At Our Monthly Meetings:
We (SFOS) are an independent non-profit business, but also an official "affiliate society" of the AOS and we host their "Pacific Central Judging Center" in order to offer real time AOS judging at our monthly meetings on Tuesday nights - people bring in plants at 6pm to register for judging and get an answer (award or not) typically by 8pm - judges meet in parallel to the main meeting.
The judges photograph and document all awards in a central database.
Pacific Central Judging Center is happening at our in-person monthly meetings at Golden Gate Park,
as well as on the 3rd Saturday each month from 9am - noon at the Filoli Historic House in Woodside, CA
Plant entry 9:00 AM Judging 9:30 AM
(note there is no charge to enter Filoli for orchid judging)
For more information on Pacific Central Judging Center (https://www.paccentraljc.org/):
Another option for AOS judging nearby is by the CSNJC (California Sierra Nevada Judging Center)
during the Sacramento Orchid Society monthly meeting on 1st Wednesday of the month,
as well as typically on the first Sunday morning at 9am each month, with plant check-in starting at 8:30am either at Gold Country Orchids' greenhouse (390 Big Ben Rd, Lincoln, CA) or at Dueling Dogs Brewing Company, 3030 Barrett Park Ln, Lincoln, CA):
Questions? Contact Lynne Murrell: lynne.murrell@outlook.com
check in first to confirm the details each month:
https://csnjc.org/
or on their FB page
http://www.aos.org/orchid-awards-judging.aspx
We (SFOS) are an independent non-profit business, but also an official "affiliate society" of the AOS and we host their "Pacific Central Judging Center" in order to offer real time AOS judging at our monthly meetings on Tuesday nights - people bring in plants at 6pm to register for judging and get an answer (award or not) typically by 8pm - judges meet in parallel to the main meeting.
The judges photograph and document all awards in a central database.
Pacific Central Judging Center is happening at our in-person monthly meetings at Golden Gate Park,
as well as on the 3rd Saturday each month from 9am - noon at the Filoli Historic House in Woodside, CA
Plant entry 9:00 AM Judging 9:30 AM
(note there is no charge to enter Filoli for orchid judging)
For more information on Pacific Central Judging Center (https://www.paccentraljc.org/):
- In San Francisco, contact Ken Jacobsen (kenneth.p.jacobsen@gmail.com)
- At Filoli House and Garden in Woodside, contact Sylvia Darr (syldarr@gmail.com or 650-450-1384).
Another option for AOS judging nearby is by the CSNJC (California Sierra Nevada Judging Center)
during the Sacramento Orchid Society monthly meeting on 1st Wednesday of the month,
as well as typically on the first Sunday morning at 9am each month, with plant check-in starting at 8:30am either at Gold Country Orchids' greenhouse (390 Big Ben Rd, Lincoln, CA) or at Dueling Dogs Brewing Company, 3030 Barrett Park Ln, Lincoln, CA):
Questions? Contact Lynne Murrell: lynne.murrell@outlook.com
check in first to confirm the details each month:
https://csnjc.org/
or on their FB page
http://www.aos.org/orchid-awards-judging.aspx