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Connecticut
Naugatonic African Violet Society
Location: Home of Edna Rourke
99 Old Stratford Rd
Shelton, CT 06484
Meeting Times: Second Wednesday each month, Sept-June, 7:30 p.m.
Notes: Judged show last weekend of April.
Contact: Edna Rourke
Address: 99 Old Stratford Rd
Phone: 203-926-9716
Email: apapillon@aol.com
Nutmeg State African Violet Society
Location: Days Inn (fall meeting)
Route 1
Branford, CT
Location: Homewood Suites Hotel (spring meeting)
Route 110
Stratford, CT
Meeting Times: Twice a year, fall (October/November) and spring (May/June).
Notes: The fall meeting is a meeting, judged show and awards luncheon and varies in location from year to year. The spring meeting is a luncheon only. Activities include AVSA speakers or local experts, videos/slides, and workshops on growing as well as design.
Contact: Roger W. Wheeler
Address: PO Box 263
Phone: 203-924-0017
Email: RogerWWheeler@yahoo.com
Contact 2: Edna Rourke
Address: 99 Old Stratford Rd
Phone: 203-926-9716
Email: apapillon@aol.com
Silvermine African Violet Society
Location: Nature Center for Environmental Activities
10 Woodside Ln
Westport, CT 06880
Meeting Times: Third Monday each month, Sept-June, 7:30 p.m.
Notes: We serve an area that includes Norwalk, Westport, Wilton, Fairfield, Darien, Stamford, Bridgeport. Annual show and plant sale in the spring (April/May).
Contact: Ellen Hannes
9 Nappa Dr
Westport, CT 06880
Phone: 203-227-5975
Email: erhannes@yahoo.com
Contact 2: Marjorie Rosenberg
21 Cardinal Rd
Weston, CT
Phone: 203-226-1784
Email: marjorier7450@sbcglobal.net
Thimble Island African Violet Society
Location: Academy on the Green
Location State: CT
Location Zip: 06443
Meeting Times: Second Tuesday each month, Sept-June, 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Richard Bower
239 Fort Path Rd
Madison, CT
Phone: 203-245-9715
Email: rcbower@snet.net
Windsor African Violet Society
Location: Members' homes
Location State: CT
www.instafax.com/wavs
Meeting Times: First Tuesday each month, Sept - June, 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Nancy Hayes
9 Cobblestone Rd
Bloomfield, CT
Phone: 860-242-0162
Email: violetnancy@comcast.net
Massachusetts
All Seasons African Violet Club
Location: Members' homes
Meeting Times: Third Wednesday each month, all year, 7:30 p.m.
Note: Members meet in homes in the metro-west communities of Boston
Contact: Nancy Manozzi
373 Singletary Lane
Framingham, MA
Phone: 508-872-1478
Email: n-rmanozzi@comcast.net
Bay State African Violet Society
Location: Members' homes
www.baystateafricanviolet.org
Meeting Times: Third Sunday in October
Notes: The society produces a quarterly newsletter for the membership. The annual show is held in late April at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA.
Contact: Sharon Rosenzweig
100 Wayside Inn Rd
Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: 508-877-8076
Email: srosenzw@comcast.net
Emerald Necklace African Violet Club
Location: Members' homes
Location: Boston, MA metropolitan area
Meeting Times: Second Monday each month, 7:00 p.m.
Note: Small devoted group that welcomes new members.
Meetings are relaxed; program topics planned in advance.
By meeting in members' homes, we view others' plants and culture techniques.
Several members are judges so questions are easily answered.
Contact: Marie Montague
5 Windsor Terrace
Waltham, MA
Email: mgmontague@earthlink.net
Gateway African Violet Club
Location: Mt. Olivet Church (in the basement community room)
34 Prospect Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Meeting times: 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Contact: Cynthia Brooks
Phone: 508-829-0314
Email: cybrooks@charter.net
Maine
New Hampshire
Granite State African Violet and Gesneriad Society
Location: Marion Gerrish Community Center
39 W. Broadway
Derry, NH 03038
www.gsavgs.org
Meeting Times: First Thursday each month, except January and July.
Notes: Officers are Barbara Spofford, President; Holly Walker, Vice President, Dot Bacon, Treasurer.
Contact: Holly Walker
Address: 6 Winslow Road
City: New London
Zip: NH
Country: USA
Email: hew@tds.net
Contact 2: Barbara Spofford
Address: 3 Libby Dr.
City: Biddeford, Me
Zip: 01841-4444
Country: USA
Phone: (207) 284-8073
Email: bsplffor@maine.rr.com