{"id":1986,"date":"2026-04-12T09:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:03:16","slug":"general-meeting-sunday-april-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?p=1986","title":{"rendered":"General Meeting: Sunday April 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The speaker for our April meeting will be the inimitable Drew Goddard (above). Drew says “My talk is pretty much going to be about growing orchids from seed to flower, concentrating on flasking, lighting, watering, fertilizing properly, substrate, bugs and viruses.” He adds that it will be very hands-on with lots of props (“I do love a good prop”). It will be a very interactive talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who may not know him, Drew is the owner and operator of \u201cThis Side of Paradise\u201d. He is also a member and former President of our Orchid Society and a member of several other orchid societies as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he had been growing plants of various kinds all his life-\u2013the first one being a water lotus given to him by his mother when he was only 5\u2013-\u201ceverything from tulips to bonsai,\u201d it took a while for him to get into orchids. His main hobby as an adult was raising Dart Frogs. It was only when he was researching what plants to use to fill his vivariums that he realized that Dart Frogs and Orchidaceae were so compatible. Now, 20 years later, the obsession is complete. He says \u201cI gradually dragged my wife Jacquie into the hobby and now it\u2019s a full-on family affair\u201d. Their personal collection is composed mainly of Nodosa crosses and Phal species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting will take place in Room 5 (subject to confirmation) at the RBG headquarters, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington Ontario. The formal meeting starts at 2 pm but you are encouraged to arrive as early as 1:30 to socialize and interact with vendors (of which This Side of Paradise is likely to be one). Please bring your beautiful orchids in bloom for the Show Table and, if so inclined, any orchids or orchid-related paraphernalia for the raffle. Members and guests welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The speaker for our April meeting will be the inimitable Drew Goddard (above). Drew says “My talk is pretty much going to be about growing orchids from seed to flower, concentrating on flasking, lighting, watering, fertilizing properly, substrate, bugs and viruses.” He adds that it will be very hands-on with lots of props (“I do … Continue reading General Meeting: Sunday April 19, 2026<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1989,"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions\/1989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}