Gardening

Workshop: Growing Orchids – Tips for the San Francisco and Bay Area Climate

Presenter: Master Gardener Lisa Erdos
Saturday, 2/15/2025
11:00 - 12:30
Richmond Meeting Room
Richmond/Senator Milton Marks

351 9th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

415-355-5600

Learn about cool, temperate, and tropical zone orchids.  Which type is good for you?  Get to know cool growing orchids for San Francisco and the Coast such as Masdevallia & Cymbidiums as well as everyone’s favorite indoor orchid - the Phaelaenopsis.  Discover how to successfully re-pot your orchid, water, feed and get them to re-bloom, and ways to deal with common pests and diseases.

Presenter Master Gardener Lisa Erdos worked in quality for the pharmaceutical industry for 30 years before becoming a Master Gardener in 2009.  She enjoys volunteering as a gardener at the Noe Valley Library, the San Francisco Botanical Garden on a 'Green Team’, at Garden for the Environment and helping home gardeners solve plant problems through the Master Gardener Helpline.  Growing Masdevallia, Cymbidium, Dendrobium kingianum and Phalaenopsis orchids in San Francisco is a fun hobby and she continues to be surprised that they bloom and thrive! 

Gardening

Cultivate your green thumb.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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