Region 7
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio
Background photo is “Buckeye Nostalgia” hybridized by Pat Hancock in Ohio
Illinois
Illinois African Violet Society Inc
Meeting Times: Two times a year, spring and fall.
Contact: Tomi Jean Griesenauer
Phone:312-802-1486
Email: tomijean52@comcast.net
Web Site: www.iavs-online.org
Notes: A one-day meeting in the fall and show/sale in the spring. Membership Chairman: Joe Bruns, 1220 Stratford Lane, Hanover Park, IL 60103. Leaves, the Society’s newsletter, is published four times a year to share information about growing violets and club meetings.
Little Egypt African Violet Society (LEAVS)
Meeting Location: Plantscape Nursery & Landscape
720 N 33rd Street
Herrin IL 62948
Meeting times: 1:00 pm, second Thursday of January, March, May, July, September, and November.
Contact #1: Judy Meyer
Phone: 573-837-7151
eMail: judynmeyer@att.net
Contact #2: Mary Jane Estrada
Phone: 618-203-9728
eMail: mjestrada1@frontier.com
Notes: The January meeting is usually held at a local restaurant.
Occasionally a meeting will be held at a members home.
Information updated 7/23/2019
Margaret Scott African Violet Society
Meeting location: Changing
Meeting Times: Usually meets the 1st Saturday of the month, at 1:30 p.m.
Contact: Donna M. Wagner, President
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217-328-5956
Email: donnawgnr@yahoo.com
Contact: Carie Nixon
Tolono, IL 61880
Phone: 217-621-6065 (cell)
Email: parieceet@gmail.com
Information updated 6/11/2017
Northern Illinois Gesneriad Society
Warrenville Fire Department
3 S. 472 Batavia Rd
Warrenville, IL 60555
Meeting Times: Usually third Sunday each month, sometimes varies, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Website: nigesneriads.org
Contact: Janet Spencer
Phone: 847-687-2595
Email: jspencer1025@att.net
Contact 2: Susan Bradford
Phone: 847-740-7801
Email: ASusan.Bradford@abbott.com
Information updated 1/21/2020
Prairie State African Violet Society
The Federated Church
612 State Street
Sycamore, IL 60178
Meeting times: Third Tuesday of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Contact: Tomi Griesenauer 312-802-1486 tomijean52@comcast.net
Contact: Micheline England mengland@epicor.com
Ohio
African Violet Society of Dayton
Springboro Municipal Building
320 West Central Ave.
Springboro, OH 45066
Website: http//www.avsdayton.com
Facebook group: African Violet Society of Dayton
Meeting Times: May-October: 7 pm, 3rd Monday; November-March: 2 pm, 2nd Sunday
eMail: vicksterferguson@gmail.com
Cincinnati African Violet Society
Lockland Christian Church
231 Mill Street
Lockland, OH 45215
Meeting Times: Sundays 1:00 p.m.
Website:
Contact #1: Patricia A. Gibson (Patty), President
Address: 2727 Running Creek Drive
Florence, Ky. 41042
Phone: 859-250-5211
eMail: gibbypatty@gmail.com
Contact #2: Rie Somlai, Secretary
Address: 9725 Chestnut Eagle Ct
Zionsville, In. 46077
Phone:
eMail: apsomlai@yahoo.com
Information updated 2/11/2020
Columbus African Violet Society
Meeting Location: Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
1777 East Broad St
Columbus, OH 43203-2040
Meeting Times: Fourth Monday each month, April – November, (unless it falls on a holiday), 6:30 p.m. January, February, March – Fourth Saturday of the month 10:00 a.m.
Annual Show & Sale held at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Website: www.columbusafricanvioletsociety.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-African-Violet-Society-CAVS/114427545301929
Contact : Daniel Steel, President
- Phone: 614-851-3258
Email: daniel-steele@att.net
Contact : Bud Ficken
- Phone: 614-846-0048
Email: hbudficken@columbus.rr.com
Information updated 2/25/2018
Ohio State African Violet Society
Kingwood Center
900 Park Ave, West
Mansfield, OH 44906
Meeting Times: Annual convention late September or early October.
Contact: Penny Wichman, President
- Email: pennypwic@aol.com
Sandy McIntosh
- Phone: 513-265-9112
Email: srvmup@aol.com
Information updated 03/04/2018
Missouri
African Violet Club of Greater Kansas City
Meeting location: Jacob L. Loose Park Garden Center
Address of Meeting Location:
51st & Wornall
Kansas City, MO 64112
Meeting Times: 6 pm – 8 pm on Second Tuesday of Month
Contact #1: Dona Stilwell, President
Phone: 816-806-4291
Email: dcstilwell@yahoo.com
Contact 2: Lynn Canning, Show Chairman
Phone: 913-649-7334
Email: Lcanning@sbcglobal.net
Information updated 10/16/2019
Amethyst African Violet Club
Members’ homes – Manchester area
Meeting Times: Second Thursday each month 11:00 a.m.
Contact: Martha Nix, President
Phone: 314-406-4628
Email: marthanix@cbgundaker.com
Gateway West Gesneriad Society
Missouri Botanical Gardens – Ridgway Center
4344 Shaw Blvd
St Louis, MO 63110-2291
Meeting Times: Third Tuesday each month, 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Dr. Ralph Olliges, President
Phone: 314-620-6890
Email: rolliges@webster.edu
Contact: Scott Ammann, Vice President
Phone: 618-882-0322
Email: whiteleopard@hotmail.com
Website: http://southerndays.info/gwgs
Notes: Judged show/sale in the fall at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Information updated 11/28/2018
Inner City African Violet Society
Members’ homes – St. Louis area
Meeting Times: Fourth Saturday each month, except July, Aug and Dec, 1:00 p.m.
Contact: Virginia Hamilton
Phone: 314-567-3145
Email: virginiah78@hotmail.com
Contact 2: Barbara Jacobs
Phone: 314-355-4063
Email: bcole1939@bcglobal.net
Metropolitan St. Louis African Violet Council
St. Louis County Library Headquarters
1640 S Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63131
Meeting Times: 9:30 am to Noon – Feb. 16, 2019, Apr. 27, 2019, June 29, 2019
(Sept. & Nov. TBD)
Contact: Linda Sumski (President)
- Email:linda.mslavc@gmail.com
Updated 12/28/2019
Sho-me African Violet Club
Meeting location: Jacob L. Loose Park Garden Center
51st & Wornall
Kansas City, MO 64112
Meeting Times: Second Friday each month, 10:30 a.m. (No meetings July and August).
Club website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KansasCityAV/
Contact: Brent Scheuerman, President
Phone: 913-738-9955
Email: christopherviolets@yahoo.com
Notes: Annual show/sale first weekend in early spring at Loose Park Garden Center.
Information updated 10/09/2019
Michigan
Michigan State African Violet Society
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1800 Dixboro Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Meeting Times: Spring — Saturday before Palm Sunday 10-4 pm
Fall — Saturday TBD
Contact: Jerry Zaliwski, President
Phone: 810-326-1942
Email: gzaliwski@att.net
Contact: Marge Farrand
Phone: 734-662-7991
Email: mfarrand@comcast.net
Information updated 11/16/15
Town and Country African Violet Club
Meeting location: Home of Lynn and Doug Allen
1195 Fairfax, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Meeting Times: Second Wednesday each month, 7:00 p.m. Please call or email to confirm date and location of meeting.
Contact: Alice Phelps, President
Phone: 313-562-4758
Email: alcalkt@gmail.com
Contact: Gerald Zaliwski (Treasurer)
Email: gzaliwski@att.net
Information updated 2/14/2019
Wayne Washtenaw African Violet Club
Romulus Public Library
11121 Wayne Road
Romulus, MI 48174
Meeting Times: Generally 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. Call President as meeting date may change.
Contact #1: Sue de Lage, President
Phone: 734-480-1643 (H) 734-355-9284 (C)
Email: sadelage@hotmail.com
Contact #2: Rosalyn Barclay
Phone: 734-604-0348 (C)
Email: rbarclay@emich.edu
Information updated: 2/15/2018
Indiana
Hoosier African Violet Society
Meeting location: First United Methodist Church
352 South Main St.
Crown Point, IN 46307-4050
Phone: (219) 663-4922
Email: tigerbert8791@att.net
Contact: Barbara Kirby
Phone: 219-365-8108
Kansas
Lawrence African Violet Club
Members’ homes
Meeting Times: Second Friday each month, 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Vickie Avery
Email: vavery852@gmail.com
Information updated 2/6/2019
Wichita African Violet Study Club
Botanica, The Wichita Gardens
701 N. Amidon
Wichita, KS 67203
Website: www.botanica.org
Meeting Times: Third Friday each month, Sept-May, 1 p.m.
Contact: Pamela Pavlick
Phone: 316-634-6960
Email: pavlick@att.net
Contact: Judy Watson
Phone: 316-251-5637
Information updated 3/25/17
