Picnic 2025 – Friday, June 6, 2025 – Mendon Ponds Park
Picnic 2025 – Friday, June 6, 2025 – Mendon Ponds Park
Our Annual Picnic is the final GROS meeting before we break for our summer vacation: there are no meetings in July or August. The Picnic will be held on Friday, June 6th this year. We’ll meet at Mendon Ponds Park’s Hopkins Point Lodge from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
The Picnic is free to all GROS members and their families. The weather is usually pretty good, and Mendon Ponds Park has plenty of adjacent space for flying kites, tossing Frisbees®, etc. There is plenty of free parking and restrooms are nearby.
Everyone should bring a dish to pass: last names A-M bring a savory dish, N-Z bring something sweet. The GROS will supply water, soda, plates, cups, cutlery – but no food.
We’ll also be announcing the recipient of the 2025 Jeanne Kaeding Memorial Award.
It is also traditional that many members bring their own plants to sell or trade – a chance to find new homes for your extra orchids and to add some new ones to your collection. The GROS does not collect commissions on these Picnic plant sales.
The Show Table will be back in its open-air format, so don’t forget your summer-flowering plants. We’ll see you there!
Also in June . . .
Master Gardener Expo & Plant Sale
Saturday, June 14th, 2025 – 9 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
CCE of Monroe County – 2449 St. Paul Blvd, Rochester, NY
- Master Gardener Pollinator Team
- Genesee Region Orchid Society
- African Violet & Gesneriad Society of Rochester
- Rochester Herb Society
- Greater Rochester Iris Society
- Greater Rochester Rose Society
Map to Hopkins Point Lodge, Mendon Ponds Park
Our Meetings
The Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS) is a 501(c) non-profit organization based in Rochester, NY.
Our regular meeting night is the first Monday following the first Sunday of each month. We occasionally change the meeting date as our schedule requires, but we always list the correct date well in advance both on this website and in our monthly newsletter. Our meetings are open to everyone without charge – feel free to attend and find out what our Society is all about!
Meetings typically consist of a brief business meeting to conduct our club’s routine activities, a special presentation on an orchid subject, an orchid raffle (2 tickets for $1), and a Show Table where members can display their flowering plants for everyone to see. For more information, please contact any of our officers.
See our entire meeting schedule with all locations and maps here.
Membership
Membership includes:
- Free admission to our annual Spring Show
- Notices of special vendor discounts and pre-ordering opportunities
- Voting privileges for officers and constitutional changes.
Click here to see our Bylaws.
The dues for single membership are $20. Family membership dues are $25. You can download a membership application here.
You can also join online here and pay securely with PayPal – you don’t need to have a PayPal account, and can pay with your credit or debit card.