We always welcome new faces and hope you will join us if you find the subjects of our meetings to be interesting to you. Here is the schedule for this season 2023-2024.

Note that there are no meetings in July or August. The first meeting of the new season will be Friday, September 8, 2023.

The following was drafted by your Executive in August. It is probably pretty reliable but we will update it as needed as times goes by.

September 8, 2023

WELCOME BACK A catch up on our Society’s Business.

Leaf sale. A hands-on workshop. Ways to putting down a leaf. Why we suggest that you do it this way or that. How to break up a clump. Why not keep all the ‘babies’? We will explain which ‘babies’ to keep and why. A demonstration of how to pot up your growing plants into a larger size pot easily using the ‘mold method’.

October 13, 2023

Stripping down time. How to rejuvenate an older African violet to have a show plant for our April show. How we do it.

November 10, 2023

Working with miniature sinningias. Learn how to tear them apart, take cuttings and grow them successfully. A hands-on program.

December 8, 2023

Christmas social and Auction.

Join us for a chance to share the season with friends. A pot luck event. Bring your favourite dish to share.

January 12, 2024

ZOOM MEETING.

Do you know what INSV is? A presentation by Dale Martins all about her experiences dealing with this virus.

February 9, 2024

ZOOM MEETING.

Terry Vicenzi will present a program on ‘Thrips’. How to recognize them and how to treat them.

March 8, 2024

A hands-on workshop. Create an underwater design. Containers to be supplies by the Society. Work with our talented designers to create your own underwater design.

April 12, 2024

It’s show time again!!! A review of the show schedule and how to interpretive it. What is allowed and what is not allowed in the way of plant supports. How to prepare your show plants for the show.

April 20, 2024

Annual Show & Sale “Violets In The Modern Age” St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, 61 West Deane Park Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9B 2S1. Open to the public Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 9:am -4:00pm.

May 10, 2024

What do you know about Episcias? Learn how to start them and how to look after them. Where to get them? We will offer some ideas.

June 14, 2024

Awards Pot Luck Dinner and Auction. Time to relax and enjoy each other’s company. Our annual ‘Dawg Show’. Bring your worst plant to win this prestigious award.

July 2024

No meeting.

August 2024