Category: Potluck

“OSSB Holiday Small Bite Assortment Potluck”

This Month’s Meeting
Celebrate orchids at the OSSB 2025 wrap-up meeting.  Bring your favorite Small Bites (savory or sweet) to share with others.  As always, you are encouraged to bring in your blooming orchids for “show and tell” and pose your growing questions to the attending orchid experts.

We look forward to 2026 with a great lineup of live and streamed orchid talks as well as practical potting demonstrations.  Spring is just around the corner – repotting primetime begins in March!

Are you interested in being more involved with OSSB? 
We are seeking candidates for President and Vice President (Program Chair).  Please contact PJ Sanderson for more details:  pj-sb@hotmail.com

Meeting refreshments
Two members volunteer to bring in light refreshments and beverages to regular monthly meetings.  Please sign up with Hospitality Chair, Richard Hughes during the meetings.

Location Reminder
We are now meeting at Maravilla on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, except March and August. 
Directions:  From Calle Real, enter Maravilla and bear left.  On the right is a lawn with a flagpole.  The meeting rooms are to the left of the lawn with a flagpole.  To park, continue to drive around a loop that will lead you to the parking lot.  Additional parking is available to the right as you drive in, any parking space without a number is available. 
Meeting Rooms:  AOS Judging in the Galleria Room, Orchid Society in the Valencia Room.
OSSB on the web:  Orchid Society of Santa Barbara

Upcoming Orchid Events

January 17, 2026, 10:00 am-6:00 pm, Slipper Orchid Symposium & 70^th Paphiopedilum Guild Meeting.
Hosted by the Orchid Digest and The Huntington and held at the Huntington in San Marino.  Speakers, Vendors, Silent Auction Book Sales.  More information and registration:   orchiddigest.com

March 20-23, 2026, Santa Barbara International Orchid Show ‘Orchid Escape’
Held at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara.  Display setup on 18 March (Wed) and Orchid Judging on 19 March (Thurs).  More information and registration:  sborchidshow.com

Celebrate summer with the Orchid Society of Santa Barbara Picnic at the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, located at 1250 Orchid Drive.

The August meeting is on Sunday, August 10th at 12:30 pm.  This meeting will be a Summer Potluck Picnic and Silent Auction at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate!

A great time to relax with your orchid friends amongst the summer blooming orchids at beautiful SBOE! 

Potluck
It’s time to flex your culinary muscles and bring your favorite picnic food:  Main Course, Side Dish or Salad, and Dessert.  Also bring your own plate, utensils, and beverage. If you forget, there are usually enough to go around.  SBOE will provide tables and chairs.

Silent Auction
In addition to great food, there will be a Visual Feast of donated orchids at a Silent Auction!  Please bring a few of your spare amazing plants and be prepared to bid!  Proceeds will go to the Society. 

Note: AOS Orchid Judging will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, 13 August at Maravilla.

“OSSB Holiday Treats and Q&A with Orchid Experts”

Phragmepedium besseae ‘Jupiter’

Celebrate orchids at the OSSB wrap up meeting for 2024.  Bring your favorite holiday treats (Yay treats!!) to share.  Also bring any questions you have about your orchid growing problems for a Q & A with our local orchid experts.  We will recap the year’s programs and give a look forward to our program plans for 2025, including both live and streamed talks and practical potting demonstrations.

If you haven’t been to a meeting lately, there have been some recent updates including:

• A beautiful new meeting location at Maravilla with comfortable seating, a terrific digital display system and improved sound system.
• Recorded talks by orchid experts from the American Orchid Society (AOS). 
• Return of the Member Plant Show table at the start of each meeting for members to show & discuss their orchids. 

Directions:  From Calle Real, enter Maravilla and bear left.  On the right is a lawn with a flagpole.  The meeting rooms are to the left of the lawn/flagpole.  To park, continue to drive around a loop that will lead you to the parking lot.  Additional parking is available to the right as you drive in, any parking space without a number is available.  Meeting Rooms:  AOS Judging in the Galleria Room, Orchid Society in the Valencia Room.

The August meeting is on Sunday, August 18th at 12:30 pm.  This meeting will be a Summer Potluck Picnic and Silent Auction at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate!

Celebrate summer with the Orchid Society of Santa Barbara at the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate located at 1250 Orchid Drive.

A great time to relax with your orchid friends amongst the summer blooming orchids at beautiful SBOE!

Potluck
Bring your favorite picnic food:  main course, side dish or salad, and dessert. Remember to bring your own plate, utensils (if you forget there are usually enough to go around), and beverage.  SBOE will provide tables and chairs.

Silent Auction
In addition to great food, there will be a Visual Feast of donated orchids at a Silent Auction!  Please bring a few of your spare amazing plants and be prepared to bid!  Proceeds will go to the Society. 

(There will be no August AOS judging this month.)

Celebrate summer with the Orchid Society of Santa Barbara at the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate located at 1250 Orchid Drive

The August meeting is on Sunday, August 13th at 12:30 pm.  This meeting will be a Summer Potluck Picnic and Silent Auction at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate!

A great time to relax with your orchid friends amongst the summer blooming orchids at beautiful SBOE!

Potluck
Bring your favorite picnic food:  main course, side dish or salad, and dessert. Remember to bring your own plate, utensils (if you forget there are usually enough to go around), and beverage.  SBOE will provide tables and chairs.

Silent Auction
In addition to great food, there will be a Visual Feast of donated orchids at a Silent Auction!  Please bring a few of your spare amazing plants and be prepared to bid!  Proceeds will go to the Society.

(There will be no August AOS judging this month.)