Region 1 Affiliates
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Background image is “Tiger” hybridized by Irene Fredette of Connecticut
Connecticut
Thimble Islands African Violet Society
Meeting Location: Willoughby Wallace Library
- 146 Thimble Islands Road
- Branford CT 06405
Meeting Times: Second Tuesday of each month, September to June, 7:30 pm
Contact 1:
- Charlene Boyce, President
- Phone: 203-488-0174
Contact 2:
- Madeline (Buzz) Clem
- Phone: 203-481-9455
- Email: mybuzzard@aol.com
Our club was formed in 1961 and encourages anyone with a love of African violets to come to a meeting to learn more about this special plant.
Information updated 2/15/2018
Windsor African Violet Society
Meeting Location: Members’ homes
Meeting Times: Second Wednesday each month, Sept – July, 7:00 p.m. No meetings in January, February, and August.
http://www.windsorafricanviolets.org
Contact 1
Doreen Lay
Phone: 860-285-8953
Email: lay@hartford.edu
Contact 2
Joyce Dickey
Phone: 860-232-2841
Email: joycedickey@yahoo.com
We also have an educational booth in the Federated Garden Clubs of CT section of the CT Flower Show in February.
If you would like to come to a meeting, please contact us for specific meeting location.
Information updated 04/04/2017
Massachusetts
All Seasons African Violet Club
- Carmel Terrace Assisted Living
933 Central Street
Framingham, MA
Meeting Times: Third Wednesday each month, all year, 7:15 p.m.
- Contact: Nancy Manozzi
Phone: 508-872-1478
Email: n-rmanozzi@comcast.net - Contact #2: Carol Hess
Phone: 508-872-7574
Email: violetsppp@aol.com
Information updated 2/8/2018
Bay State African Violet Society Inc
Bay State African Violet Society, Inc.
Massachusetts
Meeting Location:
- St. Michael Parish Center
90 Concord Rd.
Bedford, MA
Meeting Times:
- Annual business and dinner meeting, third Sunday in October,
- 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Includes plant sales, guest speaker and raffle.
Club Website: https://baystateafricanvioletsociet
Contact # 1
Nancy Manozzi, President
- Phone: 508-872-1478
n-rmanozzi@comcast.net
Contact # 2
Cynthia Brooks, Membership Chair
- Phone: 508-450-9616
cybrooks@charter.net
Notes:
The annual dinner/business meeting includes plant sales, guest speaker and raffle.
The society produces a quarterly newsletter for the membership.
The annual show is held in late April at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA
Monthly remote lectures on a variety of topics related to African Violets
Gateway African Violet Club
Meeting location:
- Whitney Place
- 238 West Main Street
- Northborough, MA 01532
Meeting times: 2nd Tuesday each month at 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. arrival
Contact: Anne Marie Flynn, President
- Phone: 508-265-7891
- Email: cachetkerries@earthlinl.net
Notes: We are a friendly group of just under 20 men and women always looking to welcome others interested in growing our favorite houseplant. We encourage anyone to come to a meeting, no membership required. Please contact the president first so we know to expect you.
We gather between 6:30pm and 7pm in the communal kitchen/activity room, then have a short business meeting at 7, followed by a program of interest to any AV grower at any skill level. Our annual dues are $6.00.
Our members live primarily in Central Massachusetts, but also MetroWest Boston. Gateway AVC formed in May, 2006. Several of us are judges for the African Violet Society of America, the international registry of Saintpaulia, and we are also members of the regional Bay State African Violet Society.
Information updated 7/19/2017
Patriots African Violet Club
Meeting location: Members homes.
Meeting time: First Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m.
- Contact #1: Eleanor MacIver
Phone: 508-517-2594
Email: esmac197@comcast.net - Contact #2: Susie Giovanditti
Phone: 781-899-7203
Information updated 7/19/2017
New Hampshire
Granite State African Violet and Gesneriad Society
Meeting Location:
- Granite State Marketing Research
13 Orchard View Drive
Londonderry, NH 03053
Meeting times: Meeting Dates & Times Vary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GSAVGS/
- Contact: Holly Walker
Email: hew@tds.net
Information updated 4/2/2020