2025 Spring Show Just Two Months Away!

Our Spring Show on March 6–9, 2025, is only two full months away! Everything is basically the same as in prior years with the show taking place on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9, and setup beginning Thursday, March 6, after 5 pm and continuing through Friday. Heavy setup must be completed by 10 am on Friday.

We need help with many of the same activities as we have in the past. The event is a great way for new members to learn about the show, meet other members, and become acquainted with how the judging process works. Everyone is encouraged to volunteer where you can.

Exhibits and Setup

We would like to have more individual table-top exhibits this year as compared to last year. If you are interested in setting up a table-top exhibit, please contact Holly Miller before February 7. It is fun, easy, and very rewarding. We will still have the HOS exhibit if you want to display your plants but don’t want to install a complete exhibit. Be sure to check out the helpful article on Preparing Your Orchids for a Show.

Help During Setup

One area we need a leader and team members for is the group which manages the plants for the HOS exhibit, including looking up plant names on computers and helping with plant tags, along with helping write labels for the plants being placed in the HOS exhibit. Brent Arnspiger will assist with plant ID. Jean Schwenke is coordinating acceptance of your plants and delivery to the exhibit staging area. Ken Whitmire will create the display. There are multiple  opportunities to construct and assist with designing the display. Creativity and teamwork, what fun! There will be sign-up sheets at the January and February meetings.

Help During Judging on Friday Evening

We need at least a dozen folks to assist the judging teams in handing out the ribbons and trophies in all the judging categories. This role is called “clerking.” Clerking is a very fun job, as you are right in the middle of all the action! Please let us know if you are interested in helping as a clerk. There will be sign-up sheets at the January and February meetings.

Help During the Show on Saturday and Sunday

The final area we need to help with is staffing the HOS/AOS table during show hours. Patrons often have questions about general orchid care or about the local society, and we help answer those questions. We always try to have at least two people at the table. Please let Donna Christy know if you are interested in helping here. There will be sign-up sheets at the January and February meetings.

Our members have generously filled all the roles described above for many decades and have never let us down. Thank you all for your support!

—Holly Miller (email) and Sarah Bentley (email) (co-chairs), and Ken Whitmire (VP of Shows) (email)