Chicago Botanical Garden & Illinois Orchid Society Spring Orchid Show!
Hello all, its Becky, and I have an annoucement! :hyper:
I am the treasurer-to-be for the Illinois Orchid Society, so I want to call any and all Illinois and nearby residents to the Illinois Orchid Society Annual Spring Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanical Garden! March 21-22, 2009. Please come out and support our fantastic orchid society and all the vendors/individuals who work so hard to make our shows a success!!
ILLINOIS ORCHID SOCIETY ANNUAL SPRING ORCHID SHOW!!!!
This is the Illinois Orchid Society's annual show, the *big* one, and it will be held at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It is entitled "Orchids in the Mist".
The show will be open to the public from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm both saturday 3/21 and Sunday 3/22. A special hour reserved for photographers will begin at 9:00 am Sunday. Admission to the show is free, but regular CBG parking fees apply.
Come check out gorgeous orchid displays and enjoy the many vendor tables who will be selling beautiful blooming orchids. Make sure to buy raffle tickets for a chance to win one of many gorgeous blooming orchids.
Please come out and support our show, we would love to have you! For more information please feel free to PM Becky15349!!!
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Illinois Orchid Society Show Attended
Well, I went to the show Saturday but didn't see anybody I might have recognized. I bought raffel tickets (didn't win any of the very nice plants but I have hope for a door prize). I bought several orchids and had a very great time. One had to wait in line to purchase anything at all the tables. I heard that IOS ran out of new member packets.
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Some really amazing Paph's. The basket above had four AOS awards (3 for points) and I think 8 IOS ribbons.
Joe