Local AffiliatesThere are local clubs or societies across Canada for African violet lovers to join. You can make new friends, learn more about African violets, obtain more African violets and participate in local shows by joining a local group.
Many of our local affiliates also have web sites of their own.
Member societies may update their information on this page by following the directions at the foot of the page.
A complete list of local societies in Canada and the U.S.A. affiliated with the African Violet Society of Canada follows. To go directly to the city or region that interests you the most, click on their names below:
Annapolis Valley Calgary Edmonton Halifax Jonquière London Longueuil Moncton Montréal Oakville Ottawa Regina Saint John Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg
U.S.A.:
New York State AVS Ohio State AVS Southern New Jersey Parmatown, OH Syracuse, NY Tampa, FL
Outside North America:
Canada:
Alberta:
Calgary: Back to top
Stampede City African Violet Society
c/o Winston J. Goretsky
32 Scimitar Point NW
Calgary, AB T3L 2B2
Phone: 403 241-8300
Email: scavs@telus.net
Web site: http://www3.telus.net/scavs/
Edmonton: Back to top
Edmonton African Violet Society & Gesneriad Society
c/o Carlos Beca
10167 – 118 Street Apt 204
Edmonton, AB T5K 2M9
Phone: 780 224-3351
Email:CarlosBeca@gmail.com
British Columbia:
Vancouver: Back to top
Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society
c/o Marianne Moore
4751 Camlann Court
Richmond, BC V7C 4S1
Email: mdmoore@telus.net
Web site: http://vanavgs.blogspot.ca
Manitoba:
Winnipeg: Back to top
Winnipeg African Violet Society
c/o Bonnie Batchelor
84 Manitou Bay
Winnipeg, MB R3K 0V8
Phone: 204 889-3283
Email: blbatchelor@hotmail.com
New Brunswick:
Moncton: Back to top
Monctonian African Violet Society
c/o Jane Wood
130 Ranch Road
Riverview, NB E1B 1P3
Saint John: Back to top
Fundy Violet Club
c/o Sherry Bagnell
Saint John, NB
Email: sbbag@nb.sympatico.ca
Nova Scotia:
Annapolis Valley: Back to top
Annapolis Valley African Violet Society
c/o Valerie Despres
2150 Harmony Road
Aylesford, NS, B0P 1C0
Phone: 902-847-1001
Email: vdespres@eastlink.ca
Web site: www.avavs.com
Halifax: Back to top
First Halifax African Violet Society
c/o Anne Brown
1015 Black River Road
Black River Lake, NS B4C 2R1
Email: thebrownsonthelake@gmail.com
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstHalifaxAVS
Ontario:
London: Back to top
London African Violet Society
Phone: 519 471-8825 (Dianne)
Email: blossoms@LondonViolets.ca
Oakville: Back to top
Oakville African Violet Society
Eva Lindstol
1224 Sprucelea Drive
Oakville, ON
Phone: 905 845-5434
Email: OakvilleAVS@gmail.com
Web site: http://oavs.tripod.com/
Ottawa: Back to top
Ottawa African Violet Society
Dorothy Laidlaw, President
Email: OAVSociety@oavs.org
Web Site: http://www.oavs.org/
Toronto: Back to top
Lakeshore African Violet Society of Toronto
c/o Doris Brownlie
80 – 600 Silvercreek Boulevard
Mississauga, ON L5A 2B4
Phone 905 270-6776
Email: jtbrownlie@idirect.com
Web Site: https://www.lakeshoreavs.com A brand new site! Click to visit them.
Toronto African Violet Society
c/o Toronto Botanical Garden
777 Lawrence Avenue East
Toronto, ON M3C 1P2
Email: info@tavgs.ca
Web site: http://www.tavgs.ca
Toronto Gesneriad Society
c/o Doris Brownlie
80 – 600 Silvercreek Boulevard
Mississauga, ON L5A 2B4
Phone: 905 270-6776
Email: jtbrownlie@idirect.com
Web site: http://www.torontogesneriadsociety.org/
Québec:
Jonquière: Back to top
Les Violettes sagueneennes
c/o Jean-Paul Chayer
875 Rang 9
St-Ambroise, QC G7P 2A4
Email: jpcy@sympatico.ca
Longueuil: Back to top
Club Violettes Longueuil
1, boul. Curé Poirier Est
C.P. 5000
Longueuil, QC J4K 4Y7
Phone: 450-923-0914
Email: club_violettes_longueuil@hotmail.com
Website: http://club-violettes-longueuil.org/contact.htm
Montréal: Back to top
African Violet Society of Greater Montreal
c/o Greta Durand
3171 Lakeshore Road
Pointe-Claire, QC H9S 5N3
Email: gretadurand@sprint.ca
Société des Saintpaulia de Montréal
c/o Monique Beaucage
4101 est, rue Sherbrooke
Montréal, QC H1X 2B2
Téléphone : 514 990-5701
Email/Courriel : saintpauliamontreal@hotmail.com
Site web : http://www.saintpaulia-montreal.com/
Sakatchewan:
Regina: Back to top
Carefree Gesneriad Society
c/o Gloria Martin
298 Michener Drive
Regina, SK S4V 0J4
Email: midi4@sasktel.net
U.S.A.:
Florida:
Tampa African Violet Society
c/o Lynne Wilson
645 Hudson Avenue
Tampa, FL 33606-3926
Email: tpalynne@tampabay.ra.com
New Jersey:
Southern New Jersey: Back to top
Southern New Jersey African Violet Club
c/o Patricia Piers
2 Brandywine Drive
Marlton, NJ 08053
New York State:
Syracuse: Back to top
African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Syracuse
c/o Robin J. Yager
3643 Pine Road
Blossvale, NY 13308
Phone: 315-337-9904
Email: rjyager@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.avsofsyracuse.org/
New York State AVS: Back to top
New York State African Violet Society, Inc.
c/o Mr. Irwin Wagman
52 Harper Drive
Pittsford, NY 14534-3104
Email: Irwin_Wagman@urgrad.rochester.edu
Website: http://www.nysavs.org/
Ohio:
Ohio State African Violet Society
c/o Penny Wichman
4807 Petes Lane
Petersburg, KY, 41080
pennypwic@aol.com
Web site: http://www.osavs.org/index.html
Parmatown: Back to top
Parmatown African Violet Club
c/o Tracy Lorence
3786 Williams
Parmatown, OH 44212
Outside North America:
Iran: Back to top
African Violet Society of Iran
No2 – Shadavar Street
Tehran, Iran
19856-15991
Peru: Back to top
Sociedad Peruana De Violetas Africanas
c/o Ms. Elena Peralta
Jr. Los Arquelogos 272, Casa 4
Lima 33, Peru
Los Alamos IV De Monterrico
To Update Affiliate Information:
Affiliate societies, you may wish from time to time to correct, update or add to the above information. Please send the new information by email to webmaster@avsc.ca. You may show your society’s name, a contact person, address, telephone, email address and a web site address if you have one. Please don’t let the information get out-of-date. Let us know your changes promptly.
You must have an up-to-date affiliate membership in AVSC to be listed on this web page.
Note re. Links on this Site:
Please note that AVSC provides links only to the sites of:
1. Local or regional African violet or gesneriad societies affiliated with AVSC,
2. National African violet societies in other countries,
3. Commercial members of AVSC.
We do not provide links to amateur or personal sites.
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