Region 8
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Background photo is “Tatanka” by Kent Stork of Nebraska
Iowa
Evening African Violet Club of Des Moines
Meeting Information:
Debra Heights Wesleyan Church
4025 Lower Beaver Road
Des Moines, IA 50310
Third Saturday of each month (no meetings in December or January)
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Contact:
Jean Tool
Email: eveningavclubdsm@gmail.com
Club Email Address: eveningavclubdsm@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfricanVioletClubOfDesMoines
Additional Club Information:
Club Email Address: eveningavclubdsm@gmail.com
Updated 2/16/24
Quad Cities African Violet Society
Meeting Location:
Bettendorf Public Library
2950 Learning Campus Dr.
Bettendorf, IA 52722
Meeting Time:
First Thursday of the month
6:00 pm-8:15 pm
Our meetings are usually held on the first Thursday of the month. Sometimes a room at the library is not available and we need to move the date. We start with a short business meeting, have a raffle, some type of educational program with snacks and drinks.
Contact:
Judy Du Pont
Phone: 815-999-2341
Email: 2manyhobbies2@gmail.com
LuAnn Christenson
Phone: 563-505-9552
Email: luann.christenson@gmail.com
Club email: africanviolets@yahoo.com
Information updated 2/16/24
Minnesota
African Violet Society of Minnesota
Meeting Information:
Zoom meeting
Second Tuesday, January, February, March & September.
10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
Contact:
Jude Neumann
651-433-2708
email: judeneumann@frontiernet.net
Patricia (Pat) Mattson
715-472-2734
horsehappy@lakeland.ws
Additional Club Information
Show in April & October.
Information updated 2/2/24
North Star African Violet Council
Meeting Information:
We are a fun club that welcomes new members! We meet the first Saturday of the month from January through June. Our September meeting is the second Saturday of the month. We meet in September and November. Our AVSA fall show and sale is the first weekend of October.
Contact: Carol Semrau, President
City: Ramsey, MN 55303
Phone: 612-501-0417 cell
Email: carolsemrau@hotmail.com
We welcome visitors to come to our meetings. Our meetings start with an informative program, followed by a short business meeting. Lunch and social time to follow. The June meeting is a potluck at a members home. Our club has a AVSA Judged show and sale the first weekend in October.
Information updated 9/5/2023
Wisconsin
Crosstown African Violet Club
Meeting Location:
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens
3330 Atwood Ave
Madison, WI 53704
Meeting Times:
First Wednesday of each month, September-June.
12:30 p.m.
Contact:
Sarah Brodnick
Phone: 608-320-1883
Email: sarah.kathryn21@gmail.com
Jerry VandeBerg
Phone: 608-274-2734
Email: jerrygema@att.net
Club Email: sarah.kathryn21@gmail.com
Additional Information:
Our meetings are dedicated to helping members learn about and improve their growing of African violets, enjoying our friendships in the African violet hobby, and supporting our Wisconsin Council of African Violet Clubs’ annual judged fall show and sale held in Oshkosh, WI.
Each monthly meeting has an educational feature about growing African violets immediately prior to, and following, the business portion of the meeting.
In addition, each meeting features a “leaf exchange” where members can bring a leaf and take home a different leaf.
Birthdays also are celebrated with members bringing leaf gifts for each month’s birthday celebrants.
A Christmas social get-together is usually held in December.
Club dues are $20 per year. Members come from up to 100 miles away to our meetings.Visitors are welcome but should call in advance of coming to a meeting in case of changes.
Information updated 7/31/24
Oshkosh Violet Society
Meeting Location:
Evergreen Retirement Community
1130 North Westfield St.
Oshkosh, WI 54902
Meeting Time:
February through November at 6pm
Contact:
Kevin Degner
Phone: 920-426-3764
Email: kevindegner7@yahoo.com
Marty Anderson
Phone: 715-613-6878
Email: manderson2069@wi.rr.com
Club Email:
OshkoshAVSociety@gmail.com
Club Web Address:
https://sites.google.com/view/oshkosh-african-violet-society/home
Additional Club Information:
Annual show and sale the weekend before Mother’s Day.
Potluck meal in September
Christmas banquet in December.
Information updated 9/8/23
Wisconsin Council of African Violet Clubs
Meeting Location and Time:
Location varies within the State of Wisconsin. The time and location is announced in newsletter prior to meetings. Meetings are typically in April, July and November at 10:00 a.m. Call to confirm meeting information.
Contact:
Doug Kindschuh
Phone: 920-602-1798
Email: dougsoasis@gmail.com
Marty Anderson
715-613-6878
Email: manderson2069@wi.rr.com
Club Email:
WiCouncilofAVClubs@gmail.com
Additional Club Information:
WI Council of African Violet Club’s annual show and sale is held each fall.
Information updated 9/7/23
Nebraska
Lincoln African Violet Society
Meeting Location:
Scooter’s Coffee
2901 S 84th Street #12
Lincoln, NE 68506
Meeting Information:
We meet the second Saturday of the month at in September – May.
10:00 am- 12:00pm
We meet in December at member homes to celebrate the holidays and in June to close-out the club’s year. Visitors are always welcome! Watch our Facebook page for further information.
Contact:
Jill Jensen
Phone: 402-430-5040
Email: jilljensen2000@yahoo.com
partial update 2/12/24
Omaha African Violet and Gesneriad Society
Meeting Location:
Nebraska Extension Douglas-Sarpy Counties Office
8015 W. Center Road
Omaha, NE 68124
Meeting Times:
First Thursday of September, October, December, February, March, and April.
Fellowship time 6:45PM.
Meeting starts at 7:00PM.
Contact:
Randy G. Deutsch
Email: rcjsch@prodigy.net
Jennifer Vincent
Email: jenmvincent@gmail.com
Facebook – Omaha African Violet and Gesneriad Society
The Omaha club is a great mixture of age groups as well as skill levels. There are members just learning how to grow African violets as well as the Gesneriads. Other members have been growing for many years. The members of this group are fun loving and look forward to meeting and sharing information as well as plant material. We have a raffle at every meeting so many members go home with something new to try or maybe something they have been looking for. The club has an annual combined AVSA & Gesneriad judged show. We also are an affiliate member of the Missouri Valley African Violet Council and we participate in their annual Fall Show and Sale. We can also be found on Facebook. We welcome new members always! We love to answer questions or hear suggestions too.
Information updated 4/4/25
