OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens The first part of the OSMT member meeting is going to be Tom reviewing MAOC business. The next will be a discussion about prepping plants for display and show led by Rick Lockwood. Members are welcome to bring […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens MAOC committee team meeting begins at 5:30. The first half of the OSMT member meeting is going to be Tom reviewing MAOC business. The 2nd half will be a discussion about prepping plants for display and show led […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Will Stringfellow “Sunless Orchids – How to plan, setup and build an indoor Orchid Space” More information will be added as it becomes available. Members are welcome to bring plants for sale before and after the program.

Please join us for the holiday party on December 13th from 4 – 7:30 pm. Angela & Dennis Dycus are hosting the party at their home in Franklin, TN 37069. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. OSMT will provide the ham, barbecue and drinks. Please also bring a plant(s) to donate to […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Steve Arthur of Steve Arthur Orchids “Collecting in Central and South America” Steve will present a program about orchid collecting in Central and South America. It will include photography of plants growing in the wild as well as at […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Geraldine A. Powell of The Orchid Gallery “Bigger Is Better” Geraldine Powell, co-owner of The Orchid Gallery in Chattanooga, TN, has been growing orchids for more than 30 years and her plants have won numerous AOS awards. Her talk, […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Mark Reinke of Marble Branch Farms “Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids!” Our next Orchid Society meeting is August 19th at 7 pm. Mark’s program is entitled “Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids!” and is a study in the history […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Our next Orchid Society meeting is July 15th at 7 pm. We will be watching an American Orchid Society program on Dendrobiums presented by Ron McHatton.

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Parvi and Their Culture Presentation by Sam Tsui – Orchid Inn, Ltd. Sam started growing orchids in the early 1980’s and it has always been our passion! He started breeding/hybridizing in the early 1990’s and eventually started “Orchid Inn” […]