President's Corner

Tuesday, January 12, 2009

Annual Show

Saturday 23 January — Sunday 24 January Open 10 AM to 5 PM

At the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City

Plant Entry 3 PM — 6 PM Friday 22 January

Ribbon and Trophy Judging 6:30 PM — 8 PM Friday 22 January

No meeting-as-usual in January: it's Show Time!

Peninsulans are invited to light up their midwinter days at our incomparable show of hundreds of blooming orchids from the Peninsula's finest private growers .. that's us!

All our members and all the public are invited to enter their blooming orchid plants on Friday afternoon for competitive classes.

Members are welcome to participate in the judging of the show on Friday evening, and to assist in the many duties of the show on Saturday and Sunday — lunch and snacks provided!

All are welcome to see the most miraculously designed flowers of the plant kingdom on display, and shop our vendors' blossoming orchid plants — many not available elsewhere.

How-to demonstrations for beginners, outdoor and indoor growers, meet the experts, ask the orchid doctor all Saturday and Sunday.

Free parking. Admission: $ 5 Adult, $ 3 senior, disabled, ages 12 — 16.

Saturday 23 January — Sunday 24 January Open 10 AM to 5 PM

At the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City

POS Meetings

Time:	7:00 P.M. Skill Session 7:45 P.M. General Meeting
Place:	San Mateo Garden Center 605 Parkside Way San Mateo, CA
POS Mailing Address:	P.O. Box 6894 San Mateo, CA 94403-6894

Take the Alameda de las Pulgas exit off of Highway 92, and head south. Parkside Way is located on the right between 26th and 28th Avenues.

The Peninsula Orchid Society meets the fourth Friday of the month, January through November and the third Friday of December.

For information regarding this month's meeting please go to the meetings page. The speakers page has more information on our past and future speakers.

About the Peninsula Orchid Society

Founded in 1946, the POS is a society of about 250 orchid enthusiasts and professional growers serving the San Francisco Peninsula. Our mission is to increase the awareness, appreciation, enjoyment, conservation, and cultivation of orchids. To this end we hold monthly meetings as well as organize plant sales, shows, and bus trips to local nurseries. The Peninsula Orchid Society is a nonprofit organization, affiliated with the American Orchid Society.