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A funny thing on the way back from Darlington
Hi,
The wife and me have just been to pay a visit to the Darlington Orchid Society's Show at the White Horse Hotel. We then drove in to the centre of Darlington to do a little shopping. To our utter amazement, and joyus surprise, we saw a massive Cymbidium for sale at only £10.99. It was from the plant stand at the old indoor market, it goes without saying we bought it... our first orchid. It was more than half the price of anything else we have seem before and twice as big. It just fits into our large bay window....what a bit of luck. Anyway... This was my first visit to an orchid show. Although small and intimate, it was well laid out, with lots of varities to see and things to. We bought some raffle tickets and left our vote for the best in show award (we picked No20). I think it was well worth the trip, we found the people there to be polite, well up on their subject and keen to chat. I have seen orchids at other general garden shows such as the one held at Gateshead, but the variety on display was enough to persuade anyone to pick up the hobby. I thought the hotel could have offered free coffee as an incentive to drum up some of their own business (they charged £1, thats my marketing hat speaking). It's a shame I am likely to join a more local club, but I felt it was worth a mention for the club online. PS Can anyone give me links to goog site on how to look ater my Cymbidium? |
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