FEBRUARY through March 2023 AT SBOE

Dear Orchid Friends,

Full steam ahead for the 2023 Santa Barbara International Orchid Show!!!
March 10-12, 2023: 9 am to 5 pm daily
Held at Earl Warren Showgrounds, Highway 101 at Las Positas
3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
For details, to purchase tickets (single-day $20, 3-day-pass wristband $30), or to make a donation visit https://sborchidshow.com/

Santa Barbara Orchid Estate will have an Open House concurrent with the Orchid Show:
Friday March 10, 2023: 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday March 11, 2023: 8 am to 5 pm
Sunday March 12, 2023: 9 am to 4 pm
Held at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. 
Please park inside our gate on our grass parking lots, rather than on the neighborhood streets. 
No parking on Orchid Drive.
Cymbidiums (potted with or without spikes and variously-priced select bare-roots), Dendrobium speciosum, Cattleyas, Encyclias, Renatheras, and other botanicals.   A few $7.50 specials.
Masks are required.   Sales areas will continue to be more spread out.

Usual Hours:  Except for the special Orchid Show Weekend extended hours and days, our usual open schedule for February and March 2023 orchid shopping will be:
Fridays 10am-2pm
Saturdays 9am-3:30pm
(Before visiting, please confirm by phone or on website, especially before traveling a large distance).

What’s in bloom and spike?  Australian Dendrobiums (including speciosum), Cymbidium hybrids, Cattleya-alliance divisions & seedlings, Encyclias, Renantheras, and even a few Vandas.  In the heated greenhouse, new seedlings and divisions have been set out.

The safety of our customers and staff is of the utmost importance to us.  Masks are required at all times while on the nursery grounds (indoors and outdoors). Please maintain a distance of 6 feet between your party and your fellow orchid lovers and the SBOE staff.  Please do not visit if you have been in close contact with anyone who has recently tested positive for COVID or if you have COVID-like symptoms.  Some parts of our nursery will be closed during this limited opening.

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We try to answer the phone 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Saturday. If we don’t answer, please call later or e-mail us.  Plants may be ordered for pick-up outside the nursery gates if arranged 2-3 days in advance of pick-up date. Please phone or email if you have any questions.