March
2011 Monthly Meeting
This meeting will
be held on Sunday March 27th 2011 at 10.00 am at the St. Xavier Primary
School in St. Joseph. To get there you go along the Eastern Main Road
to St. Joseph, turn into St. Joseph Road at the traffic lights at the
Eastern Credit Union La Joya Complex and take a right turn at the St Joseph's
Catholic Church, then a left turn onto a short intersection and then a
right turn that leads right into the premises of St. Xavier Primary School.
Monthly
Show Table
There will be the
usual monthly show table so do bring along your flowering orchids
Monthly
Plant Raffle
There will
be a raffle of an Orchid plant. The price is two (2) chances for $5.00
Spring
Orchid Show 2011
Our annual Spring
Orchid Show will be held at the San Fernando Technical Institute in San
Fernando on April 30th and May 1st 2011
Kerry Latchman and Sharon Ramjit-Mohammed are the chairpersons for this
Show.
This Show will feature exhibits within the entire auditorium comprising
of small, medium and large exhibits.
Sister Societies, Environmental Organizations and the Ministry of Agriculture
will also be staging exhibits. There will be many vendors selling orchid
plants and horticultural supplies.
The entry desk will be set up at the show hall to receive entries of Orchid
plants and cut flowers on Friday April 29th 2011 from 5.00 pm to 10.00pm
Judging of exhibits will be done on Saturday morning April 30th 2011 to
be completed before the show opens at 10.00am.
Assistance is required from members of the society for the Information
Desk and Sale of tickets at the door for both days of the show.
Assistance is also required from members with regards to other areas of
the setting up of the show.
Members who are willing to assist can contact the Show Chairpersons Kerry
Latchman and Sharon Ramjit-Mohammed
Entry to the Show will be free to members on presentation of their Membership
Card 2010/2011.Members whose subscription is not up to date
should contact the Treasurer Gervais de Matas to have their membership
renewed. Members, who do not have their membership renewed for the current
fiscal year, will have to pay the admission fee for entry to the show.
Tickets for the show are available from the Treasurer Gervais de Matas
and other members of the Management Committee.
We look forward to all members to make this Show a huge success.
SEE YOU AT OUR MARCH MEETING ON SUNDAY MARCH 27TH 2011
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