Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers

September 2010     OrchidMania's Final Closing Sale  Sundays 11 AM to 3 PM.  717 Paris Street (at Italy), San Francisco, CA.  Sadly,the beloved "Orchid Temple" has lost their lease, and the board of directors has decided to call it a day.  Hundred of orchid plants will be sold at bargain prices. That includes hybrids of all orchid genera and blooming hybrids, some never before on sale. But check their calendar for which Sundays they are open and their hours & directions at www.orchids.org.

September 11 - 12, 2010       Orchids in the Park Sale     Sat - Sun 10 AM to 5 PM.  San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA. Admission $3.00. Call 415-665-6079- or visit the website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org for information and directions.

September 25 – 26, 2010     Fascination of Orchids    Sat - Sun 10 AM to 5 PM.  South Coast Plaza Villaage, 1631 West Sunflower (x Bear), Santa Ana, CA 92704.  Exhibits, Seminars, Sales.  Admission and Parking are Free. Call (949) 735-2930- or visit the website at www.ocorchidshow.com for information and directions. Sponsored by the Orange County Branch of the Cymbidium Society of America.

October 2 - 3    Orchid Forum of Sacramento Annual Orchid Show and Sale  Sat: 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM; Sun: 10 AM - 4 PM. Shepard Garden & Arts Center, McKinley Park, 3330 McKinley Boulevard, Sacramento.Free parking & admission. Jose Rodriguez Jose.Rodriguez@prurealty.com, or www.orchidforum.org.

October 15 - 17, 2010    Southland Orchid Show "Literally Orchids"  Fri: 12PM – 4:30PM, Sat – Sun 10:30AM – 4:30 PM.  The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. Website at www.orchidshow.org.

October 16 - 17, 2010     Diablo View Orchid Society Show and Sale    Sat - Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. Sales open at 9:00 AM. Pleasant Hill Community Center, Walnut Creek, CA. Website: www.diabloviewos.org, try to reach them at webmaster@diabloviewos.org..

October 22, 2010    Peninsula Orchid Society Auction    Friday, 6 PM  San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA. Call Paul Reeve at (650) 366-3251or call Chaunie Langland at (510) 494-8850-. Or visit the POS website, www.penorchidsoc.org  

October 26, 2010        Marin Orchid Society Fall Auction      Silent auction Tuesday at 6:30 PM followed by live auction at 7 PM.  Marin Art and Garden Center (MAGC), 30 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross, CA. Wine, cheese and other refreshments provided!  Auction paddles $2.00. Website http://www.marinorchidsociety.com.

November - December, 2010)     Orchid Design Holiday Sale  Weekends 9 am - 4 pm.   Get a Orchid Gift for your fantastic orchid friend for their home for the fall or Xmas! Call Angelic Nguyen (408) 476-7153-, or e-mail her at services@orchiddesign.com or her website at www.orchidesign.com, for her new location!

November 6 - 7, 2010    Ochid Society of  California Fall Show and Sale    Sat - Sun 10 AM – 5 PM. Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Drive, Lake Merritt, Oakland.  Free admission. See Website, www.orchidsocietyofcalifornia.com .

November 6 - 7, 2010     Annual Fall Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Open House    Sat 8 AM - 5 PM, Sun 9 AM - 4 PM. 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA. For more information, call 800-553-3387or check the website www.sborchid.com.

November 6 - 7, 2010    Hatfield Orchids Fall Open House    Fri -Sun 9 AM – 4 PM.  3793 Dufau Road, Oxnard, CA 93033. Rain or Shine! Hope you can join us, but if you can’t, we can ship to you for free!  Call George at (805) 901 0340-, email him at George@HatfieldOrchids.com, or check the website at www.hatfieldorchids.com.

November TBD, 2010      Brookside Orchids Open Greenhouse and Sale    Sun 11AM - 2PM. (excluding boarding areas). Brookside is located at 2720 Alpine Rd, Menlo Park, just east of Hwy. 280. Enter the parking lot for the Webb Ranch Farm Stand, then drive up the hill to the greenhouses. Cymbidiums are a specialty. For more information contact Mark Pendleton at (650) 854-3711- or e-mail brooksideorchids@sbcglobal.com

November TBD, 2010    Orchid Society of Santa Barbara Fall Show & Sale    Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun 10 AM - 3 PM, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2599 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA. Show is FREE WITH Museum Admission.  For more information Email randumland@cox.net call (805) 962-6004- visit the Events Calender page of www.orchidsb.net.

December 4 - 5, 2010     Casa de las Orquideas Annual Open House   Sat - Sun 9 AM to 4 PM.  170 South Nardo Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075. Lots of new cymbidium seedlings and meristems are waiting to make their debut!  Special guest growers include Andy's Orchids and The Rowland Collection. Parking is limited so please consider carpooling. Visit www.orquideas.com, email casa@orquideas.com or call Loren Batchman at(858) 755-7572-.

                                             2011 

January 8 - 9, 2011  'Orchids Under The Oaks' at Alden Lane Nursery    Sat - Sun 10 AM - 4PM,  Alden Lane Nursery, 981 Alden Lane, or sue@aldenlane.com. Click on Upcoming Events on their Website www.aldenlane.com

January 21, 2011      Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Cymbidium Collector's Auction    Previews 6:30 PM, Auction starts at 7 PM Sharp. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA.  Click here for more details, or to see photos of plant entries online, click on www.Photobucket.com.  Bring your checks, boxes, bags and get there early as parking is limited.  Check the January Newsletter for Auction Rules and Guidelines. 

January 21 - 23, 2011      Hatfield Orchids Lunar Festival Open House    Fri - Sun 9 AM – 4 PM.  3793 Dufau Road, Oxnard, CA 93033. Rain or Shine! Hope you can join us, but if you can’t, we can ship to you for free (weather permitting)!  Call George at (805) 901 0340-, email him at George@HatfieldOrchids.com, or check our his website at www.hatfieldorchids.com.

January 22 - 23, 2011     54th  Paphiopedilum Guild Meeting & Orchid Show    Sat - Sun 9 AM Sharp.  The Inn at Morro Bay, 60 State Park Road, Morro Bay, CA 93442.  Contact Patti James for Show info/registration and hotel forms (805) 528-5086-.

January TBD (23 - 24, 2010)    Peninsula Orchid Society Show and Sale   Sat - Sun 10 AM - 4PM.  Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City, CA.  Featuring Show, Vendor and Member Sales. Short seminars on orchid growing and related topics will be offered. Website www.penorchidsoc.org.

January TBD (30 - 31, 2010)     Santa Cruz Orchid Society Show and Sale    Sat - Sun  Soquel High School, 401 Old San Jose Rd., Soquel.  Contact: Bridget Binko (831) 338-4220-.

February TBD (5 - 7, 2010 )   Malihini Orchid Society Showand Sale    Friday (Sales Only) 7 – 9PM, Sat 10 AM - 6 PM, Sun 10 AM - 5 PM.  Cupertino Square Mall, 10123 N Wolfe Road, Cupertino. Displays, Lectures, Demonstrations, Special Orchids for Sale. E-mail malihiniorchidsociety@yahoo.com or www.malihini.org.

February TBD (6 – 7, 2010)   Sonoma Orchid Society Show & Sale      Sat 10 am - 5pm, Sun 10 am - 4pm,  Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa.  Admission. Cultivation, Skill Sessions, Show Co-ordinator, Lynne Murrell, (415) 457-0836- or see their website at http://www.sonomaorchids.com.

February 27, 2010       Sacramento Cymbidium Society Annual Show 9 am- 4 pm. Shepard Garden and Art Center 3330 McKinley Blvd. McKinley Park, Sacramento, CA. For more nformation,  visit www.sacramentocymbidiums.org .   

March 4 - 6, 2011      Pacific Orchid Exhibition of the San Francisco Orchid Society   Fri 10 am – 5pm, Friday Evening Gala Party, 6:30 – 10pm, Sat  9am – 6pm, Sun 10am – 5pm.  Admission.  Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco.  See the Show poster.   For more info, call SFOS Hotline 415-665-2468-, e-mail  flarose@prmagic.com, or www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/poe  

March 12 – 14, 2010      65th Santa Barbara International Orchid Show "Nature in Harmony",  Friday thru Sunday 9am – 5pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, Exhibit Hall, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA. (Highway 101 at Las Positas Road ). For information, call (805) 969-5746- or visit: www.sborchidshow.com.

March 13, 2010    35th Annual Cymbidium Society of America Congress    Sat 9 AM – 5 PM.  Adams Elementary School Auditorium, 2701 Las Positas Roas, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. website, http://www.sborchidshow.com/show_concurrentevents.html  

March 12 - 14), 2010    Hatfield Orchids Santa Barabara International Show Open House    Fri - Sun 9 AM – 4 PM.  3793 Dufau Road, Oxnard, CA 93033. Rain or Shine! Hope you can join us, but if you can’t, we can ship to you for free (weather permitting)!  Call George at (805) 901 0340-, email him at George@HatfieldOrchids.com, or check our the website at www.hatfieldorchids.com.

March 13-14, 2010    Central California Orchid Society Show   Sierra Vista Mall, 1050 Shaw Ave., Clovis, CA. For information, visit: http://www.centralcaliforniaorchidsociety.com

March 19-21, 2010    San Joaquin Orchid Society Show    Sherwood Mall 5950 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA. Contact: www.sanjoaquinorchidsociety.org  for more information.

March 20 – 21, 2010       Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Show and Sale    Sat - Sun.  Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland.  Call for information at (510) 276-2851- or visit: www.ggcymbidiums.com

March 23, 2010     Marin Orchid Society Spring Auction by Live Auction at 7 PM.  Marin Art and Garden Center (MAGC), 30 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross, CA. Wine, cheese and other refreshments provided!  Auction paddles $2.00. Website http://www.marinorchidsociety.com.

March 26 – 28, 2010   58th Annual Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Show & Sale     Fri 9 AM – 9 PM, Sat  9 AM – 8 PM, Sun 9 AM – 5 PM.    Westgate Shopping Mall, 1600 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose.  Free Admission.  E-mail Tim Culbertson at twculber@hotmail.com; phone (301) 641-- or see their website at www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org.                       

March 27 – 28, 2010    Napa Valley Orchid Society Show & Sale      Sat - Sun. Senior Activity Center, 1500 Jefferson Street, Napa. Contact: Fredia Lloyd (707)224-6233or fredialloydnapa@aol.com .

March 27 – 28, 2010   Central Coast Orchid Show and Sale "Orchids Gone Native"     Sat  & Sun. sponsored by Five Cities Orchid Society, South County Regional Center, 800 West Branch, Arroyo Grande. For information, website http://www.fcos.org/show_info.html or phone ( 805) 481-3991-.

April 16, 2011  Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Show and Sale! Friday Members Only Potluck Dinner & Show Judging and Saturday Public Show & Sale 10 am – 4pm.  San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo. Saturday FREE Admission and Parking. Plant entry Friday 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM.  Details on the Annual Orchid Show Page and in the April Newsletter. Printable Show Poster.

April 16 - 17, 2011   Sacramento Orchid Society Show "Orchid Fest 2010"    Sat 10 AM to 5 PM, Sun 10 AM to 4 PM, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento. $5 Admission, Free parking. For more info, call 916-489-3263- or visit their websites at www.sacramentoorchids.org or www.sacoarchidshow.com

May 1 - 2, 2010     D & D Flowers Spring Open House    Sat - Sun 9 AM to 4 PM, Half Moon Bay, 1/3 mile east of Main Street off Hwy 92. Just east of Spanish Town on Hwy. 92 there is a house and firewood business. Turn onto the street between the house and firewood business and go over the bridge into the greenhouse complex. D & D Flowers is the first greenhouse on the right. CALL TO VERIFY IF THIS SALE IS STILL ON at 925-969-1246-. 

May 1-2, 2010    Carmel Orchid Society Show and Sale (in conjunction with the Annual Carmel Valley Garden Show)   Sun 9 AM –5 PM, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, 88 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley Village. For information, contact Carolyn Salmon at (831) 375-3748- or cargie@yahoo.com or visit the website: www.carmelorchidsociety.org 

May 7 – 9, 2010    Orchid Society of California Mother's Day Show and Sale     Fri 12 N – 6 PM, Sat & Sun 10 AM – 5 PM, Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Drive, Lake Merritt, Oakland. Free admission. Their website: www.orchidsocietyofcalifornia.com.

May 8, 2010   OrchidMania Mother’s Day Open Greenhouse Sale    Saturday 11 AM – 3 PM.  717 Paris Street (at Italy), San Francisco. Visit the website: www.orchids.orgfor more information.

May TBD (10, 2009)     Diablo Orchids / Orchid Gulch Spring Sale      Sat -& Sun 9 AM – 4 PM,101 Lockwood Lane, Pleasant Hill.  Phone (925) 946-9470- or view their website: www.diabloorchids.com

June 4 - 5, 2010   San Jose Orchid Exhibition and Wine Tasting    Sat & Sun 9 AM - 5 PM, The MiraidoClubhouse in San Jose's Japantown, 550 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112. Sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society. Orchid Sales and Beginner Orchid Skill Sessions. Free Admission.

June 11, 2010      Malihini Orchid Society Auction     Friday at 7:30 PM,come early to preview the auction plants. Hewlett Packard Oak Room, 19091 PruneridgeAvenue, Cupertino.For more information, contact Mike Bautista via email at 5mb@batnet.comor by phone at 650-556-9599-

July 9 - 11, 2010   30th Annual Santa Barbara Orchid Estate International Orchid Fair     Fri -Sat  9 AM to 5 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM    Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA. Highway 101 at Las Positas Road. Click on their Website: http://orchidfair.com, or email to sboe@sborchid.com or call 1-800-553-3387-

July 9 - 11, 2010    Hatfield Orchids Summer Open House    Fri - Sun 9 AM – 4 PM.  3793 Dufau Road, Oxnard, CA 93033. Rain or Shine! Hope you can join us, but if you can’t, we can ship to you for free! Call George at (805) 901 0340-, email him at George@HatfieldOrchids.com, or check our the website at www.hatfieldorchids.com.

July 28, 2010     Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Auction & Potluck Dinner    Wednesday at 7 pm.  Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland. Bring a plant for donation and a potluck dish. Call for information at (510) 276-2851- or visit: www.ggcymbidiums.com