Rare blooms are the centre of attention at Wales Orchid Festival
Rare and unusual specimens will take centre stage at the Wales Orchid Festival held at the National Botanic Garden on Saturday and Sunday, September 3-4.
But the annual two-day extravaganza will also offer everything you ever wanted to know about orchids – and more.
Top-notch nurseries will converge on the Garden for a weekend boasting an enormous variety of plants for sale, ranging from the colourful and flamboyant to the beautiful and bizarre.
Organised by the Orchid Study Group under the chairmanship of botanist Dr Kevin Davies, this is the festival’s eigth year for which Dr Davies has put together a fascinating something-for-everyone timetable of talks and demonstrations.
Regular Orchid Festival attendee and orchid expert Ray Creek will be on hand on Saturday to soothe the frustrations of growers with his talk entitled: Orchids: How to keep the blooming things growing and flowering. There will also be a talk by Teenage orchid grower
Archie Smith and by Dr Roy Bailey Wood on Masdevallia – Jewels of the orchid world. Also, back by popular demand, Francis Quesada-Pallares will again be demonstrating practical aspects of orchid culture, repotting and mounting.
The Garden is open from 10am to 6pm with last entry at 5pm.
Admission to the Garden is £9.75 (including Gift Aid) for adults and £4.95 for children over five. Entry is FREE for Garden members and parking is free for all.
For more information about this or other events, call 01558 667149, email info@gardenofwales.org.uk or visit https://botanicgarden.wales
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