAG to protect against the cold and pests!)

Potting supplies will be available for sale at the meeting.

COS Meeting – Jan 13th – Cheshire

Jan8

Wednesday January 13, 2016

Cheshire Senior Center

240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410

doors open at 6:30pm, meeting starts at 7:30pm

POTTING 101 – What do you need, what do you do….Tips & Tricks on repotting your orchids.

We will have demonstrations on potting techniques.

You can bring in your plant for diagnosis and recommendations (BRING IN PLASTIC BAG to protect against the cold and pests!)

Potting supplies will be available for sale at the meeting.

COS Holiday Party December 9th

Dec8

Connecticut Orchid Society Holiday Party

Wed. evening, Dec. 9th, 2015

Farmington Senior Center

321 New Britain Ave., Unionville, CT

This year, we will also have a “holiday bazaar”: Jan Lesnikoski, Moss Farm Studio will have his beautiful handmade pottery and orchid pots for sale.  

Roger Heigel will be offering beautiful jewelry, decorative display boxes and holiday ornaments.

The COS Sale Table will also have spiking orchids for sale.  

                                                        Note time change: Appetizers served at 6:00 pm

                                                       Main dishes served at 6:30 pm

 

Food Assignments:  Members with last names beginning with “A – H”, please bring an appetizer

Members with last names beginning with “I – P”, please bring a main dish 

Members with last names beginning with “Q – Z”, please bring a dessert

 

COS Meeting – Cheshire Nov. 11

Oct25

Wednesday November 11, 2015 

Cheshire Senior Center

240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410

doors open at 7:00 pm

Greg Griffis is our speaker this month and his talk is “12 Orchids Everyone Should Own”

Greg Griffis first became aware of orchids in 2009. He first heard about them through a college friend, who had always admired orchids. Studying at West Chester University, from which he graduated with a degree in Music Education, put him in close proximity to Longwood Gardens. He attended the 2010 Longwood Orchid Show where he purchased his first orchid. One plant quickly became twenty or so, and before long he was hooked. In 2010 he visited Parkside Orchid Nursery for the first time, and by Summer 2011 he was working part time for Tom Purviance and John Salventi. He studied under their tutelage while working for them, and when they sold the nursery in 2012, he was hired by the new owners as the Grower and Manager of Parkside Orchid Nursery. He managed Parkside for one year, before leaving to grow orchids in Hawaii. He worked for Hilo Orchid Farm for more than a year, spending a large amount of time working with Paphiopedilum, as well as Intergeneric Oncidiinae and Miltoniopsis. At the beginning of 2015 Greg began working as the orchid grower at Longwood Gardens, where he remains today.

COS Meeting – Oct 14th – Farmington

Sep13

COS monthly meeting: Wednesday October 14, 2015 – doors open 7:00 pm

Farmington Senior Center 321 New Britain Avenue, Unionville, CT

This month’s speaker is Alan Koch of Gold Country Orchids.

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