Region 3
District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Background photo is “Carousel Lady” hybridized by Marie Burns of Maryland.
Maryland
Baltimore African Violet Club (BAVC)
Meeting Location
Pickersgill Retirement Community
615 Chestnut Ave
Towson, MD 21204
Meeting Time
Fourth Saturday of each month September through June at 10:00 a.m.
Contact
Karen Foster
Phone: 443-528-7048
Email: fancypots1964@gmail.com
Website: https://baltimoreafricanvioletclub.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/African-Violet-Club-of-Baltimore
Information updated 9/5/23
Pennsylvania
African Violet Society of Philadelphia
Meeting Information:
Cathedral Village Retirement Community, Cathedral Hall
600 East Cathedral Road
Philadelphia, PA 19128 (Roxborough)
First Wednesday afternoons
12:30 pm-3:00 pm
Zoom First Thursday evenings.
7:30 pm
Contact:
Judith Smith
Phone 215-233-2579:
Email: judithsmith0@gmail.com
Susan Hanna
Email: shanna825@hotmail.com
Additional Club Information:
For people who love African violets.
Join us as we share plants, information and friendships.
Visitors welcome.
Free plant at 1st meeting.
Club Email: phillyviolets@gmail.com
Club Web Site: http://www.phillyviolets.org
Facebook: African Violet Society of Philadelphia
Updated 1/31/24
African Violet Society of Springfield, Delaware County
Meeting information:
Covenant United Methodist Church
Room 2-K, Main Level
212 W. Springfield Road
Springfield, PA 19064
Meeting Times:
First Tuesday each month, except July & August (second Tuesday, if a Holiday interferes). All meetings are held via Zoom for those members that cannot travel. 6:45 – 8:30 PM
Facebook – African Violet Society of Springfield
Contact:
Lisa Bradley-President
Phone: 610-999-7015
Email: icollect56@aol.com
Cindy Castaldi- Vice President
Phone: 610-457-1047
Email: cdcastaldi@gmail.com
Information updated 1/9/2024
Virginia
Richmond African Violet Society
Meeting Information:
4500 Kensington Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Street parking on Commonwealth Ave
Meeting Times:
We meet the third Saturday each month (September-June)
10:00 am
Contact:
Jill Fischer
Phone: 908-391-1680
Email: jill.g.fischer71@gmail.com
Sharon Long
Phone: 804-740-5322
Email: slong15781@aol.com
Information updated: 6/16/25
Shenandoah Saintpaulia Society
Meeting Information:
Currently on hiatus – hope to resume in January 2024
Monthly, Sept. – May
Times and dates TBA
Contact:
Rich Follett
Phone: (540) 325-9574
eMail: richfoll@yahoo.com
Club Email: richfoll@yahoo.com
Club website:
https://www.facebook.com/Shenandoah-Saintpaulia-Society-100463008055980/
Information updated 9/23/23
Tidewater African Violet Society
Meeting Location:
Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Road
Norfolk, VA 23518
Meeting Time:
We meet the 4th Sunday of the month.
2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Contact:
Patricia Knight
Phone: 757-681-0279
Email: kemts@cox.net
Linda Stinnette
Phone: 757-646-6113
Email: lstinnette2@gmail.com
Club Email Address:
kemts@cox.net
Additional Club Information:
We have interesting AV programs each month along with raffles or auctions.
Refreshments and door prizes.
Guests welcome.
Information updated: 6/19/25
Regional Council – Mid-Atlantic African Violet Society (MAAVS)
Regional Council - Mid-Atlantic African Violet Society (MAAVS)
MAAVS is the mid-Atlantic regional society of AVSA. It holds an annual convention with a show and sale each October/November. Convention location rotates with sponsoring club
Web Site: www.maavs.org
Contact: Sue Hoffman, President
Phone: 757-463-5383
Email: violetsue123@outlook.com
Contact: Donna Brining, VP
Phone: 609-704-8112
Email: donnabrining@fancybloomers.com