Annual Schedule of Meetings 2015-2016

 

 We always welcome new faces and hope you will join us if you find the subjects of our meetings to be interesting to you. Here is the schedule for this season 2015-2016.

Note that there are no public meetings in June, July or August and the first meeting of the new season will be Friday, September 11, 2015.

The following was drafted by your Executive in August. It is probably pretty reliable but we will update it as needed as times goes by.

September 11, 2015

Photos of our award-winning show plants at our spring show.

Leaf exchange. Bring leaves to exchange with other members in order to enlarge and vary your collection.

Starting a leaf. A demonstration by Vivian Beeching of starting a leaf for producing new plants.

October 2, 2015

Restart your dogs. Leave Fido at home. We are talking about African violets that have gone to the dogs and how to restart them. The discussion will include potting up, fertilizer, soils, watering.

November 13, 2015

Organizing your plant room. This will be a panel discussion on the best and favourite ways of organizing a plant room and all it entails.

December 11, 2015

Christmas Potluck Dinner. Our annual Christmas celebration with potluck dinner and plant auction with related items as well as plants.

January 8, 2016

Lighting for African Violets. Bruce Williams will talk on many aspects of lighting for African violets and other gesneriads. We will also have some discussion on pots and tools.

February 12, 2016

Pest and Disease Problems of African Violets. Jim Toms will speak on the various diseases and insect pests of African violets and methods of dealing with them.

March 11, 2016

Container Gardens for African violets. We will learn about creating and caring for container gardens with African violets and other gesneriads.

April 8, 2016

First Class and Show Entries. Julie Thompson and Jim Toms will explain the First Class program. This is a computerized registration program for all varieties of African violets registered with the African Violet Society of America. They will also explain the two show entries programs available for “managing” a show.

Show Preparation. Our annual show is in April and Doris Brownlie will touch on all angles of show preparation of interest to our members.

May 6, 2016

Species and natural hybrids of Saintpaulia (African violets). Beverley Williams will talk on the many species of African violets that grow in the African wilds and their natural hybrids.

June ?

Hmm! We don’t seem to have a date for the annual June awards dinner as yet. We will add it to this list of gatherings soon.