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NEWS Andy Gissing brought in cakes in celebration of Angela’s 85th birthday. David Mittel won the Novices table with his Miltonia Queen Anne. Bill Gardiner won the Winners table with his Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann Buckleberry. Runner-up was Paul Eaton with his...

NEWS Entries for the BOC photo competition this year will be accepted from individuals, not Societies as in the past.  The closing date for entries is 31-Dec-25 (although they would like to receive them earlier if possible) - Carol wil send out details. The November...

NEWS As usual, our May meeting took place while the Suffolk Show was on, and we were all delighted to hear that our stand at the Show had won a Large Gold and the Notcutt's Salver "For the Best Flower Show Trade Exhibit of under 37 square metres ground area",...

NEWS Our meeting on 30-April coincided with the 70th birthday of Bill Gardiner, our Chair, so we sang 'Happy Birthday' to him and were treated to delicious cake with our tea and coffee. We were delighted to welcome six newcomers to the meeting - as with any Society,...

Our Annual Show this year was very successful, with attendance 15% up on last year. Our members put up a lovely display: Our friends from the...

NEWS David Kohn has won the BOC photo competition for a second year! The winning photo is included in the gallery on the right. The date for our 'Garden Party' is 20-Jul-25. Our Chair, Bill Gardiner, again asked for volunteers to help with our Spring Show on Saturday...

News items for our meeting on 26-Feb-25 were: Our visit to Henstead Exotic Gardens will now be on Saturday 13 September 2025. No transport has been arranged (it's too expensive), so we will arrange car shares as required nearer the time. There will be a guided tour...

News items at our meeting on 29-Jan-25 included: the deadline for voting in the BOC photo competition is this weekend (2-Feb); a renewed appeal for a person or group to manage the catering on our Show day (29-Mar-25); the next meeting will include a video link with...

Our annual social event, with guests The Rum Old Boys, was on 27 November. More people came than to any of our meetings ever before (so far as I can remember - I'm happy to be corrected!) and included relatives of the late Steve Wright, our former Show Secretary; they...

Our returning guest at our meeting on 30-Oct-24 was Simon Tarrant of the Hardy Orchid Society, who gave us a talk entitled 'Balkan Orchid Adventures'. This was an account of tours he has taken to the Balkans in Spring and Summer, visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina,...

Colin Thorburn (President of the Orchid Society of East Anglia) was our guest at our September 2024 meeting and gave a talk on the 23rd World Orchid Conference.  This triennial event took place in Taiwan and lasted 16 days - from 24-Feb-24 to 10-Mar-24.  It was spread...