OSGB applies for Chelsea Flower Show 2015

The Orchid Society of Great Britain  has once again applied to exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2015.  This will be the society’s 55th Chelsea display and will celebrate British native orchids and their exotic relations. 

Ophrys apifera is Britain's
native Bee Orchid

The OSGB hopes to be included in the newly created Best of British area within the Great Pavilion. Founded in 1951, the OSGB brings together members with a wide range of knowledge and experience who are interested in orchid growing, exhibiting and conservation.

The society is delighted to welcome sponsorship from Albourne Partners Ltd, an independent advisory firm ‎headquartered in the UK with expertise across hedge funds, private equity, real assets and real estate.

OSGB Open Autumn Show on 1st November

This year's Autumn Show will be held on 1st November at Wraysbury Village Hall, The Green, Wraysbury, Staines, TW19 5NA, from 10:30 until 16:00.

Registration of plants will be from 09:00 to 11:00 with judging beginning promptly at 11:00.

There will be a competitive table show and as this is an open show, non-members are welcome to enter their orchids.  Orchids will be on display to marvel at and admire; plants and related sundries will be available to buy from various traders.

Entry to the show is free and there is plenty of free parking nearby.  Refreshments will be available, including Ploughman's lunches and home-made cakes.

For more information please contact Francis Quesada-Pallares: tel: 07951 070637, e-mail: ols_francisjquesadapallares@hotmail.com

McBean's Orchids to close

We have received the sad news that McBean's Orchids will close at the end of this month.  Unfortunately it has not proved possible to find a buyer for the nursery so it will close on 31st October.  

They will be selling off their stock of plants which includes an incredible and historic range of cymbidiums and odontoglossum-type oncidiums, along with a multitude of flasks.  Discounts will be available on purchases of five or more plants.  

If you are interested please contact the nursery directly as soon as possible: tel: 01273 400228, Resting Oak Hill, Lewes, BN8 4PR.