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 January 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 East, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 1P2, Canada at 12:30PM

Contact the judging chair for where to send cut flowers

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 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 104,1600 Village Place San Diego, CA 92101 on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30PM.

Send cut flowers to: Phyllis Prestia 3849 Via Del Rancho, Oceanside, CA, 92056. Please call to confirm submission 760-685-3744

Judging takes place at Odd Fellows Hall, 1831 Howe Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825 on the first Wednesday of the month, except August, which will take place in conjunction with Speakers Day.

Plant entry at 6:00pm. Judging begins at 6:30pm.

Cut flowers should be sent to: Susan Wedegaertner, 1348 Kieman Ave., Modesto, CA 95356-9170.

Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society's "Orchid Magic" is being held January 9 - 11, 2026 at the Charles F Dodge City Center, 601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines, FL 33025.

The Sarasota Orchid Society Show and Sale is being held January 10 - 11, 2026 at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236.

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.

FIRST BAPTIST PLANO
3665 W. President George Bush Hwy
Room 2108
Plano, TX 75075


General Schedule (Subject to Change):

11:00 AM - General Training Seminar, Announcements
12:00 PM - Lunch (Provided by the Center - All welcome please notify us if you are coming! )
12:30 PM - AOS Judging, New Business, Plant Raffle

If you are interested in learning more about the AOS Judging Program, we invite you to attend one of our monthly judging sessions and speak with our Judges.

If you would like to bring a plant in for judging, please ensure they are submitted for registration by 11:30 AM so we can properly research and document them for judging at 12:30 PM
Please check our web site at http://www.djc-aos.org/ for more information.

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.

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 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: Michelle Dobard 636 W. Terrylynn Pl. Long Beach, CA 90807-3118. Please call 310-261-9539 to confirm submission.

Judging takes place at All Saints Church, 1325 Montgomery Ave, Wynnewood, PA, 19096 at 10:00 AM on the second Saturday of the month.

Send cut flowers to: Edward Weber 177 Sandy Hill Rd, Boyertown, PA 19512

Judging will take place at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 3641 N 56 St, Phoenix, Az 85018, Preschool Room 12, from 2:00-6:00PM for January, February, May, August, September and October

Send cut flowers to Karla Velasco, 1180 W. Geronimo Pl. Chandler, AZ 85224.
Please call 602-410-6514 to confirm submission.

Judging will take place at the Bob Foster Center, 1400 Country Club Blvd., Mount Dora, FL 32757 at 10:00AM on the second Saturday of the month.

Judging from 10am-4pm.

Judging typically takes place at the Schertz Public Library, 798 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas at 12:30PM on the first or second Sunday of the month, depending on holidays however you should call ahead or refer to the AOS News and Events calendar for updates.

Cut flowers should be sent to: Alison Gallaway, 7232 Country Road 120, Marble Falls, TX 78654.

Cut flowers must be received by the Thursday before judging.

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. Call 805-290-0888 for confirmation.

Monthly judgings are currently take place at Saint Anthony School Cafeteria, 1618 Lower Main Street, Wailuku, HI 96793 at 6:30PM on the third Tuesday of the month until further notice.
There will be no Judging December 2025.

The North Jersey Orchid Society Show is being held January 16 - 18, 2026 at the Rutgers University, Douglass Student Center, 100 George St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

The Miami Orchid Society's "Tamiami International Orchid Festival," is being held January 16 - 18, 2026 at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Center, 10901 SW 24 St, Miami, FL 33165.

January monthly judging will take place concurrent with AOS Judging at the North Jersey Orchid Show from 1:00 PM - 4:00PM on Friday January 16 at the Cook Student Center of Rutgers University, 59 Biel Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Please have plants on site for this judging by noon.