Speaker:  Dotty Woodson – “Growing and Blooming Phalaenopsis for Many Years”

Dotty Woodson, Ph. D., is an Orchid Grower, Writer, Photographer and Lecturer.  She has B. S. and M.S. degrees in Horticulture from Tarleton State University and a doctoral degree from Texas A&M and Texas Tech Universities.  Dr. Woodson is the owner, along with her husband Berry, of D&B Orchids in Fort Worth.  Dotty has grown orchids since 1973.  Her goal is to share her knowledge and enjoyment about growing orchids.  She has presented orchid programs to orchid growers and gardeners in many states, at four International Master Gardener Conference, two International Phalaenopsis Alliance Conferences, California Speakers Day, Texas, New England and New York Speakers Circuits and to international audiences on Norwegian and Holland America Cruise Lines.  Woodson is a member of the Fort Worth Orchid Society, Greater North Texas Orchid Society, Southwest Regional Orchid Growers Association and the American Orchid Society.  She has also written articles about orchid culture for many newspapers and magazines and appeared on many television and radio shows to discuss growing orchids.  In addition, Dotty has produced several orchid videos and contributed orchid material and photographs for several books.  Her DVD “Growing Orchids Made Easy with Dotty” is available through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Bookstore,  Before retirement, Dotty taught landscape water conservation by design, plant selection and irrigation efficiency for 32 years at Tarrant County College, TCU, UTA, and for Texas A&M Extension as a County Extension Agent in Tarrant County and Water Resource Extension State Specialist.  For 21 years, she wrote a weekly horticulture column for the Fort Worth Star Telegram.  Dotty has appeared weekly on NBC News and other television programs for 25 years.