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The Society was originally known as
the Manchester Orchid Society It was to
become The North of England Orchid
Society around 1973.
Initially
meetings would be held fortnightly in
The Coal Exchange Manchester. when
enthusiastic members from many parts of
England would bring their orchids to be
admired and judged.
On
December 18th 1913 over 1000 orchid plants were
displayed at such an event. Apart from
the odd brief interlude during both
World Wars, the Society has been meeting
regularly since its inception.
Nowadays,
meetings
continue on a monthly basis,
each one still a judged orchid show in
its own right, with members competing on
a friendly basis for annual challenge
trophies covering some 20 or so classes,
and sharing information and
advice on orchids and culture.
Our members range from those who have
just one or two orchids on a windowsill
to collections of several thousand
orchid plants, if you like orchids, why
not join us.
Membership of the society costs £14.00
double, £12.00 single, or £6.00 junior.
we accept credit cards cheques or paypal
to apply click here
It was the practice of the society to
have painted any orchids upon which our
own awards were bestowed, and we still
have some 700 or so paintings which date
from around the turn of the century up
to the second world war, we presently
show on this website around
30 examples
of them.
Full sets are available on
A CD Rom at a cost of £12.00 inc
postage.
The CD also contains a complete
history of the Society.
For more information on the CD itself
and how to buy one click here
Today, the orchid society still awards First
Class Certificates, Awards of Merit, and
Cultural Commendations to orchids
presented at our monthly shows for
judging. To see more of the paintings
please visit our
ART GALLERY .
Where can you find the North of
England Orchid
Society?
We have monthly orchid shows around
Lancashire,
Cheshire and Merseyside, and
in addition we display at the
prestigious RHS Flower Show at Tatton
Park, where we took Gold and Best
Display in the Societies Marquee during the 2006, 2007
and the 2008 shows for our display of
orchids, once again we have repeated
these achievements in 2009.
if you have broadband, would you like to
view our 2008 display? or
view our 2009 display
Our orchid displays can be found at several
other orchid
society events, including the
Peterborough International Orchid Show,
where in 2008 we took a Gold Medal. This
very large and excellent event
dedicated to orchids takes place soon after our own
Annual Orchid
Show
at Tatton Park in June;
Why not see see images of some more
of our
external displays of orchids
We also created a display of orchids at the Southport
Flower Show in August 2007 and again in
August 2008 and we took a Gold
Medal and Chairman's Trophy for Best
Bureau Display at the Southport Flower
Show on both occasions - see
the 2008 display
and in 2009 we were awarded The Lady
Aveling Gold Challenge trophy for the
most meritorious display of orchids, see
the
slide show
We do of course hold
Monthly
Orchid Shows, and details of our upcoming shows
can be found at the foot of this page
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