CANWOS
Welcome to the Cheshire and North Wales Orchid Society website !
We are a group of enthusiasts who meet to share our enjoyment of
orchids.
Membership is open to anyone who is interested.
Beginners are very welcome!
Web site last update -
18th March 2024
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Update emails for March 2024
7th March 2024
Hello everyone,
just a quick heads up about the CANWOS meeting next week. We will be choosing
photographs to enter into the British Orchid Council Photographic Competition.
Please look through your orchid photographs of the last two years and choose up
to ten that you like the look of. Number them 1 to 10 and email (or
WeTransfer) them to me. I will set them into a PowerPoint for next Friday.
The photographs
need to contain an orchid. That’s all.
More details next
week
iain
13th March 2024
Hello everyone,
Our next meeting will be on Friday 15th
March 2024 at St Mary’s Church Hall, opening at 7pm.
We will start at 7.30pm, looking at
photographs to be submitted as CANWOS’s entry to the BOC
Photographic Competition. This has been running for
over a decade though it was not very visible during the Pandemic. First prize
has twice gone to a CANWOS member.
Essentially, every
member Society of BOC can put ten photographs, that they have chosen from their
members, into the competition. The photographs are then displayed on the BOC
web site and judged by the member societies who can choose ten of these photos,
returning their choices, ranked by preference, back to BOC before 15th
June. The photographers who took the three images that attract the most votes
win prizes of £50, £30 and £20.
In response to my brief email last
Thursday, I have received pictures from two members – thank you, Jeni and Tina!
– and I can produce some of my own. I will do the construction of the
PowerPoint display on Thursday evening so there is still time to send pictures
in! Just email them or use WeTransfer – see notes on this at the end of this
email.
We can then do
some of our usual activities, admiring the plant table and- importantly –
talking about it, discussing the flowers and how to grow the plants. We
will have a raffle – prizes welcome – and, if needed, a members’ plant
sale (please let me know in advance if you wish to sell
anything!) We might even chat amongst ourselves!
Many thanks to Jenni who has
volunteered to do the teas. We still need volunteers for the rest of the
season.
Celia and I will be eating in
The Ship Inn beforehand ie 5.45pm. If you would like to join us there, please
let me know as soon as possible so I can book the table.
Best wishes
iain
Iain
Wright
Public
Contact, CANWOS
Programme for 2023/2024 season
2023
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Friday 15thSeptember
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The Orchids of Costa Rica
Michael Radley
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Friday 20th October
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Meeting cancelled due to extremly bad weather.
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Friday 17th November
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The AGM +
Youtube videos about orchids - a careful selection
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2024
|
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Friday 19th January
|
Orchids and other
attractions of the Cape area of South Africa
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Friday 16th February
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An open discussion on aspects of orchid culture
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Friday 15th March
| Choosing CANWOS photographs for the BOC Photographic Competition.
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Friday 19th April
| To be announced
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Friday 17th May
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To be announced
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Friday 21st June
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To be announced
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Early July
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?To be announced
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Friday 13th September
|
The AGM
with other delights
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Some useful links
Where We Meet
We use the hall just behind St Mary's Church on Overleigh Road,
just South of the River Dee.
The post code for the Church is CH4 7HL.
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The church is an imposing building and easily spotted, whether you
approach from the city center by way of the old bridge ...
... or from the west by way of the new bridge or the Wrexham road
/ A55 junction.
The hall is directly behind the church and hardly visible from the
road.
Go down the driveway between a telephone kiosk and the church
itself and turn right.
Meetings
We meet at St Mary's Church Hall, Handbridge, Chester CH4 7HL,
usually on the third Friday of the month but not in
December, July or August. The Hall is open from 7.00pm.
Members are encouraged to bring their plants in flower to each
meeting. There is a wealth of information within the Society and it is our tradition
that this is shared freely amongst members.
We send an email to all our members about ten days before our
regular meetings, to remind them what is on and to pass on other
information. We are happy to send these to non-members and
potential visitors - please use the index tab (☰) to reach the 'Contact Us'
section.
At most meetings there is a raffle. Members often donate orchid
plants. Refreshments such as tea and coffee are available during
the evening, usually immediately after the speaker.
We have a library that contains many books suitable for both
beginners and experts. Members can borrow books for one month and
can browse the reference books, which cannot be loaned out.
Plants & Auction
At meetings where plants are not for sale by the evening's speaker, members may offer
their own orchid plants for sale. A 20% seller's premium is
levied and donated to the Society.
Each year we hold an auction where members buy and sell plants.
Typically, about eighty plants are sold each year, usually at very
advantageous prices. A seller's and buyer's premium operates (10%
for each) and the proceeds are donated to the Society. This is an
excellent way to extend a collection and try new types of orchid.
Membership
The annual subscription is currently £12. We no longer offer double
or family membership. Subscriptions are normally paid to the
Membership Secretary at or just after the October meeting.
Charitable Status
CANWOS registered with the the Charity Commission in 1993 but
surrendered its registration in 2011. It is now a "Charity
exempt from the need to register". Tax paying members can still
benefit the Society by making a Gift Aid declaration. Details can be
obtained from the Treasurer at any of the meetings.
Membership & Affiliation
The Society is a member of the British Orchid Council (BOC) and sends
two representatives to its meetings. CANWOS is affiliated to the
Royal Horticultural Society and members can use some of the benefits
available.
Constitution
A copy of our present Constitution is available for downloading by
clicking on
CANWOS Constitution.
This was last revised at our 2012 AGM.