[May 3, 2013] Long Island Orchid Festival 2013 (Oyster Bay, NY)

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The Long Island Orchid Society will be holding its First Annual Long Island Orchid Festival May 3 - 5, 2013 at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park. The festival will host numerous orchid vendors from around the world and include lectures from advanced orchid growers.

Admission to the Long Island Orchid Festival is FREE,
(Planting Fields Arboretum Parking $8 per car.)

Participating Vendors (to date)
Andy’s Orchids
Brennan’s Orchids
Crozer & Crozer Orchids
Dragon Agro
Ecuagenera
(Deadline for preorders: April 13, 2013)
J&L Orchids
Kelley’s Korner
Little Brook Orchids
Mac’s Orchids
Mt. Prospect Orchids
Orchid Doctor
Orchidphile
Piping Rock Orchids

Event Lecture times and dates
To Be Announced

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park is Long Island’s premier public arboretum and historic site located in Oyster Bay, New York. A former Gold Coast estate, the arboretum is comprised of 409 acres of greenhouses, rolling lawns, formal gardens, woodland paths, and outstanding plant collections. The original historic estate buildings remain including the 65 room Tudor Revival mansion, Coe Hall, which is open for tours spring through fall. The grounds, landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, are spectacularly beautiful year round.

Established is 1953, the Long Island Orchid Society, an AOS affiliated Society, is a group of fun-loving orchid growers with a wide range of experience. The goal of the Long Island Orchid Society is to provide its members with the knowledge to make orchid growing fun. The Long Island Orchid Society has monthly meetings, exhibitions and raffles, knowledgeable speakers, periodic auctions of a wide range of orchids and a monthly culture corner, where growers of all skill levels bring their plants and questions and receive expert guidance. The Long Island Orchid Society is …where members GROW.

Visit http://www.longislandorchidsociety.org for more information.

We hope to see you there!

 

Event Lecture times and dates​

Saturday, May 4
11 AM - David Taft – Native orchids of Long Island
2 PM - Mac’s Orchids – Orchid growing 101, the basics of growing orchids​

Sunday, May 5
12 PM - Growing orchids in the home
2 PM - Keeping your orchids healthy​