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
Meeting Location:
The Maples of Woodstock Clubhouse
2011 Olmstead Drive
Woodstock, IL 60098
Meeting Times: Usually third Sunday each month, sometimes varies, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Please check email or website for confirmation.
Website: nigesneriads.org
Contact: A. Susan Bradford
Phone: 847-740-7801
Email: gesneriadlady1@aol.com
Information updated 10/18/2022
Indiana
Hoosier African Violet Society
Meeting location: First United Methodist Church
352 South Main St.
Crown Point, IN 46307-4050
Phone: (219) 663-4922
Club 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 fourth Friday of Month. No meetings in July and August
Club Email Address:
Contact: Dale Cox
Phone: 816-429-3331
Email: ucdale@hotmail.com
Information updated 9/28/2022
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
Meeting Information:
We are a Council comprised of several St Louis area clubs. We are also a member of the regional affiliate club, the Missouri Valley African Violet Council.
MSLAVC itself meets 4 times per year to organize an annual African Violet Show and Sale. Meetings, Show and Sale are usually at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, or the Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science and Education down the street. Please contact us for the most up to date information at metrostlouisavc@gmail.com
Clubs in our Council:
Amethyst AVC – typically meets over lunch on a weekday in a restaurant in the west suburbs of St Louis, with a presentation about violets. Currently meeting 2nd Thurs of the month at 11am. Please contact Edna Alexander at edna.alexander@charter.net
Inner City AVC – meets monthly, usually at one of the member’s houses in St. Louis. Call Barbara Jacobs at 314-355-4063 to get the next meeting information or email metrostlouisavc@gmail.com and we’ll get you to the right person.
Gateway West Gesneriad Society – meets 7pm, 3rd Tuesday of each month, activity or presentation at each meeting after the business meeting. Email metrostlouisavc@gmail.com
Club Email Address:
metrostlouisavc@gmail.com
Contact:
Scott Ammann
metrostlouisavc@gmail.com
Updated 11/20/2022
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: Lynn Canning
Phone: 913-649-7334
Email: lcanning@sbcglobal.net
Notes: Club has an AVSA sanctioned annual show and sale.
Information updated 6/28/2022
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
