BRITISH ORCHID COUNCIL

The British Orchid Council - BOC - is the UK orchid world's umbrella organisation, bringing together amateur and commercial growers and the scientific community in a single forum.

Membership currently comprises forty national, regional and specialist Orchid Societies, the British Orchid Growers' Association (BOGA, the UK orchid trade organisation), national Botanic Gardens maintaining significant orchid collections at Kew and Glasgow, the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, and the Royal Horticultural Society.

BOC is a registered charity whose main objectives may be summarised as promoting and broadening the knowledge of orchids, and encouraging excellence in their culture. Its rôle is one of co-ordinating rather than governing the activities of its member organisations.

The above is a direct quote from the BOC official site . Details of all the UK Orchid Societies which are affiliated , can be found on the site, and the URL (address) for the site is :-

http://www.british-orchid-council.info/

Those interested in the origin of BOC - a matter which is not discussed on their site - and which I think never has been aired publicly , may be interested in the personal reminiscences of the one person who was intimately involved in the beginnings of BOC. - click here for history

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