tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76687721151637804532024-03-21T14:02:15.761-07:00Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad ClubVancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-33380715748622323922023-08-26T23:30:00.004-07:002023-08-26T23:33:24.629-07:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Everyone is welcome! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>If you enjoy African Violets and Gesneriads, come and check us out.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3X0nSMf1A3hSm5ry3uxe1klwfgli2PYnddMhwxQuV_twuMY_a-FPrLooDOpLnAoghcdmphjpMUaWLJEAjyqi3UaNuD1zLDfHYpv8fqUlN-ZcpDfE2-RssDJUDduRHerq3BM_DBuBHJDSOtZ6ns-EZi_XASG_iOpFnMGlfL9fzBljLETEfAdhwdYDLc00/s1446/IMG_5710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="999" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3X0nSMf1A3hSm5ry3uxe1klwfgli2PYnddMhwxQuV_twuMY_a-FPrLooDOpLnAoghcdmphjpMUaWLJEAjyqi3UaNuD1zLDfHYpv8fqUlN-ZcpDfE2-RssDJUDduRHerq3BM_DBuBHJDSOtZ6ns-EZi_XASG_iOpFnMGlfL9fzBljLETEfAdhwdYDLc00/w420-h608/IMG_5710.jpg" width="420" /></a> <br /></p><p><br /> </p>Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-76836050559954469492022-05-03T23:43:00.000-07:002022-05-03T23:43:02.214-07:00We're Back! Come join us at Saturday, May 7, 2022 at our Spring Plant Sale<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVIW2zF-s57TrJI63e3a15b44k5D7D3ZADBbIY_Mwr20Euq79wIOMfJjyXGHmGGKtVTpC6lUCZGx4KK-fSTKucBqcpDYvWpadyJ_Tm3167D7mY1M02z_m5prFtoSGz6P3-zH1oBaVWJx9pMnTDf-K_4MHZMhFBeB8cMthxhJecEDqMRXeahLKrFJt/s2048/Sale%20Poster.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1601" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVIW2zF-s57TrJI63e3a15b44k5D7D3ZADBbIY_Mwr20Euq79wIOMfJjyXGHmGGKtVTpC6lUCZGx4KK-fSTKucBqcpDYvWpadyJ_Tm3167D7mY1M02z_m5prFtoSGz6P3-zH1oBaVWJx9pMnTDf-K_4MHZMhFBeB8cMthxhJecEDqMRXeahLKrFJt/w655-h512/Sale%20Poster.JPG" width="655" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-5526557581444692362019-03-14T22:54:00.000-07:002019-03-14T22:54:35.848-07:00MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfwuuFlYORAfA4E3_tAweb9d83K7-sHaDEl7djuoM9bvO__4iH8SpV_Z894c9bdoca1l-fy0cbN7MitiB499badt4rbamCbbs2gqXZzoxoOw4NZ7vnlefKiKHXV7zTScy_8pHdrSpQ6k/s1600/VIOLET+NUT+%2528Custom%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="296" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfwuuFlYORAfA4E3_tAweb9d83K7-sHaDEl7djuoM9bvO__4iH8SpV_Z894c9bdoca1l-fy0cbN7MitiB499badt4rbamCbbs2gqXZzoxoOw4NZ7vnlefKiKHXV7zTScy_8pHdrSpQ6k/s200/VIOLET+NUT+%2528Custom%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a>So, you grow houseplants... but, are you and African Violet Nut ? <br />
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Ever owned a miniature African Violet ? <br />
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Can you say Streptocarpus ?<br />
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What about: Sinningia, or Kohleria or Episcias ?<br />
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<b>MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU</b><br />
<b>SATURDAY MAY 4, 2019 1 - 4 PM</b><br />
<b>Floral Hall, VanDusen Garden, 5251 Oak St. Vancouver BC</b><br />
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Take in "The Show", check out the beautiful winners...<br />
of course we have a Plant sale too...<br />
talk to our members...<br />
get some tips...<br />
Grow On...<br />
you know you want to... <br />
<br />Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-75280443518766363402017-06-08T12:13:00.002-07:002017-06-08T12:13:25.141-07:00<u>Next meeting - Annual General Meeting June 11, 2017</u><br />
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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.<br />
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Location is the Cedar Room at VanDusen Botanical Garden, on the corner of Oak Street and 37th Avenue in Vancouver. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">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. </span></div>
Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-5326660044350191082016-05-11T17:50:00.001-07:002016-05-11T18:29:55.854-07:00<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ucV_xxvtyFQ1VJOFFjaVRacGM/view?usp=sharing</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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! </span><br />
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The first general meeting of the Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society's 2015-16 club year will be held on Sunday, September 20 in the Cedar Room at VanDusen Botanical Garden. General meetings are hold on the third Sunday of September, October, November, January, February, March, and April; the June meeting is held on the second Sunday of June. Meetings usually begin at 2:00 p.m., except for the November and June meetings which begin at noon. Our Annual Show and Plant Sale is held on the first or second Sunday of May - watch this blog for notices of it and other VAVGS activities.</div>
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VAVGS is an excellent way to meet others with a similar interest in growing African violets and their many related plants - the gesneriads. Most gesneriads don't look anything like African violets but all have similar growing habits and are easy to keep happy inside our homes. Expect to be surprised at the variety - even African violets don't look like your Grandmother's did!!! See the photo above of an unusual-looking African violet called "Morgan's Chutney Popcorn". Wow - fluffy purple flowers with green edges! This beauty, grown by one of our members, won blue ribbons at our local show in May and also at an international show in San Francisco this summer.</div>
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General meetings of VAVGS consist of a short business portion, an educational topic related to gesneriad culture, a show/tell/ask session and a raffle of plant material - usually starter plants, leaves, cuttings, rhizomes or tubers, all donated by our club members. Many kinds of gesneriads are available in these raffles and most are ones you won't find in plant stores or nurseries around here! New members may wonder why there aren't more mature plants in the raffle. Anyone who's grown African violets or other gesneriads knows how easy it is to get lots of young plants from leaves and cuttings. While club members will want to keep their big mature plants to enter into the competition at our May show, we always have plenty of young plants from our propagation efforts to share. At first, taking home a leaf, cutting or small plant may not seem as exciting as a huge blooming specimen but young plants are better able to adjust to a new growing environment than a mature one that's been moved out of its happy home. Plus, with the knowledge that you gain from being a club member, you'll soon be able to turn that small plant, leaf, cutting, rhizome or tuber into a large beauty and know that you've done it all yourself!</div>
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Come join us to learn from, share with, and socialize with other gesneriad fans and take home a few of those promising little raffle items!</div>
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The Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society held its show and sale on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in the Floral Hall of VanDusen Botanical Garden. The Society opened its first show to the public in 1960 and, excluding the 2010 GS Convention Show, this year's event marks our 54th show and sale since that time. The Show was comprised of 105 exhibits entered by 11 exhibitors. Almost half of Society members entered and staged exhibits for competition. Entries and member participation in this year's show reached a record high. </div>
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Competition included the following entries: 78 horticultural exhibits, 1 education display, 9 artistic designs, 3 hobby exhibits, 5 novice-grown plants, and 9 project plants.</div>
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In addition to the Society's annual awards, all of the PNJC Awards were won at this year's show. In the horticultural divisions, Iain James won the Award of Merit (Gold Rosette) for Horticultural and Botanical Excellence with Sinningia 'Peridots Creamsicle'. Lori Barrington entered the winning collection for the Pink Rosette (three saintpaulias); Arleen Dewell won the Green Rosette for three exhibits representing three separate genera, and Iain James won the Blue Rosette (three plants representing one genus). In the Educational Division, Lori Barrington won the Turquoise Rosette, while in the Artistic Design Division, John Wrightson won the Lavender Rosette for Artistic Excellence.</div>
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The horticultural divisions of the Show contained 51 Old World gesneriad exhibits (including 32 saintpaulia), and 27 New World gesneriad exhibits while entries for the PNJC collection rosettes included 4 entries in both the Blue Rosette (One Genus) and the Green Rosette (Three Genera) classes and 2 entries competing for the Pink Rosette (Saintpaulia). </div>
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The artistic design division of the Show included 9 entries: 6 artistic designs, 1 artistic planting, and 2 dish gardens. The hobby or handicraft division contained 3 exhibits including an outstanding display of handcrafted antique-style greeting cards by Marianne Moore. The novice division included 5 superb entries by our first-time exhibitor Sherry Chao.</div>
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There were 9 exhibits entered in the Project Plant Section of the show: 4 Saintpaulia brevipilosa and 5 Streptocarpus 'Touch O'Lemon'. Jessica Lo won Best Project Plant in Show with Streptocarpus 'Touch O'Lemon' while Arleen Dewell won Second-best Project Plant with Saintpaulia brevipilosa. </div>
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All exhibitors won blue ribbons for their exhibits. These included Lori Barrington, Ken Li, John Wrightson, Joyce Carter, Richard May, Marianne Moore, Bill Price, Arleen Dewell, Iain James, Sherry Chao and Jessica Lo.</div>
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Early returns from the sale portion of our annual event indicate that not only was our show a great success but also our plant sale ..... well done!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Award of Merit (PNJC Gold Rosette) Sinningia 'Peridots Creamsicle' Iain James</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Best Saintpaulia in Show 'Morgan's Chutney Popcorn' Lori Barrington</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2nd Best Saintpaulia in Show 'Sundown Trail' Bill Price</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Best Saintpaulia Collection in Show 'Morgan's Chutney Popcorn' Lori Barrington</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (PNJC Pink Rosette) 'Rob's Ooey Gooey'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (PNJC Blue Rosette) Sinningia 'Peridots Cotton Candy' </span></div>
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Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-41781714689199951082015-04-21T08:51:00.003-07:002015-04-21T08:52:10.834-07:00Annual Show and Plant Sale May 2, 2015<br />
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VAVGS' Annual Show and Plant Sale will be held in the Floral Hall of VanDusen Gardens, corner of 37th Ave and Oak Street in Vancouver on Sunday, May 2. The event is open to the public from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and admission is free. Only once a year, at this Show, will you see and be able to purchase such an array of African Violets and other related gesneriads. Drop in and see these beautiful and easy-to-grow houseplants displayed at their best on the show tables. Young plants, leaves and cuttings will be available, all at unbelievably low prices. Be sure to arrive early for the best selection from the sales tables. </div>
Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-67077168916934318722015-04-21T08:26:00.000-07:002015-04-21T08:26:37.011-07:00Another Excellent SKYPE'd Presentation<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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At our last meeting, members enjoyed another interesting and informative presentation via SKYPE. Mel Grice, a Director of The Gesneriad Society and the African Violet Society of America and winner of countless blue ribbons and Best in Show awards with his artistic designs, presented a talk entitled "The Elements of Design Demystified". His expert advice and beautiful photographs provided the audience with a great deal of inspiration. Thanks to Mel, we expect to see many entries in the Artistic Design classes in our upcoming show on May 2. </div>
Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-7070742748159229012015-01-25T11:13:00.000-08:002015-01-25T11:13:32.147-08:00Dale Martens' Presentation via SKYPEIt was a great honour and pleasure to have Dale Martens, an expert gesneriad grower and hybridizer, present via Skype to VAVGS on January 18, from her home in Illinois. Most VAVGS members have at least one of Dale's hybridized plant beauties in their collection so are familiar with her creations. Dale won Best in Show at the 2014 Gesneriad Society Convention with one of her own hybrid streptocarpus, 'Dale's Polar Canary'. In her presentation, Dale showed members how to grow streptocarpus, sinningias and espicias for exhibition, with plenty of useful growing and propagation tips based on her own extensive experience. After this successful Skype presentation, a first for VAVGS, we hope to have more experts from around the world present to us using this technology. <br />
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Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-3062902375166279622014-11-06T10:53:00.000-08:002014-11-06T10:53:11.218-08:00Change of November, 2014 Meeting Date<br />
Due to continued construction in the Administration Building at VanDusen Botanical Garden, the date of the November meeting of the Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society has been changed from Sunday, November 16 to Sunday, November 23. Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-76044963968625874732014-09-09T08:51:00.001-07:002014-09-09T08:51:47.991-07:00A new year begins at VAVGS!Welcome to the 2014-15 year at VAVGS! Our first General Meeting of the year will be held on Sunday, September 21 at 2:00 in the usual location - the Cedar Room at VanDusen. The educational topic will be "Show and Tell - Growing Good Gesneriads", an introduction to the enormous variety of gesneriads that can be grown and enjoyed. So much more than just African violets! <br />
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As usual, members of VAVGS did well at the Annual Convention of The Gesneriad Society held in Nashville, Tennessee in July. See the link at right to highlights from the Convention, including an interview with VAVGS member Arleen Dewell, who won first prize for the best Sinningia - S. speciosa 'Buzios'. <br />
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Have a good year!Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-33218424896127128652014-06-09T10:17:00.002-07:002014-06-09T10:19:49.009-07:002014 VAVGS Show Report<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society held its show and sale on Saturday, May 3 in the Floral Hall of VanDusen Botanical Garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Society opened its first show to the public in 1960 and, excluding the 2010 Gesneriad Society Convention Show, this year's event marks our 53rd show and sale since than time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Show was comprised of 106 exhibits entered by 10 exhibitors. Approximately one-third of Society members entered and staged exhibits for competition. Entries and member participation in this year's Show reached a 10-year high. Competition included the following entries: 96 horticultural exhibits, 1 artistic design, and 9 project plant entries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In addition to the Society's annual awards, 4 Pacific Northwest Judges Council (PNJC) Awards were won at this year's show. In the horticultural divisions, Iain James won the coveted Award of Merit (Gold Rosette) for Horticultural and Botanical Excellence with Sinningia 'Peridots Harvest Glow'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Entries for the PNJC collection rosettes included 2 entries for the Blue Rosette (One Genus), 2 entries for the Green Rosette (Three Genera), and 3 entries competing for the Pink Rosette (Saintpaulia). Bill Price entered the winning collection of Saintpaulias for the Pink Rosette, while Arleen Dewell won the Green Rosette for a collection of a Sinningia, a Primulina and a Kohleria. Ken Li was awarded the Blue Rosette for his Petrocosmea collection. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">There were 9 exhibits entered in the Project Plant Section of the Show. Arleen Dewell won Best Project Plant in Show with Primulina 'Omen' while Lori Barrington won Second-best Project Plant in Show with Streptocarpus 'Bubblegum'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">All exhibitors won blue ribbons for their exhibits. These included Lori Barrington, Ken Li, John Wrightson, Joyce Carter, Richard May, Marianne Moore, Bill Price, Arleen Dewell, Iain James, and Jessica Lo. Congratulations to Marianne Moore and Arleen Dewell who led the group in blue ribbons: Each won a total of 14 blue ribbons for their efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS EVENT SUCH A SUCCESS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Award of Merit (PNJC Gold Rosette) for Sinningia 'Peridots Harvest Glow'</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Second-best New World Gesneriad in Show - Sinningia 'Peridots Harvest Glow'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Best Saintpaulia in Show - 'Mac's Northern Lights'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Second-best Saintpaulia in Show - S. diplotricha 'Parker'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Best Saintpaulia Collection in Show (PNJC Pink Rosette) - S. ionantha 'Mather Clone', </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> S. diplotricha 'Parker', S. shumensis</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Best Old World Gesneriad in Show - Primulina liboensis 'White Vein Leaf'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Best New World Gesneriad in Show - Sinningia cardinalis 'Innocent'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Best Gesneriad Collection in Show - Three Genera (PNJC Green Rosette) - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> Sinningia cardinalis 'Innocent', Primulina liboensis 'White Vein Leaf, Kohleria </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> 'Silver Feather'</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Lori Barrington:</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Second-best Old World Gesneriad in Show - Streptocarpus 'T.J.'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Second-best Project Plant in Show - Streptocarpus 'Bubblegum'</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Ken Li:</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Best Gesneriad Collection in Show - One Genus (PNJC Blue Rosette) - Petrocosmea</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> kerrii, Petrocosmea sericea, Petrocosmea sp. #5</span><br />
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Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-1794451943416263222014-04-16T16:13:00.002-07:002014-04-16T16:32:46.610-07:00Annual Show and Plant SaleVAVGS' Annual Show and Plant Sale will be held Saturday, May 3, 2014 in the Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden, West 37th Ave & Oak Street, in Vancouver. This event is open to the public from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and admission is free. <br />
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Visitors will see some beautiful and unusual gesneriads in the show, all of them grown by VAVGS members. There will also be an opportunity to purchase plants from a large selection - come early for the best choices. Plants like these aren't available in local retail outlets and would cost considerably more if ordered from growers on-line. <br />
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You may well find starter plants of the prize-winners among the many plants on the sales tables, and you'll love the very reasonable prices. Experts will be on hand to provide advice on how to get the most enjoyment from these easy-to-grow plants. Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-50754058757509875672014-03-29T17:45:00.001-07:002014-03-29T17:45:49.133-07:00Date of April, 2014 MeetingBecause Easter Sunday falls on the third Sunday of April this year (April 20), the April meeting of the Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society will be held on the second Sunday, which is April 13. Vancouver African Violet and Gesneriad Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087218352157635484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668772115163780453.post-69505369969113109952014-03-28T20:47:00.000-07:002014-03-28T20:47:50.800-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome!</span><br />
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Welcome to the website/blog for the Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society (VAVGS), a chapter of <a href="http://www.gesneriadsociety.org/">The Gesneriad Society.</a> Members of VAVGS, a non-profit hobby club, are dedicated growers of African Violets <em>(saintpaulia)</em><em> </em>and other related plants of the Gesneriaceae Family, such as <em>columnea, episcia, sinningia, kohleria, streptocarpus, </em>and <em>petrocosmea, </em>just to name a few. <br />
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Our regular meetings are usually held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the third Sunday of January, February, March, April, June, September, October and November. The location is the Cedar Room at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 37th Avenue and Oak Street, in Vancouver. Interested members of the public are welcome to attend their first two meetings as guests; after that, the annual fees are $20 per year. Members have the opportunity to exchange growing experiences and learn from other members, several of whom are internationally known growers and/or hybridizers of gesneriads. There is an educational topic at each meeting, as well as an opportunity to purchase plant varieties that are unavailable at local retail outlets. <br />
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Each year, in early May, VAVGS holds its annual Show and Plant Sale. The quality of plants competing for awards in the show is outstanding, and an enormous selection of quality gesneriad plants are available for sale. This year's Show and Plant Sale will be open to the public from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 in the Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden. Admission is free. Come early for the best selection of sale plants. <br />
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