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✧✧✧✧✧ One year membership $10 for growers 25 years old and younger . . . more details

Join our in-person meeting and virtual meeting on 1th June at 1:00 pm.

( Check your SOOS membership newsletter to obtain the up-to-date upcoming access code for the virtual meeting. )
Cultural Snapshots (on the stage at 12:15 pm) – Alexsi Antanaitis
Topic: Growing Cattleyas
About Cultural Snapshots . . . more details
Speaker: Inge Poot
Topic: Pest Control in the Home

( Photos for Virtual Show Table have to be received by Wednesday May 28 th )

Vendor Sales at the TBG: start at Noon.
Member Sales at the TBG: Noon to 1:00 pm.

Further meetings, speakers and topics:

Aug 3rd

SummerFest

Andrea Niessen

1. The land if Cattleyas

2. Mini orchids from Columbia

Sep 7th

Andrew Geimar

Jewel Orchids

Oct 5th

David Edgley

Novelty Phalaenopsis

Nov 2nd

Ben Rostrom

Cypripediums

Dec 7th

Auction and Potluck

SOOS Display, designed by John Vermeer & Cathy Dunn, at the show of the Ottawa Orchid Society on April 26 th & 27 th.

SOOS Display, designed by Don Wyatt, John Vermeer & Cathy Dunn, at the show of the Toronto Artistic Orchid Association on April 12 th & 13 th.

SOOS Display, designed by Don Wyatt & John Vermeer, at the show of the Les Orchidophiles de Montréal on March 29 th & 30 th.

SOOS Display, designed by Andrew Geimar, at the show of the London Orchid Society on March 15 th & 16 th.

✧✧✧✧✧ New for the Conservation

✧✧✧✧✧ A new form for the monthly show table has been updated . . . more details

✧✧✧✧✧ A resource about pronunciation guide for orchid names on the Vallarta Orchid Society’s . . . more details

a gif imageIn an effort to enlighten professionals in the farming and gardening sectors about the hazards associated with this chemical, the has meticulously crafted two comprehensive guides. These resources delve into its usage, potential symptoms, and associated health risks. They encourage you to review them at your earliest convenience:

a gif imageSOOS has donated $20,000 to help the NCC protect more of the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula through this initiative.

They are still looking for additional funding. Any amount helps.

Go to Sturgeon Bay Project Sheet for more information

a gif imageSOOS has donated $20,000 to help the NCC protect more of the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula through this initiative.

✧✧✧✧✧ Scattershot Pictures of the Annual Show 2025 . . . more details