Meeting Schedule

All Meetings Take Place at Olbrich Botanical Garden

Schedule is Approximate as Follows:

• 12:00 pm Doors Open for Setup
• 12:30 Socializing During Plant Judging
• 1:00 Meeting Begins; Announcements
• 1:20 Chuck's Challenge Plant Information
• 1:45 pm Show & Tell Table 
• 2:05 Break
• 2:20 pm Guest Speaker, In-Person
• 3:15 pm Closing Thoughts & Door Prizes
• 3:30 pm Meeting Ends  

Our speaker will be Dr. Brandon Corder, a newly minted Ph.D. orchidologist from the Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who will present a talk on "The Secret Lives of Wisconsin's Native Orchids."  Brandon will present an overview of his research into the biology of orchids and their fungal partners from across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region.  He is well known to people who follow him on iNaturalist and Instagram where he shares his passion for botany to a global audience.  Brandon also has been invited to present his research finding to numerous orchid clubs in the USA and Canada.  We are very fortunate to have him right here in the Madison community!