We're Back! Come join us at Saturday, May 7, 2022 at our Spring Plant Sale

 

MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU

So, you grow houseplants... but, are you and African Violet Nut ?  

Ever owned a miniature African Violet ?

Maybe you've heard about Gesneriads ?  

Can you say Streptocarpus ?

What about: Sinningia, or Kohleria or Episcias  ?

YES, the V.A.V.G.C.  have got 'em all -- at our:

ANNUAL SHOW AND PLANT SALE
its less than 2 months away now...

MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU
SATURDAY MAY 4, 2019  1 - 4 PM
Floral Hall, VanDusen Garden, 5251 Oak St. Vancouver BC

Take in "The Show", check out the beautiful winners...
of course we have a Plant sale too...
talk to our members...
get some tips...
Grow On...
you know you want to...

Next meeting - Annual General Meeting June 11, 2017

The next meeting of the Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Club will be on June 11, 2017.  Usually, our meetings are held on the third Sunday of the month - this one is different!  It's our Annual General Meeting!  The business portion will begin at 2:00, following a pot-luck lunch for members.  Guests are welcome to join us for the business meeting, which will include a DVD presentations of the winning entries and new plant introductions at the African Violet Society of America (AVSA) and Gesneriad Society (GS) conventions last year.   Awards will be presented to the winners of our own Show in May.

Location is the Cedar Room at VanDusen Botanical Garden, on the corner of Oak Street and 37th Avenue in Vancouver.

See you there!

ANNUAL SHOW AND PLANT SALE MAY 6, 2017

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 6.  That's the day that we hold our annual show, along with the always much-anticipated plant sale.   So many beautiful plants to see and buy, more than just African violets!!  There will be many exciting plants, leaves and cuttings available, - the old favourites, new hybrids and some rare, newly-discovered varieties.   Location is the Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden at the corner of 37th Ave. and Oak Street.  Doors open at 1:00 p.m. - come early for the best selection.  Sales end at 4:00 p.m.  Admission is once again free.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ucV_xxvtyFQ1VJOFFjaVRacGM/view?usp=sharing
SHOW REPORT 2016

Photos from Last Year's (2015's) Show

Here's a link to some of the entries in the 2015 Show - a taste of what you might see in this year's Show on May 7 - ENJOY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzYwXLYtrLc&feature=youtu.be.

ANNUAL SHOW AND PLANT SALE May 7, 2016

It's coming up soon - your once-a-year opportunity to see and purchase African Violets and their many stunning gesneriad "cousins" in varieties that you won't find anywhere else in town!  There will be violets with rose-like flowers, double flowers, frilled flowers, and weird "wasp-shaped" flowers, violets with multi-coloured leaves, miniature violets and huge blooming ones!  There will be streptocarpus (that's one in the poster above), petrocosmeas, sinningias, kohlerias, and so many more unusual but easy-to-grow plants available to purchase.  Come early for the best selection.  On the show tables,  the best plants that Club members have grown for the competition will knock your socks off! 

Admission is free; cash sales only!  See you on May 7!