Region 7
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio
Background photo is “Buckeye Nostalgia” hybridized by Pat Hancock in Ohio
Illinois
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
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
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 09/11/2021
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
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: Meeting Times: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Second Saturday of Month. No meetings in July and August
Contact #1: Steve Scheuerman, President
Phone: 913-738-9955
Email: christopherviolets@yahoo.com
Contact 2: Vickie Avery, Vice President
Phone: 785-331-6481
Email: vavery852@gmail.com
Information updated 6/20/2021
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
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, 11 AM to 1 PM (No meetings July and August).
Club website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KansasCityAV/
Contact: Linda Hall
Phone: 816-550-4061
Email: llhall@grm.net
Notes: Club has an AVSA sanctioned annual show and sale.
Information updated 1/30/2022
Regional Council – Missouri Valley African Violet Council
Regional Council - Missouri Valley African Violet Council (MVAVC)
Members in Regions 6, 7, 8
Meeting Location: Varies
Address of Meeting Location: Check our website, MVAVC.org
Meeting times: vaires
Local Club website: MVAVC.org
Contact #1: Nancy Moerer
Phone: 9189386977
eMail: nmoerer@cox.net
Contact #2: Pam Schwager
Phone: 402-750-9747
eMail: pam.schwager@yahoo.com
Notes: Spring meeting with program. Fall meeting with annual show. Seven states include Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota.
Information updated: 7/7/2019
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
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