All meetings are the third Sunday of the month unless specified

​​​​​​​​​2025

September 21st 
East Midlands Orchid Society AGM - 49th Annual General Meeting followed by a plant raffle (Raffle to include orchids, house and garden plants.

October 19th
Speaker - Simon Tarrant (via Teams at the hall)
Topic - A return to the Vercors.

November 16th
Speaker - Zsuzsa Serer  (www.spicesoticplants.co.uk)
Topic - What's in flower at the nursery - Plants will be for sale.

December 14th (Date change from Programme)
Christmas lunch at the Staunton Arms @ 12:30 - Prebooking essential through Kim Pask before the 16th November - There will not be a meeting afterwards.


2026

January 18th
​Speaker - Sara Ritterhausen (www.orchids.uk.com)
Topic - A virtual tour of the Burnham Nurseries 

February 15th
Speaker - Mike Armstrong
Topic - The Mystical World of the Orchid

March 15th
​Speaker - Huw Richards
Topic - Vandas (plants will be available buy)

April 19th
​Speaker - Pat Smith
Topic - Podcasts on YouTube

May 17th
​Speaker - Arthur Deakin
Topic - How we judge orchids

June 21st
A field trip to Barnack Hills and Holes, National Nature Reserve

July 16th
No Meeting 

August 20th
No Meeting

September 20th 
East Midlands Orchid Society AGM - 50th Anniversary.

October 18th
​Speaker - Andrew Bannister
Topic - Subtropical Epiphytes

November 15th
Speaker - Phillipa Illsley
Topic -  My 10 Favourite orchids and I how grow them

​December 17th
​Christmas lunch (booking will be essential)

Schedule of Events