Join the Society
Enjoy our monthly meetings.
We are a friendly society who offer a big welcome to new members.
The membership subscripton is £25.00 per year and covers a single or double membership for a couple living at the same address. We meet at the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Harlow Carr Harrogate in the modern facilites of the Bramall Learning Centre.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
Our next monthly meeting will be on Sunday 26th May 2024 10am-1pm at RHS Harlow Carr in the Learning Centre HG3 1QB.
Speaker -Antonia Black "Growing Humid Orchids in the House.
There will be the usual break for refreshments followed by the table talk hosted by one of our members.
Annual Show
Harrogate Orchid Society Annual Show 2024
This year our Annual Show will be held in conjunction with our Orchids for Everyone Weekend
on the Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th of August 2024 at RHS Harlow Carr
in all rooms at The Learning Centre.
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Orchids for everyone weekend will be held in conjuction with our Annual Show
Organised by The Harrogate Orchid Society
in conjunction with the RHS Harlow Carr Garden;
Harrogate
this event is being held on the 3rd and 4th August 2024
opening times 10.00am-4.00pm
Once again there will be visiting Orchid Societies and plants for sale
To be held at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, Harlow Carr, Harrogate
A range of beautiful orchids will be displayed at the most northerly garden of the Royal Horticultural Gardens over the weekend 3rd & 4th 2024, allowing visitors the chance to see a large range of varieties all under one roof.
Burnham Nurseries will be on site offering for sale unusual and exotic orchids.
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Stanhopea connate x paniamensis Cattleya 'Pastoral Innocence'
Photographs supplied by Harrogate Orchid Society
As well as holding potting demonstrations experts will be offering help and advice with problem plants,and visitors are welcome to bring along their orchids for advice.
The Orchids for Everone weekend will be held in the Bramall Learning Centre between 10am - 4pm on the 3rd and 4th August 2024. Please check the website at www.rhs.org.uk/harlowcarr
for more details and garden admission prices, or call 0845 612 265.
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 meetings when visiting the Gardens.
For more information about the meetings please contact
Malcolm White Tel 01535 661616
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28th January 2024 |
Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm 'Problem Plant Forum'
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25th February 2024
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Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm Speaker John Gay - 'A visit to the Eric Young Orchid Foundation Part 2' |
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31st March 2024 |
Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm AGM followed by a talk by Patricia Hollings. Please note: Members Only |
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28th April 2024 |
Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm Plant Auction - Members only. |
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Sunday |
26th May 2024 |
Meeting at RHS Harlow Carr, in the Bramall Learning Centre, Harrogate, HG3 1QB. 10.00am - 1.00pm to be held in the Jubilee Room. Speaker - Antonia Black - Growing Humid Orchids in the House. |
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Thurs/ Sunday |
13th - 16th June 2024 |
The UK International Orchid Show at BBC Gardeners World Live, NEC Birmingham.
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Sunday |
30th June 2024 |
Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm Speaker - Ian Parsons - topic to be arranged. |
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Saturday & Sunday |
3rd /4th August 2024 |
Annual Show & Orchids for Everyone to be held at RHS Harlow Carr Learning Centre (all rooms to be used). |
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Sunday |
22nd September 2024 |
Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm Speaker - Malcolm Moodie Topic - Feeding Orchids - Feast or Famine. |
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Sunday |
27th October 2024 |
Meeting at Harlow Carr, in the Bramall Learning Centre, Harrogate, HG3 1QB. 10.00am - 1.00pm to be held in the Jubilee Room. Speaker - Nick Gilliam - Cymbidiums |
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Sunday |
24th November 2024 |
Meeting at Pool Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, W. Yorkshire, LS21 1LG. 10.00am - 1.00pm Speaker - Helen Millner Topic - @Terraria
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Annual Orchid Show
| Shows Harrogate Orchid Society will be exhibiting at in 2024 |
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 2024 | ||
| Sun 2nd March 2024 | Sheffield & District Orchid Society Annual Show. | |
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6th April 2024 |
Hinckley & District Orchid Society Annual Show. Stoke Golding Club, CV13 6DZ |
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Saturday 6th July 2024 |
North of England Annual Show. Barton Village Hall, Barton, Garstang, Lancashire, PR3 5AZ. |
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Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August 2024
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Harrogate Orchid Society and 'Orchids for Everyone' weekend organised jointly by the Harrogate Orchid Society and the Royal Horticultural Society. To be held at the Learning Centre, RHS gardens Harlow Carr Harrogate. HG3 1QB |
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Sunday 1st September 2024 |
North East of England Annual Show. Durham.
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Sunday 29th September |
East Midlands Orchid Society Annual Show |
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
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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.
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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.
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