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WNC Orchid Society presents ‘Orchid Arcadia’

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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The Western North Carolina Orchid Society (WNCOS) and The North Carolina Arboretum will once again host one of Western North Carolina’s greatest annual plant shows: the 24th Asheville Orchid Festival “Orchid Arcadia” from March 28-30. The festival is an American Orchid Society sanctioned judging event. 

World-class orchid growers and breeders, along with regional orchid societies, will exhibit at the annual festival, with hundreds of orchids presented in carefully crafted displays.

Thousands of orchids will be for sale by vendors from Ecuador and across the United States. There will be something for all orchid lovers, and attendees should expect rare species and cutting-edge hybrids. 

Admission to the Asheville Orchid Festival is $5 for everyone over the age of 12 years old, and free for Western North Carolina Orchid Society members.  All orchid exhibits, orchid programs and educational lectures are included with the admission fee and children 12 and under can enter free.

A regular parking fee for The North Carolina Arboretum applies for all attendees except for The North Carolina Arboretum Society Members.

The Asheville Orchid Festival will take place 4-7:30 p.m. March 28 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 29 and 30 at The North Carolina Arboretum.

For more information, please visit wncos.org or ncarboretum.org.

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