Join the Society
Enjoy our monthly meetings.
We are a friendly society who offer a big welcome to new members.
The membership subscripton is £18.00 per year and covers a single or double membership for a couple living at the same address. We meet ten times a year at the Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Harlow Carr Harrogate in the modern facilites of the Bramall Learning Centre the remainder of the meetings are held Beckwithshaw Village Hall. One meeting consists of a field trip to see orchids growing in the wild.There is no meeting in December and we hold our annual lunch in January.
See list of monthly meetings for further details.
Take this link to our application form.
Meetings
The next meeting will be held on the 24th September2017 at Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate HG3 1UA 10.00-1.00pm
The speaker is Michael Myers
who is the Horticultural Lecturer at Craven College Skipton.
The talk is about Hardy
Orchids in the wild and in the garden.
Please bring your plants for the usual table displey.
There will be a discussion hosted by one of our members about the table display.
Annual Show
Details
Our annual show will be held at the Pavilions in Harrogate at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QZ to be held on
Sunday 25th February 2018
opening times 10.30am to 4.00pm
There will be orchid plants for sale, orchid sundries and craft stalls.
Details will be posted on the web site later in the year
for directions click on map
Harrogate Orchid Society Meeting Dates and Show Dates
Details of Meetings and Show Dates given below
If you are a member of the RHS why not come to one of our meeting when visiting the Gardens.
For more information about the meetings please contact
Malcolm White Tel 01535 661616
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| Saturday |
28th Jan 2017 |
Annual lunch at the Peashill Hotel, Rawdon Please meet at 11.30am for 12.00pm Menu details available from Sylvia Lawson on 0113 2190544. Please bring your plants for the table display. |
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Sunday |
26th Feb 2017 |
Harrogate Orchid Society Annual show at the Britannia Hotel Bramhope, Leeds. There will be no separate meeting this month. Set-up 25th February 4.00pm. Please bring your plants to the Hotel. |
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Saturday |
25th Mar 2017
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Meeting in the Learning Centre, Harlow Carr, Harrogate. HG3 1UE 2.00pm - 5.00 pm. Speaker - Nick Gilliam Topic - Bletilla Orchids and how to grow them. |
| Sunday |
23rd April 2017 |
Orchid workshop day which will be an all day event to be held in the Sunley room Learning Centre at Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate, HG3 1UE. 10.00am - 4.00 pm
This event is open to the public.
There will be potting demonstrations and plant problem clinic plus lots of cultural advice from Harrogate Orchid Society members. There will also be an orchid display by members. In addition there will be two talks: 11am: 'How Orchids are different'. 2pm: How to Grow Orchids on Your Windowsill'
Society members are asked to support this event and provde plants to mount a display. |
| Saturday |
20th May 2017 |
Meeting at Harlow Carr, Harrogate. HG3 1UA 10.00am - 1.00pm in the Sunley Room Annual General Meeting to be held commencing at 10.15am followed by the plant auction - HOS members only |
| Sunday |
25th June 2017 |
Meeting at Harlow Carr, Harrogate. HG3 1UA in the Wolfson room. Meeting starts at 9.30am - 1.00pm Lecture starts at 10.00am Speaker- Tom Mirenda (USA) Topic - 'A Costa Rican Orchid Fantasy' This is a talk by an international speaker one not to be missed. |
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1st July 2017 |
FIELD TRIP The meeting this month consists of a field trip, to see orchids in the wild. Details can be obtained from Ivor Pawson either by telephoning 07725 991627 or emailing Details consist of two maps and an itinery sheet. |
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| Saturday and Sunday |
August 5th/6th 2017 |
'Orchids for Everyone Weekend' To be held in the Bramall Learning Centre, this is a joint event organised by the Harrogate Orchid Society and The Royal Horticultural Society. There will be talks and potting demontrations throughout the weekend. This event is also being supported by the North of England Orchid Society and the Darlington and District Orchid Society, who will both be staging orchid displays. The exhibition will be open to the public from 10.00am until 4.00pm. each day. Harrogate Orchid Society members will be available each day to give advice on orchid culture. The Royal Horticultural Society Orchid Committee will be attending, orchid growers are invited to put forward their plants to the committee to be judged and considered for an award. The RHS Orchid Committee will convene at 1.30 pm. Members please note there will not be a separate meeting this month. There will be three free talks during the weekend open to the public and Society members- details to follow |
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24th Sept 2017 |
Meeting in the Jubilee Room, Harlow Carr, Bramall Learning Centre, Harrogate, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm Speaker- Michael Myers who is the Horticultural Lecturer at Craven College Skipton
Topic- Hardy Orchids in the Wild and in the Garden. |
| Sunday |
22nd Oct 2017 |
Meeting in the Jubilee room, Harlow Carr, Bramall Learning Centre, Harrogate 10.00am-1.00pm Speaker - David Johnston Topic - Fascinating Phalaenopsis Species |
| Saturday |
25th Nov 2017 |
Meeting at Harlow Carr, Bramall Learning Centre, Harrogate 10.00am-1.00pm to be held in the Jubilee Room. Topic Back to Basics. This is one of the most popular meetings of the year. |
| No meetings in December |
Annual Orchid Show
Annual Show click here for details for 2018
| Shows Harrogate Orchid Society will be exhibiting at in 2018 |
Even if members are not attending a show it may be possible to arrange transport of plants so giving members a chance to exhibit and perhaps win one of the covetted rosettes. All shows are open to Society members.
If you wish to exhibit at any of these shows please contact Ivor Pawson Tel 01909 477832
ivor.pawson@sky.com
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SHOW DATES FOR 2018 |
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Feb |
Harrogate Orchid Society Annual Show,at a new venue The Pavilions Harrogate located on the Great Yorkshire Show Ground HG2 8NZ 10.30am-4.00pm |
| Sun 11th | Mar | East Midlands Orchid Show, Bottesford VC Hall Belvour Road, Bottesford,Nottingham NG13 0BG 10.00am-4.00pm |
| Sun *nd | Apr | North east of England Orchid Show, Bowburn Community Cenre, Co Durham 11.00am-4.00pm |
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Sun *th |
May |
Sheffield and Distict Orchid Society, Cavendish Hall, Chatsworth, Derbyshire DE45 1PJ 10.30am-4.00pm |
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Sun 3rd |
Jun |
North of England Orchid Society Show at Tatton Park, Knutsford WA16 6QN |
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Fri-Sun 15th-17th |
Jun |
Three Counties Agricultural Show Malvern. As last year this event will also host the International Orchid Show which replaced the one at Peterborough. WR13 6NW Harrogate Orchid society will be exhibiting! Details later. |
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Sat/Sun 4th/5th |
Aug |
'Orchids for Everyone' weekend organised jointly by the Harrogate Orchid Society and the Royal Horticultural Society. There will also be the North of England and North East of England Orchid Society putting on displays. The exhibition will be held at the RHS gardens Harlow Carr Harrogate. HG3 1UE On Saturday the RHS Orchid Committee will be attending this event and you are invited to put your plants up for judging to the Committee. |
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Sun *rd |
Sept |
Durham City Orchid Show *rd September. Show location Josephine Butler College Durham Postcode DH1 3DF |
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Location of shows will be given in the newsletter
Orchids are for everyone
There are over 30,000 species and more than 200,000 hybrid orchids.
Grow your orchids in a conservatory?
Stanhopeas are quite happy growing in a conservatory with a minimum temperature of 8 degrees Centigrade
Join our Society
See many different kinds of orchids and learn how to care for them it is not as difficult as it looks.
Cool growing
This modern hybrid is typical of the type of orchids, which can be bought in garden centres and are suitable for growing on window sills and in a conservatory.
Phalaenopsis, everyones favourite.
The ideal window sill orchid
Cymbidium.
Would you like to learn how to flower these beautiful orchids?
Orchid Shows.
Harrogate orchid Society takes part in eight major orchid shows each year all members can take part if they wish.
Exotic Mysterious or Wierd.
Masdevallias & Draculas grow in the cool mountain region of Central & S.America.
For everyone with one orchid or a thousand!
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