Venue

The meetings are usually held in the village hall at Bottesford Nottinghamshire, approx. ½ mile from the A52 Nottingham to Grantham road.

​Bottesford is situated just off the A52 Nottingham to Grantham road, approx 7 miles from the A1 and 14 miles from Nottingham. When approaching from the A1 ignore the first right hand turn for Bottesford and continue to the crossroad signposted right for Bottesford and Normanton, the village hall is on the right hand side just after the cricket ground. From Nottingham, ignore the first left hand turn and again proceed to the crossroad signposted Bottesford and Normanton

Visits

Each year the members try to make at least one visit to a place of interest in connection with orchids, for example, the RHS spring show in London, a nursery or Botanical Garden.

Library

The Society has an extensive library of books, magazines, CD’s etc. These are displayed at the monthly meetings and may be borrowed by members.

Information

Meetings

These are held on the third Sunday of each month from September to June at 2.00pm.  Guest speakers are invited to visit and give illustrated talks on all aspects of orchid growing. Often the speakers are specialist amateur growers who pass on some of their expertise. Sometimes the speakers are from nurseries and they bring plants for sale. At other times, the speakers may be concerned with orchids in the wild. One of the highlights of the year is the plant auction held at the December meeting when members can dispose of surplus plants, and of course buy new plants to replace them.

The Display Tables are an important part of these meetings. Members are encouraged to bring any flowering plants they have for others to appreciate. EMOS has a number of qualified BOC judges who will give constructive criticism of the plants displayed.