The Central California Orchid Society's "The Big Fresno Fair" is being held October 1-12,2025 at the Fresno Fair Grounds,1121 S Chance Ave, Fresno, CA 93702.

Judging takes place at Odd Fellows Hall, 1831 Howe Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825 on the first Wednesday of the month.
Plant entry at 6:00pm. Judging begins at 7:00pm.
Cut flowers should be sent to: Susan Wedegaertner, 1348 Kieman Ave., Modesto, CA 95356-9170.

Asociación Vallecaucana de Orquideologia “Caliorquideas 2025” is being held October 3 - 5, 2025 at Orquideorama, Av. 2 Norte #48-10, Cali, Valle, Colombia.

The Acadian Orchid Society Show is being held October 4 - 5, 2025 at Fatima Knights of Columbus Hall, 111 Goodnight Drive, Lafayette, LA 70503.

Riverside/San Bernardino Counties Orchid Society’s “The 2025 Morongo Basin Orchid Festival” is being held October 4 - 5, 2025 at the Gubler Orchids, 2200 Belfield Blvd, Landers, CA 92285.

The Kansas Orchid Society Fall Show and Sale is being held October 4, 2025 at the Botanica, the Wichita Gardens, 701 Amidon ST, Wichita, KS 67203.

The Tampa Orchid Club Expo is being held October 4 - 5, 2025 at the Northdale Recreation Center, 15510 Hooting Owls Place, Tampa, FL 33624.

The Peninsula Orchid Society’s “Falling for Orchids" is being held October 4 - 5, 2025 at the San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA 94403.

The Northwest Orchid Society Fall Show and Sale is being held October 4 - 5, 2025 at the Volunteer Park Conservatory, 1400 East Galer Street, Seattle, WA, 98112.

Please refer to the Event Calendar for proper dates and times.
Judging is typically held on the first Saturday of every month.
Standard monthly judging will take place from 10:00AM - 3:00PM
Please have plants for judging on site for registration by noon.

Send cut flowers to: Robert Winkley, 80 Florida Street, Unit 9, Dorchester Center, MA 02124-2600.
Pre-notification of expected delivery date and time is requested.

Judging will be taking place at St. James United Methodist Church, 12470 Old Frederick Rd, Marriottsville, MD 21104.

Please refer to the Event Calendar for proper dates and times. Judging is typically held on the first Saturday or second Saturday of the month. For October judging will take place from 11:00AM-4:30PM.

Send cut flowers to: Valerie Lowe, 17 Maxa Ct, Baltimore, MD 21220. Pre-notification of expected delivery date and time is requested.

Judging takes place at the Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 1P2, Canada at 12:30PM

Contact the judging chair for where to send cut flowers

October Monthly Judging will take place at the Kansas Orchid Society Show on October 4th at 10:30AM, at the Botanical Gardens, 701 N Amidon St, Wichita, KS 67203.

Judging takes place at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Rd NE, Keizer, OR 97303 at 1:00PM on the first Sunday of the month.

Send cut flowers to: Thomas Etheridge, 1112 NW Solar Pl., Corvallis, OR 97006.

Judging at this location takes place at the San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA at 7:00PM on the first Tuesday of the month.

Send cut flowers to: Sylvia Darr, 1 Samaria Lane, Oakland, CA 94619, and please alert the Center chair in advance that flowers will be sent.

Judging takes place at the at Balboa Park, Casa del Prado, Room 104, San Diego, CA 92101 on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00PM.

Send cut flowers to: Phyllis Prestia 3849 Via Del Rancho, Oceanside, CA, 92056.

Judging takes place at the Maravilla, Galleria Room, 5500 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93111 at 7:00PM on the second Wednesday of the month.

Send cut flowers to: Jim Sloniker, 325 Court Ave, Ventura, CA 93003-1741.

The Greater North Texas Orchid Society Show and Sale is being held Octoberl 11 - 12, 2025 at the Texas A&M AgriLife, Water & Land Resources Building, 17360 Coit Rd, Dallas, TX 75252.

The Illinois Orchid Society Fall 2025 Show is being held October 11 - 12, 2025 at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL 60022.

Judging takes place at the Colorado Federation of Garden Clubs, 1556 Emerson St., Denver, CO at 1:00PM on the second Saturday of the month. Please refer to our website for additional information and updates, rmjc.info.

Send cut flowers to: Mitchell Edwards, 90 Oneida Ct, Denver, CO 80230, (720) 925-9553, mitchellainedwards@icloud.com.

The Chicago Judging Center monthly judging will be held on the 2nd Saturday of the month at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL 60022 at 1PM. It will be taking place in the Learning Center, typically in Classroom #2.
Send cut flowers to: Orchids by Hausermann, 2N 134 Addison Rd., Villa Park, IL 60181

Judging takes place at Missouri Botanical Garden, Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, 4651 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110 on the second Saturday of the month.

Judging will begin at 12:00 PM.

Send cut flowers to: Nathan Bell, 456 Shockley Road, Hollister, MO 65672.

Judging takes place at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, Mishler Resource Building, Lower Level, Allen at Orlando, San Marino, CA at 10:00AM on the second Saturday of the month.

Send cut flowers to: Arthur Pinkers, 22982 Mulberry Glen Dr, Santa Clarita, CA, 91354.

All monthly judgings for the Atlanta Judging Center will be held at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall (on Woodrow Way), 3016 Lanier Drive, Brookhaven, GA 30319 at 2:00 PM on the second Saturday of the month, unless otherwise noted. Education takes place at noon.

When sending cut flowers from out of town for judging, please e-mail or call to confirm shipping arrangements in advance with Fred Missbach; E-mail: FredMissbach@aol.com or 404-401-4890.