February 2026 meeting

NEWS We ask members to rally round to support our Annual Show on 7 March, in particular: Help with catering, to provide cakes etc. – Grazyna has a list. Volunteers to help run the kitchen, tombola etc. This is a pressing need, as a number of members who would...

November 2025 monthly meeting

NEWS This was our annual social evening – we took part in a ‘Round the World’ Picture Quiz, won by Sue and John, then shared a buffet meal.  Ken Frost won the ‘Novices’ table with his Dendrobium hybrid, and Paul Eaton won the...

June 2025 monthly meeting

NEWS We started with the Society’s Annual General Meeting, in which the Society’s officers gave their reports on a successful year and were re-elected en bloc for another year.  ‘Presentation of Trophies’ had to be deferred due to missing trophies and recipients....

October 2023 monthly meeting

Andrew Bannister of Orchid Alchemy came to our meeting on 25-Oct-23 to give us a talk entitled ‘Tropical Orchids Without Heat’, aimed at both new and established orchid growers. In a wide-ranging presentation, he contrasted the circumstances facing orchid...

September 2023 monthly meeting

On 27-Sep-23 we held our first monthly meeting of the new season, and subscriptions were due. We are contributing a stand to the Orchid Society of East Anglia Autumn Show on 22-Oct-23 – can members please provide any orchids that they have in flower at the time...

June 2023 monthly meeting

Our meeting on June 28 2023 included our AGM and a slideshow of orchid photos taken by the late Denis Pilcher. Paul Atkin was presented with the BOC Trophy for Best in Show at our Spring Show, and Bill Gardiner was awarded the David Barton Trophy for Best Plant on our...