Region 9
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming
Background photo is “Baby Darryl” hybridized by Darryl Hoover in Colorado
Arizona
Copper State African Violet Club
Meetings are held in public facilities and members’ homes.
Meetings are held each month on the third Saturday from September through June from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Website: https://www.copperstateavc.com/
Contact #1: Candace Baldwin
Phone: 480-213-4247
eMail: CopperStateAVC@gmail.com
Contact #2: Bill Patterson
Phone: 602-942-0211
eMail: CopperStateAVC@gmail.com
Annual show/sale usually in March. Sale in October. Check website for details.
Information updated 1/13/2022
Desert Sun African Violet Society
Meeting Location: Various Members’ Homes
Meeting Times: 10:00 a.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of month Sept – June
Contact #1: Barbara Vander Leest
Contact #1 Phone: 623-933-3283
eMail: drbarbvl@aol.com
Contact #2: Karen Broadway
Phone: 602-405-2466
eMail: karensavon@cox.net
Information updated 9/1/2020
Tucson African Violet Society
Meeting location:
Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church
5360 E. Pima St. (enter from Lee or Woodland)
Tucson, AZ 85712
Meeting Time: In person meetings, the 4th Saturday of the month, but sometimes changes so best to check website.
Website: www.tucsonavs.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tucson-African-Violet-Society-460341997645982/
Contact #1: Kathy Bell
Phone: 520-440-5030
Email: bellkk@peoplepc.com
Contact #2: Ken McGowan
Phone: 520-360-6619
Email: tucsonavs@gmail.com
Additional Club Information: We have raffles at our meetings, most of the time we have plants for sale and on raffle table.
Supplies at each meeting including soil.
New member gets a plant and AVSA magazine.
Information updated 3/23/2022
Yuma Orchid and African Violet Society
Meeting Location: Foothills Brach Library
Address of Meeting Location:
13226 E South Frontage Road
Yuma, AZ 85367
Meeting times: Second Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
Local Club website: azgardenclubs.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Yuma-Orchid-and-African-Violet-Society-YOAVS-380488072354294
Contact #1: Rodney Hartleib
Phone: 928-276-4089
eMail: rodneyhartleib@yahoo.com
Contact #2: Evelona Ackley
Phone: 615-347-4055
eMail: jaspersock@gmail.com
Notes:
The initial focus of the group is learning how to grow orchids and African violets in the arid desert. The club will have a booth at the Home and Garden Show with violets and orchids for sale. The Society is dedicated to helping people grow healthy indoor plants. As the year progresses, we will be participating in several events sponsored by Federated Garden Clubs of Yuma.
Information updated 9/04/2018
Colorado – Denver Metro
Hi Country Judges Workshop
Meeting location:
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church
10150 E. Belleview Avenue
Englewood, CO
Meeting Information: The second Saturday on the months of September, January and May
Website: Facebook – Rocky Mountain African Violet Council RMAVC
Notes: All AVSA judges in the Rocky Mountain area are encouraged to join. Fall and spring show/sale as part of the Rocky Mountain African Violet Council.
Contact #1: Trudy Brekel
Phone: 303-452-9015
eMail: violetlady7@msn.com
Contact #2: Irina Nicholson
Address: 2512 S. Balsam Way
Lakewood, CO 80227
Phone: 303-980-1158
eMail: m_nicholson@netzero.net
Information update on 11/9/2021
Rocky Mountain African Violet Council
Meeting location:
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church
10150 E. Belleview Avenue
Englewood, CO
Website: Facebook: Rocky Mountain African Violet Council RMAVC
Meeting Times: Time: 12:30 p.m. on the second Saturday of Sept, Nov, Jan, March and May
The fourth Saturday of the month of March
Contact #1: Trudy Breckel
Phone: 303-452-9015
Email: violetlady7@msm.com
Contact #2:Melissa Shopnitz
Phone: 970-342-4504
eMail: mcrazy4blooms@yahoo.com
Additional Club Information:
Rocky Mountain African Violet Council is the parent club for all the clubs in Denver, Colorado area, those clubs include:
Hi Country Judges Workshop
Loveland Sweetheart Violettes Society
Mile High Violet Society
Rocky Mountain Streptocarpus Society
South Metro Violet Bloomers
Southern Colorado African Violet Society
The Rocky Mountain African Violet Society meet on the second Saturday of the months of September, January and May starting at 12:30 p.m.
The meeting location is The Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church 10000 E. Belleview Ave., Englewood, CO. Members of all the Colorado clubs are encouraged to attend these meetings.
The Rocky Mountain African Violet Society has a annual show and sale, usually in the spring. There is also just a sale usually in the fall of the year.
Information updated on 11/9/2021
Rocky Mountain Streptocarpus Society
Meeting Location:
11616 Shaffer Pl. Unit 101
Littleton, CO
Meeting times: 1:00 p.m. the 3rd Saturday in the months of Aug., Oct., Feb., April and June
Club website: Facebook: Rocky Mountain Streptocarpus Society
Contact #1: Trudy Brekel
Phone: 303-452-9015
eMail: violetlady7@msn.com
Contact #2: Pat Eloe
Phone: 303-420-5451
eMail: caseyeloe@msn.com
Notes: A great club for learning how to take care and grow Streptocarpus. We
also share with each other the plants we have. Join for a good time. We are
the only Streptocarpus club in the US and we have a show in January.
Information updated 6/21/2021
South Metro Violet Bloomers
Meeting location:
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church – Room 212
10150 E. Belleview Ave.
Englewood, CO
Meeting Times: 3rd Saturday of September through May – 11am to 1pm
Contact #1: Deb Carnevale
Phone: 720-234-6570
eMail: blazer.carnevale@gmail.com
Contact #2: Marianne Gerardi
Phone: 303-663-1093
Email: mger49@comcast.net
Information updated 12/15/2018
Colorado – Outside of Denver
Loveland Sweetheart Violettes Society
Members’ homes
Meeting Times: 1:30 p.m. third Saturday each month, September thru June. (no meeting in March)
Note: The December meeting is held on the second Saturday at noon.
Contact #1: Susan Shaw
Address:
Phone: 970-669-4233
eMail: davshaw49@comcast.net
Contact #2: Melissa Shopnitz
Address:
Phone: 970-663-4455
eMail: mashopz@q.com
Information updated 9/04/2018
Mile High Violet Society
Meeting location: Members homes
Meeting Times: 2:00 p.m. on the 2nd Saturday of the months of Aug, Oct, Feb, April and June.
Club Website: Facebook – Rocky Mountain African Violet Council RMAVC
Contact: Trudy Brekel
Address: 14442 Garfield St
City: Brighton, CO 80602
Phone: 303-452-9015
Email:violetlady7@msn.com
Contact 2: Barbara McDaniel
Address: 1920 Spruce Dr
City: Erie, CO 80516
Phone: 303-828-3422
Email: barbmcd8@earthlink.net
Notes: Growing and showing African Violets and other gesneriads. Join us for a fun time learning and sharing.
Information updated 8/7/2020
Southern Colorado Violet Society
Meeting Location: Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Address of Meeting Location: Contact President to get meeting location
Meeting times: Saturdays 1 pm, once per month
Contact: Peggy Barber, President
Address: PO Box 51416
City: Colorado, Springs, CO
Phone: 719-233-8623
Email: scvs2007@gmail.com
Notes: Affiliate of Rocky Mountain African Violet Council (www.rmavc.com); participate in spring local show and plant sale and plant sale in September.
Information updated: 6/13/2019
Western Colorado AVS
Meeting Location:
128 E. Columbine Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81507
Meeting times: 2nd Wednesday of each month, 3:00 pm
Contact #1: Florence Naylor, President
Address: 128 E. Columbine Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81507
Phone: 970-257-1718
Email: fanaytor@bresnan.net
Contact #2: Debra Foster
Address: 354 Martello Ct.
Grand Junction, CO 81507
Phone: 970-263-4183
Email: osterdd@bresnan.net
Information updated 8/7/2020
Montana
Billings Bloomers African Violet Society
Meeting location: Members’ homes
Meeting Times: Third Monday each month, Sept, Oct, Feb, March, April, May, 7:00 p.m.
Contact #1 Jo Ann Levine
Phone: 406-652-1388
eMail: sassysmom@hotmail.com
Contact #2 Name: Ron Junkert
Phone: 406-850-9776
Anyone interested in joining club or other questions may call Jo Ann Levine at 406-652-1388
Information updated on 12/28/2019
Wyoming
The Sheridan African Violet Club
Meeting location: Meetings are held at the homes of members
Meeting Times: Meetings are held on the last Monday of every month except June, July, August, November and December. 7:00 p.m.
Club Email Address: debhanson7557@gmail.com
Contact #1: Debra Hanson, President
Phone: 307-752-3188
Email: debhanson7557@gmail.com
Contact #2: Mike Cherni, Vice-president
Phone: 307-674-8013
Additional Club Information: Violet show and sale is held each year the Friday and Saturday on the weekend before Mother’s Day.
Information updated 2/27/2022
