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2012 SHOW SCHEDULE
February
25 - African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
March
2 - 3 - CENTRAL FLORIDA AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY, Orlando, Florida3 - 4 - 33rd Annual Show & Sale - “Violets & Mother Goose”, Houston, Texas
Colorado Show and Sale, Centennial, Colorado
April
28-29 - Columbus African Violet Society, Columbus, Ohio
African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa
Event: 35th Annual Judged African Violet Show & Sale
Theme: "Violets Country Style".
Place: Tulsa Garden Center
2435 So. Peoria Ave.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
Time: Saturday, Feb. 25: 9am to 3 pm
Come and visit our sales room where you will find many lovely violets and
their cousins, the other Gesneriads as well as growing supplies.Free admission
Contact: Sherrie Wallace Email: wallace4@hotmail.com Phone: (918) 245-3199
CENTRAL FLORIDA AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY Annual show and sale
March 2 and 3, 2012 (Friday and Saturday) noon to 4 p.m. and 10 to 4 p.m.Huge showroom of African Violets and gesneriads and a large room of plants for sale too!
Location: Beardall Senior Center - 800 Delaney Avenue - Orlando, Fl 32801, first floor
33rd Annual Show & Sale - “Violets & Mother Goose”
Hermann Park Garden Center 1500 Hermann Park Drive Houston, TX 77004 Saturday, March 3: Sale 9am – 5pm - Show 1pm – 5pm Sunday, March 4: Show & Sale 10am – 4pmAnnual sale to include African Violets, other Gesneriads, and supplies. Members will be available to answer questions and offer advice.
Email: kjwross@yahoo.com
First Austin African Violet Society 44th Annual Judged Show and Sale
"African Violets and Other Wonders of the World"
March 17-18, 2012 11:00am - 4:30 pm Saturday, Mar 17 11:00am - 4:00 pm Sunday, Mar 18 Austin Area Garden Center Zilker Park Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Rd Austin, TXAfrican violet, related gesneriad and supplies will be on sale. Admission is free.
For information see website: www.faavs.org or contact Susan Kautz at 512/365-1818 or gizzmo@austin.rr.com
COLORADO - SHOW & SALE
Tagawa Garden Center, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, CO 80016
Sat., March 17 from 9:00am to 4:00pm Sun., March 18 from 10:00am to 4:00pmAnnual sale includes African Violets, Gesneriads, starter and show plants, decorative pots and supplies.
Presentations by members of the Rocky Mountain African Violet Council.
Members will be on hand to answer questions.
contact: NLevine28@msn.com
"The Pride of Columbus"
April 28 and 29, 2012The Columbus African Violet Society is proud to announce its 63rd annual show and sale. CAVS will have hundreds of African violet plants, designs, and Gesneriads on display for attendees to view. Attendees will also be able to paricipate in educational workshops. Additionally, plants, cuttings, leaves, and other African violet related items will be available for purchase. Admission to the show and parking both will be free. The show and sale will take place at the Franklin Park Conservatory at 1777 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43203.
On April 28, the sales table will be open from 10:00am to 5:00pm and the show room will be open from 12:00pm to 5:00pm.
On April 29, both the sales table and the show room will be open from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
For more information, please contact Karen Jesko, the show chairperson, at kjesko@att.net or (614) 214-6442.
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New Website
Central California African Violet Society - www.FresnoViolets.orgLike us on Facebook!
The website for Fuzzy Foliage - http://www.fuzzyfoliage.com/
A new website for the African Violet Council of Florida - www.africanvioletcouncilofflorida.org
The Magic Knight African Violet Society of San Antonio, Texas has a new website! Please visit us at www.mkavs.org
VIOLETS FOR SALE
I have baby African violet plants available for sale or trade. Standards, Semis, and Minis. Can also provide leaves. Email me at tglasstrg@hotmail.com if interested.
PLANTS FOR SALE
Looking for plants to bloom in the summer & fall, put them away until next year then start the cycle again? Smithianthas and Achimenes are the answer! Find them on eBay in sallys_garden, Achimenes make beautiful hanging baskets, instructions are included on how to plant them, grow then let go dormant until they sprout again the following spring. Smithianthas make beautiful upright plants some may know as Temple Bells. They also grow and bloom, but later in the year then go dormant until they are ready to start again the next season. Both make small rhizomes, little pine cone looking storage units that you save when they have stopped blooming. Questions contact us at sallysgarden@tampabay.rr.com or sjscaggs@tampabay.rr.com.
NEW WEB SITE
The San Mateo County African Violet Society has a new website.We will be adding more info, so please check back often. Check us out at:
CLICK HERE - enjoy-africanviolets.org
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The place to buy Oyama Self-watering Planters and AV growing supplies
CLICK HERE - The Franklinhouse
WANTED
I am looking for the following plant: Buckeye Bubble Gum. I would accept leaves or plantlet.Contact - sbayzden@yahoo.com
LOOKING FOR PLANT OR LEAVES
I would also like to post a "looking for" list, if I can. I am looking for:
Playful Dreamer Rob's Itchy Britches Rob's Magnetic Field Rob's Zero Gravity Rob's Crazy KiltLooking for plants or leaves. Thank you!
Contact - syrumani@satx.rr.com
New Club Forming
Central Coast African Violet Society
Creston Village 1919 Creston Rd Paso Robles, CaNew club forming in Paso Robles, Ca. Meetings are the 2nd Saturday of the month at 10 a.m.
For more information contact Mary @ 459-6070 or znailady1@aol.com
CLUB PROJECT PLANTS
Up to 30 starters for a club project plant/ test plant. Minimum order 15 @ 3.99 each. I will hold them and ship at the end of August for your September meeting. Shipping large flat rate box 12 x 12 x 5 1/2=$13.95 for 15. 30 @$28.00 or increments small flat rate box $4.95, medium flat rate box $10.35.
Pink Dove- (8267) 07/28/1995 (S. Sorano) Semidouble pink pansy. Variegated dark green, white and pink, plain, pointed/red back. Miniature.
Email Brenda Nyce at three58@msn.com
Featured New Hybrids
Please email us at - daveschmidt@bright.net and send us pictures and info on your new hybrids.
The Velvet Leaf
Buckeye Cranberry Sparkler
The Velvet Leaf has just added added over 100 cultivars
Violet Venture (Fay Wagman)
Violets-O-Ley
JoS Violets
Bloomlovers
Gary's Out Of Africa
Heart of Jacksonville African Violet Society
Club Shows and Web Sites
The Early Bird African Violet Club
Clubs
Cincinnati African Violet Society
The Cincinnati African Violet Society would like to invite anyone interested in growing African Violets to our meetings the 3rd Thursday of each month (except January and July) in the Craft room of the New England Club, located at 8135 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45255. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. Each meeting is followed by a question and answer session, so you may bring any plants you have questions about for our members to help you with.We will have a plant raffle and growing supplies will be available for sale. For more information you may visit our website: www.cincyavs.org or call 859-240-9057.
Central Florida African Violet Society
800 Delaney Ave. Orlando, FL 32801Meetings: Every third Wednesday of the month at 10:00 A.M.
Contact: Elvie Blakely: eblakely001@cfl.rr.com or Evelyn Briggs: evbriggs@earthlink.net
African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa
- Serves Oklahoma, southern KS & MO & western Arkansas. Meetings held the third Monday of the month at 7:15 p.m. at the Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 So. Peoria, Tulsa. Contact Sherrie Wallace, 918-245-3199 or wallace4@hotmail.com
New Club Start Up in Akron Ohio, Fall 2010
Love Your Violets? Want to Meet Other AV Fans?Interested in Learning More through club programs, trading, club projects?
Contact Nancy: 330-808-1285 or email: aireseneca@yahoo.com
We are meeting the 2nd Tuesday of each month. At 6:30 pm we meet and greet with meetings starting at 7 pm. Programs, leaf gifts, and starter plants are featured at each meeting.
Chattanooga African Violet Society
CAVS meeting the 1st Sunday of each month at 3PMMcDonald Road Adventist Church
Contact - rfboring@localnet.com
Baystate African Violet Society
website: www.baystateafricanviolet.org
All Season African Violet Club
- Serves the greater Metrowest area. Meetings held the third Wednesday of the month at 7:15 p.m. atthe homes of members. Contact Nancy Manozzi 508-872-1478 or email: n-rmanozzi@comcast.net
Emerald Necklace African Violet Club
- Serves members in the Greater Boston area. Meetings are held the 2nd Monday of the month 7:30 p.m. at the homes of members. Contact Marie Montague at 781-647-4127, email mgmontague@earthlink.net.
Gateway African Violet Club
- Serves members in the central Massachusetts region. Meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, at 6:00 p.m.; program starts at 6:30 p.m., at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, Shrewsbury. Contact Sue Stafford at 508-829-6403, email: jimsue5@verizon.net.
Patriots African Violet Club
- Serves the areas surrounding Bedford, Concord and Lexington Massachsuetts. Meetings held the 1st Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m. Contact Anna Rogers at 978-692-7275 or time2trvle@verizon.net.
Granite State
- Serves members in New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Meetings held the 1st Thursday of the month (except January and July) at the Marion Gerrish Community Center in Derry NH. Contact Barbara Spoffard at 207-284-8073 or bspoffor@maine.rr.com
Maine African Violet and Gesneriad Society
- Serves Maine and northern New England. Meetings are held the 1st Wednesday of the month at member's homes at 6:30 p.m. Contact Barbara Spoffard at 207-284-8073 or bspoffor@maine.rr.com
AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY OF DAYTON
The African Violet Society of Dayton, Ohio meets on the third Monday of the month September thru May at the Springboro Library, 125 Park Lane, Springboro, OH at 7:00 p.m. A special program as well as tips for growing and showing are given each meeting. Refreshments, a plant raffle and a social time are enjoyed by all who attend. A picnic is usually scheduled for June. For further information -- 937-233-0974 or jmschroeder22@aol.comFirst African Violet Society of Wichita Falls, Texas
. We meet the 2nd Friday of each month, Sept. thru May, at 9:30 am, at the University United Methodist Church, 3405 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, Texas. We love to have people visit to learn about African violets and other gesneriads, so we have a lesson and a snack at every meeting.Questions: call or e-mail Mary Smith, President, at 940-692-0677 or violetlady27@aol.com
The Toronto African Violet Society
The Toronto African Violet Society has been serving the African Violet Community for over 50 years.The club meets monthly, September to June on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Toronto Botanical Gardens at Lawrence Avenue and Leslie Street.
For more information about the club visit our web site - www.tavs.ca .
Windsor (Ct) African Violet Society (WAVS)
Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month from September through May. Meetings are held in members’ homes from 7 – 9 pm and include informative programs about African violets and other gesneriads, as well as much sharing of the members' own growing experiences and plants, leaves. There is also a “study group” that meets the third Monday of the month during the day. For further information about our meetings and joining the Windsor African Violet Society, contact either Nancy Hayes, 860-242-0162, violetnancy@comcast.net or Fiona Brown at pigsaflyin@hotmail.com.Visit our website at http://instafax.com/wavs
Desert Sun African Violet & Gesneriad Society
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month and 3rd Saturday of each month(You may attend either or both meetings - programs are the same)
Time: Both meet at 10:00 am
Locations: Various members homes throughout the Valley of the Sun
Regular meeting from September through June with workshops in either July or August.
Contact: Ann Stoetzer - email: anncie@cox.net
Capital District African Violet Society
The Capital District African Violet Society meets on the first Tuesday of the month September thru May at the Bethany Reformed Church, 760 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY at 7:00 p.m. A Violet workshop is presented at each meeting from potting to grooming for show. For further information contact Barbara at bgrrat@aol.com
AFRICAN VIOLET CLUB OF GREATER ATLANTA
Meetings: Feb., March, April, May, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.Place: First Saturday of those months and Call for location
Time: 1-3 pm
VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
E-Mail: mrsstrepstreps@comcast.net or 770-939-5289.
Stampede City African Violet Society (Calgary, Alberta)
has meetings on the 4th Wednesday of each month from September through May:Regular Meetings are held at the Northwest Brentwood Co-op Auditorium, which is located at: 4122 Brentwood Road N.W.
Meetings begin at 7:00 PM, but everyone is encouraged to arrive at 6:30, in order to take part in plant sales, leaf swaps, refreshments and socializing with other members prior to the commencement of the meeting.
AVS of San Francisco
meets monthly at the Senior Center on Fulton St. at 37th Avenue, San Francisco, CA.9:30am, admission free, new members always welcome. Midway is a coffee and sweets break, ends around 11:45am. Contact - Garyrbeck@aol.com for further details.
Our show will be 6 /30-7/1/07.
San Mateo County African Violet Society
Meetings: Second Monday of the month Time: 7:00 pm San Mateo Garden Center 605 Parkside Way San Mateo, CAWorkshops, programs, treats, leaf table, along with lots of fun and friendships.
questions call: heather (650)346-7307 - caviolet@aol.com
Heart of Jacksonville African Violet Society
Heart of Jacksonville African Violet Society meetings are held the 3rd Sunday of every month, September through May,Violet 101 at 1:30, meeting starts at 2:00 pm. at -Regency Square Public Library 9900 Regency Square Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32225 For more information please visit our website - http://www.jacksonvilleviolets.org
The Toronto African Violet Society meets monthly, September to June. We meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7:30 p.m. at the Glebe Road United Church, 20 Glebe Road East. 3 short blocks north of the Davisville subway station.
The club publishes a monthly newsletter for members.
Visit our web site http://www.geocities.com/tavsca/tavs.html
For more information please call either Don at 416-964-9305
or Louise at 416-445-7774 or email torontoafricanvioletsociety@hotmail.com
Central Jersey African Violet Society
The Central Jersey African Violet society meets the second Tuesday of every month at 8pm and Matawan Womens Club in Matawan NJ.For more information email ronsviolets@aol.com or call 732-988-5281.
Seaview African Violet Society
The Seaview African Violet Society meets the third Thursday at 7pm at the Neptune Library in Neptune NJ.For more information email ronsviolets@aol.com or call 732-988-5281.
Palmetto African Violet Society
The Palmetto African Violet Society will be meeting the 2nd Saturday of the month. The 8th of November we will have on display the violet gown in outer space.Trudi Christensen 843-497-0338 or email trumarc@earthlink.net
Palmetto Avsa will have it's regular meeting February 17th at 1 p.m. in the Chapin Memorial Librar 400 14th Ave N Myrtle Beach SC 29572 For info 843-497-0338
Loess Hills African Violet Society
Our meetings are held the 3rd Saturday of every month from 10am to noon at The First National Bank of Akron, IA community room.For more information please contact: Terri Post-President (712) 251-6503 postter@longlines.com or Randy Deutsch at rcjsch@prodigy.net.
Early Bird Violet Club-Birmingham, Alabama
Early Bird Violet Club, AVSA charter since Sept. 1981.We are based in Birmingham, Al.. Our meetings are held at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on the second Sat. of the months Sept.- June at 10:00am to about 12:00 noon.
For more information please contact Gwen Johnson (president) at 205-991-5335, or Martha Coleman (secretary) at 256-378-7398 or tmcoleman5@bellsouth.net
Club info for Capital City AVS and also Delta Gesneriad & AVS:
Capital City African Violet Society
Location: Sacramento Garden & Arts Center Location Address: 3330 McKinley Blvd Location City: Sacramento Location State: CA Location Zip: 95816 Meeting Times: First Thursday each month, 7:30 p.m. Contact: Barbara Elkin Address: 2855 Gayle Lane City: Auburn Phone: 530-878-0505 Email: bjbar121@yahoo.com Contact 2: Kathy Norton Address: 3500 Partridge Ave City: West Sacramento Phone: 916-617-2406 Email: kathy.norton@mac.com
Delta Gesneriad and African Violet Society
Location: Sacramento Garden & Arts Center Location Address: 3330 McKinley Blvd Location City: Sacramento Location State: CA Location Zip: 95816-3824Meeting Times: Third Wednesday each month, Jan-Dec, 11:00 a.m.
Contact: Barbara Elkin Address: 2855 Gayle Lane City: Auburn Phone: 530-878-0505 Email: bjabar@earthlink.net
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