Learn about cool, temperate, and tropical zone orchids with Master Gardener Lisa Erdos. 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, and to water, feed and get them to re-bloom. We will also discuss how to deal with common pests and diseases.

Lisa Erdoes 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 is continually surprised that they bloom and thrive.

Space limited. Reservations required.