Sheffield & District Orchid Society

North East of England Orchid Society - Annual Orchid Show
2025-04-13 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Bowburn Community Centre, Bowburn Community Association, Durham Rd, Bowburn, DH6 5AT, United Kingdom
SDOS will be displaying at this show.

There will be a craft fair with several different craft stalls and 4 other society orchid displays as well as our own.

Café food and a photographic table available

Laurence Hobbs will be selling a variety of orchids and sundries for the general public and the specialist grower.

New this year::

A Raffle Prize will be drawn hourly on the half-hour

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2025-05-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-06 10:00 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our monthly meeting featuring a talk of a month about orchids followed by some refreshments and the orchid table show discussion. Members also regularly bring some orchids along to sell or give away to other members.

We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed TBC.

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2025-06-01 10:00 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our monthly meeting featuring a talk of a month about orchids followed by some refreshments and the orchid table show discussion.

Sara Ritterhausen will be showing us around Burnhams Orchid Nurseries via a Zoom talk this week! Be preapred to delve into the exotic paradize of orchids.

Members also regularly bring some orchids along to sell or give away to other members.

We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed TBC.

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Chatsworth Garden & Plant Fair
2025-06-06 09:00 - 2025-06-08 17:00 | Chatsworth House, Bakewell, DE45 1PP, United Kingdom
Event details

SDOS will have a stall at the Fair selling orchids and other tropical plants to support the Society. In addition we will be giving a talk on growing orchids every day during the event.

Friday 6 to Sunday 8 June

Entry is included with all ‘house and garden’ and ‘garden’ tickets.

View the provision timetable here.

Join us for our 2025 garden and plant fair, and enjoy a full day out learning from the experts, browsing specialist nurseries from around the country and enjoying live music and great food.

Admission to the garden and plant fair is included with all tickets that feature the garden.

Explore the garden

The fair will take place in the 105-acre Chatsworth Garden and entry is included with any ticket that includes the garden, no additional booking is required. Explore the garden at your leisure throughout the day. View map.

We recommend booking garden entry in advance.

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Friends Go Free

Entry to this event is free with your Friends membership. Simply book a house and garden, or garden using your Friends membership number and registered email address. You can also purchase guest tickets at 10% off.

Not yet a friend? Learn more about the benefits of Friends membership, and how you can support the Chatsworth House Trust charity.

https://www.chatsworth.org/events/garden-and-plant-fair

GWL at the NEC - Largest Orchid Show in the UK
2025-06-12 09:00 - 2025-06-15 17:00 | Birmingham NEC, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom

North of England Orchid Show
2025-07-05 10:00 - 16:00 | Barton Village Hall, 844, A6, Barton, Preston, PR3 5AA, United Kingdom

Harrogate Annual Orchid show
2025-08-02 10:00 - 16:30 | RHS Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, HG3 1QB, United Kingdom

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2025-09-07 10:00 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our monthly meeting featuring a talk of a month about orchids followed by some refreshments and the orchid table show discussion. Members also regularly bring some orchids along to sell or give away to other members.

The Talk this month will be an in person talk by Dr. Roy Bailey-Wood on Masdevallia

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

EMOS Annual Orchid Show
2025-09-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Bottesford Village Road, Belvoir Road, Bottlesford, NG13 0BG, United Kingdom

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2025-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our monthly meeting featuring a talk of a month about orchids followed by some refreshments and the orchid table show discussion. Members also regularly bring some orchids along to sell or give away to other members.

We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

Hybrid Coelogyne and their cultivation

by Kevin Wigley

www.kevsorchids.co.uk

The talk on Coelogyne I’ll be giving them is about hybrid Coelogyne and their cultivation. I grow under lights so I will touch up on aspects of that though I understand that not many orchids growers operate in this way. I’ll concentrate more on the plants themselves and how the species behind them influence their growth habits, with a slide show to illustrate.

There will be plants for sale!

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2025-11-02 10:00 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our monthly meeting featuring a talk of a month about orchids followed by some refreshments and the orchid table show discussion. Members also regularly bring some orchids along to sell or give away to other members.

We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed Growing Plahalenopsis and co. in the house on the windowsill.

by Francis J. Quesada-Pallares

There will be Plants for Sale!

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

AGM and Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2025-12-07 10:00 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
AGM with Xmas Meal and table discussion, Voting for new Committee members.

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-01-11 09:45 - 12:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed. This talk will be about Minature orchids and growing these

by Dr. David Gregory

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-02-01 09:45 - 12:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

New horizons in Hardy Orchids

by Andrew Bannister

There will be plants for sale.

www.orchidalchemy.com

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Sheffield Orchid Show and Exotic Plant Fair 2026
2026-03-07 10:00 - 16:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our annual show is on Saturday, 7 March, 2026, 10 am to 4 pm at St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield S17 3LE.

Entrance is £5. Tickets are available from Eventbrite and on-the-door.

SDOS Orchid show

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Below you can see images of last years Sheffield Orchid Show in 2023.

There is parking at the Church Hall, but if this is full it is possible to park on the road outside.

Bus Directions to Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield

The following buses run along Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield

97 and 98, which run approximately every 20 mins on Saturday

97 and 98 runs from Arundel Gate or the Moor in the city centre to St. Johns Church. The church is just after Dore and Totley Rail Station.

By Rail – The Sheffield to Manchester (The Hope Valley Line) stops at Dore and Totley station, which is less than a 5 minute walk to the church hall.

Six different orchid societies from the Midlands and the North of England will be displaying the best of their growers plants.

We are extremely pleased to announce that Britain’s premier orchid vendor, Spiceotic Plants will be selling orchids and aroids throughout the day. It is possible to preorder plants from them which they will bring to the show, saving on postage.

Wacks Wicked will have a sales table with their amazing carnivorous plants. Peter will happily take pre-orders to bring to the show.

Other traders will be selling cacti and air plants. We also hope to have a dealer who specialises in terrariums. Throughout the day we will have a canteen open offering snacks and hot/cold drinks and tombola where you could win a new orchid.

For those who would like lunch at a near-by venue we recommend The Summerhouse, which is a five minute walk away, booking is advisable, visit

Summerhouse

Local pubs include the Waggon and Horses, which is a short car journey away.

Waggon and Horses

Throughout the day our members will be available to help offer advice and guidance about growing orchids, particularly to those who are new to this fantastic hobby.

Everybody is welcome, we are a really friendly society and will be pleased to see you at our annual show.

Sheffield Orchid and Tropical Plant Show 2026
2026-03-07 10:00 - 16:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
Our annual show is on Saturday, 7th March, 2026, 10 am to 4 pm at St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield S17 3LE.

Entrance is £5. Tickets are available from Eventbrite and on-the-door.

SDOS Orchid show 2024

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Image 1 of 32

Below you can see images of last years Sheffield Orchid Show in 2023.

There is parking at the Church Hall, but if this is full it is possible to park on the road outside.

Bus Directions to Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield

The following buses run along Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield

97 and 98 runs from Arundel Gate or the Moor in the city centre to St. Johns Church. The church is just after Dore and Totley Rail Station.

Bus timetable

By Rail – The Sheffield to Manchester (The Hope Valley Line) stops at Dore and Totley station, which is less than a 5 minute walk to the church hall.

Seven different orchid societies from the midlands and the North of England will be displaying the best of their growers plants.There will also be a display of carnivorous plants and a display of orchids that are suitable to grow on a typical Sheffield window sill.

We are extremely pleased to announce that Britain’s premier orchid vendor, Spiceotic Plants will be selling orchids and other plants throughout the day. It is possible to preorder plants from them which they will bring to the show, saving on postage. Please visit their website at

Spiceotic

Throughout the day we will have a canteen open offering snacks and hot/cold drinks and tombola where you could win a new orchid.

For those who would like lunch at a near-by venue we recommend The Summerhouse, which is a five minute walk away, booking is advisable, visit

Summerhouse

And Seasons, at 290 Abbeydale Rd S, Sheffield S17 3LP, is excellent, phone to reserve a table 0114 236 0022

Local pubs include the Waggon and Horses, which is a short car journey away.

Waggon and Horses

Throughout the day our members will be available to help offer advice and guidance about growing orchids, particularly to those who are new to this fantastic hobby.

Everybody is welcome, we are a really friendly society and will be pleased to see you at our annual show.

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-04-05 09:45 - 13:00 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.Orchid Hunting in Sumatran Cloud Forest.by Trey Sanders

There will be plants for sale.

www.orchidbotanics.co.uk

Talking about one of the Orchid Botanics trips to Sumatra, dozens of interesting species are shown. We cover, poaching, conservation, other interesting species, ecology, features of cloud forests and how to translate into cultivation, host trees/shrubs, discovering many new species and how to get these described.

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee and Cake will be £1.50

Hinckley & District Annual Orchid Show
2026-04-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Stoke Golding Club, 42 Hinckley Rd, Stoke Golding, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, West Midlands, CV13 6DZ, United Kingdom
The Annual Orchid show ren by Hinckley and District Orchid Society

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-05-03 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

Talk about Native Welsh Orchids

by Roy Bailey-Wood

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee (£1.00) and Cake will be £2.00

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-06-07 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

We will have a talk on Native Paphs in Vietnam

by Canh Chu Xuan

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee (£1.00) and Cake will be £2.00

The International Orchid Show at GWL
2026-06-18 09:00 - 2026-06-21 18:00 | Birmingham NEC, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
SDOS will be displaying at GWL this year!

The International Orchid Show has something for everyone, whether you are an orchid pro or have none (yet) at all. This beautiful Show within a Show will return to the Floral Marquee at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2026.

There’s no extra ticket to experience this ‘show within a show’ so book your tickets to BBC Gardeners’ World Live and you can experience the wonder of these flamboyant plants within the Floral Marquee.

North of England Orchid Society Annual Orchid Show.
2026-07-04 10:00 - 15:00 | Barton Village Hall, PR3 5AA, Barton Village Hall, Preston, PR3 5AA
6 Visiting Societies, 3 Orchid Traders Raffle and refreshments

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-07-05 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

We will have a talk on Pleurothallids

by Dr Helen Millner

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee (£1.00) and Cake will be £2.00

Harrogate Orchid Society Annual Orchid show
2026-08-01 10:00 - 2026-08-02 17:00 | RHS Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, HG3 1QB, United Kingdom
Annual Orchid show organised by Harrogate Orchid Society

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-09-06 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

We will have a talk on Orchids in Oz Part Two: The Terrestrial Orchids

by Saul Walker Dip. Hort (Kew)

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee (£1.00) and Cake will be £2.00

EMOS Annual Orchid Show
2026-09-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Bottesford Village Road, Belvoir Road, Bottlesford, NG13 0BG, United Kingdom
East Midlands orchid Society Annual orchid Show

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-10-04 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

We will have an Orchid Forum please bring your problem plants or any orchids you wish to talk about and give or get advice for.

by John Garner

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee (£1.00) and Cake will be £2.00

Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-11-01 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
We will be having our Monthly talk on orchids detailed.

We will have a talk on Orchids of Thailand

by Malcolm Moodie

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.

Tea, Coffee (£1.00) and Cake will be £2.00

AGM and Sheffield and District Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
2026-12-06 09:45 - 13:30 | St. John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S17 3LE, United Kingdom
AGM with Xmas Meal and table discussion, Voting for new Committee members.

We will also hold our usual table show and break to chat with fellow orchid enthusiasts.
