About Us - AVSC Today
At
the present time, AVSC has over 400 members across Canada with affiliate
societies in all provinces except Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. However, we know from the
their questions and letters that there are growers in those provinces, too.
The History of our society extends
back to the year 1960.
We hold an annual national
Convention and Show
almost every spring. This Convention
and Show moves from city to city across the country and a local society is
the host. Recent host cities have been Longueuil, Edmonton, Ottawa,
Mississauga and Calgary. In 2012 we gathered in Detroit, Michigan for a joint
AVSA-AVSC Convention with the members of AVSA, The African Violet Society of America,
Inc. Our
Local Affiliate Societies also hold shows, usually each spring. Their
show announcements can be found on our
Events page.
We produce a quarterly magazine called Chatter to promote growing and
showing of African violets in Canada. Each issue is graced with colour
photographs of winners in recent shows. There are articles related to
growing African violets and their relatives in the Gesneriad family of
plants as well as news of upcoming shows and recent winners. A Chatter
subscription is automatically included with membership in our society. See
our Join AVSC page if you are
interested in membership.
We also sponsor this web site which we hope will inform all Canadians and
people in other countries about growing African violets. We also hope it
will encourage others to take up our hobby which brings a lot of rewards.
Officers of the African Violet Society of Canada
President: Doris Brownlie, Ontario
1st Vice-President: Eileen McGrath, Ontario
2nd Vice-President: Anne Brown, Nova Scotia
Secretary: Julie Thompson, Ontario
Treasurer: Winston J. Goretsky, Alberta
Past President: Nancy Ley, Ontario
