Region 10 Affiliates - African Violet Society of America

Region 10

Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington

Background photo is “Cathy’s Fireworks” by Cathy Cornibe in California

Nevada

Glitter Gulch African Violet Growers

Meeting Location: Nevada Garden Club Center
Address of Meeting Location:
800 Twin Lakes Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Meeting times: 9:00 A.M. third Saturday of each month

Contact #1: Mark Romansky

Email: ggavg.nv@gmail.com

Contact #2: Joyce Stork

Phone: (402) 719-6896
Email: ggavg.nv@gmail.com

Facebook:

/https://www.facebook.com/groups/glittergulchafricanvioletgrowers

updated: 8/23/2023

Oregon

Portland African Violet Association

Meeting location:
18546 S. Ferguson Rd.
Oregon City, OR 97045

Meeting times:
4th Saturday of the month except July, August & December.
Potluck at 12:00 noon. Meetings start at 1:00 p.m.

Contact:
Penny Eggleston
Phone: 360-601-3923
Email: pennyegg57@gmail.com

Club Email: pennyegg57@gmail.com

Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1392887917464002

Information updated 2/1/24

Washington

Saintpaulia Society of Tacoma

Meeting Location:

Meeting times: Meeting via Zoom 4th Thursday of every month except July & August

Club Email: oldfrogpiper@hotmail.com

Contact #1: John Wrightson
Email: oldfrogpiper@hotmail.com

Information updated on 9/16/2021

Seattle African Violet Society

Meeting Location:

We meet at the Greenwood Library or Beacon Hill Library, depending on availability. Contact for location and time.

Meeting Time:

We meet on the 3rd Saturday of the month – September – June

Contact:

Kyle Russell – President
Phone: 206-349-6058
Email: kyle.russell@gmail.com

Jean M Chin
Email: seattleafricanvioletsociety@yahoo.com

Club Web Address: https://www.seattleafricanvioletsociety.com/

Information update: 3/23/2024

Southern California

Burbank African Violet Society

Location:

Little White Chapel – social hall
1711 N. Avon St., Burbank, CA 91505
enter from Jeffries

Meeting Information:

3rd Thursday of the month
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Contact:

Chris Hedberg
Phone: 626-578-1434
Email: chviolets@juno.com

John Hersey
Phone: 323-496-4848
jph@studioarkh.com

Website: http://burbankafricanviolets.weebly.com/

Information updated: 2/20/24

Happy Trails AVS

Meeting location: Desert Valley Wellness Center
19181 Town Center Drive
Apple Valley, California 92308

Meeting times: 4th Thursday of the month (except November & December) at 12:30 p.m.

Contact: Shirley Kirkland, President
Phone: 760-885-5994
Email: smk5k@aol.com

Contact #2: Darlene Osborn
Phone: 760-951-2942
Email: ed4desert@gmail.com

Information updated 4/1/2022

South Coast African Violet & Gesneriad Society

Meeting location: Greenwood Park
1520 Greenwood Ave.
Torrance, CA

Meeting times: 3rd Sunday every month (except June & July) at 2:00 p.m.

Contact: Mary Smith, President
Phone: 310-676-5608
Email: marysmith-av@hotmail.com

Contact: Joan Wood
Phone: 310-532-8042
Email: jowoo@mail.com

Information updated 3/26/2023

Thousand Oaks AVS

Meeting Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church
Address of Meeting Location:
667 Camino Dos Rios
(corner of Lynn Rd & Camino Dos Rios)
Thousand Oaks, California

Meetings: Fourth Saturday on even months at 12:30 PM

Contact #1: Louise Ozaki

Phone: 818-760-8737
Email: L.ozaki@att.net

Contact #2: Lyndell Fong

Phone: 805-716-3341
Email: pandabearcub@gmail.com

Website: https://toafricanviolets.wixsite.com/toavs

Information updated 8/23/23

Central California

Bakersfield AVS

East Bakersfield Veteran’s Hall
2101 Ridge Rd
Bakersfield, CA 93305

Meeting times: Third Tuesday of each month (Except August & December) at 10:00 am

Contact: Don Belflower, President
Phone: 661-387-0263
Email: joescritters@outlook.com

Notes: The Veteran’s Hall is located on Mount Vernon Ave. in East Bakersfield.

Information update 7/16/2023

Central California AVS

Meeting Location:

For Fall 2022, we are continuing to meet at Round Table Pizza, 5702 N. First St., Fresno, CA 93710. To avoid disappointment, please email, call or text to confirm in case of last-minute changes.

Meetings on the third Monday of the month (except June, July and December), 6:30 pm

Webpage: www.fresnoviolets.org

Club Email: fresnoviolets@gmail.com

Contact: Lola Sutherland, President
Phone: 559-906-7366
Email: lolasutherland1@gmail.com

Contact: Sue Haffner

Phone: 559-292-5624
Email: sueh@mail.fresnostate.edu

Information updated 8/22/2022

Central Coast African Violet Society

Meeting Location:

Creston Village- Acitivity Room
1919 Creston Road
Paso Robles, CA 93446

Meeting Time:
10:00am-12:00pm
2nd Saturday of the month. 3rd Saturday in October. No meeting in December.

Contact:

Mary Thompson
Phone: 805-459-6070
Email: Centralcoastavsociety@gmail.com

Elethea Brewen
Phone: 805-467-3582
eMail: brewene@yahoo.com

Club Email Address: centralcoastavsociety@gmail.com

Club website on Facebook: Central Coast African Violet Society

Information updated 12/10/23

Northern California

AVS of San Francisco

Garden Room of the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park
1199 9th Ave. (just inside park)
San Francisco, CA

Meeting times: Fourth Saturday of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Except for December)

Website: San Francisco African Violet Society on Facebook

Contact #1: Vera Carlson, President
Phone: 650-561-2991
Email: vjfgcs@yahoo.com

Information updated 8/23/23

Capital City AVS

Meeting Information:

Meetings are the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm. Most meetings are done by video with February and March meetings being done in person. Annual plant sale and display is done in early April of each year. In person meetings/plant sale are located at the Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95816. Send questions about the club and meeting links to kathy.norton@mac.com

Contact:

Kathy Norton, President
Phone: 916-617-2406
Email: kathy.norton@mac.com

Club Email: kathy.norton@mac.com

Information updated 9/11/23

Delta Gesneriad and AVS

Meeting Location: