Please check with the sponsoring organization before traveling long distances. Also, be sure to check our listing of Chapter meeting anouncements.

September 11— San Francisco, CA

sponsor: San Francisco Gesneriad Society
event: Show and Sale
location: San Francisco County Fair Building just inside Golden Gate Park entrance 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way
Show Room will be open after Judging is complete (11am?) - 4pm
Sales Room will be open 10am - 4pm
description: The Show is a Judged Show
The Sales Room will have Gesneriad potted plants and cuttings for sale.   There will also be a small selection of non gesneriad plants and cuttings for sale.
contact: David Waugh

September 11— Tampa, FL

September 11 9:00- 4:00PM “Gesneriad Celebration”
Display and sale Presented by Tampa Bay Gesneriad Society at
USF Botanical Gardens 12210 USF Pine Dr., Tampa, Fl. 33612 813-910-3274
Free admission and parking.
Contact

September 18-19— Sacramento, CA

The Delta Gesneriad & AVS is sponsoring its Annual Judged Show and Sale
Sacramento Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA
Saturday, 1-4
Sunday, 11-3
Gorgeous blooming plants ~ African violets, Streptocarpus, Chiritas, Episcias, etc. Hundreds of sale plants, demonstrations and supplies. Everyone's welcome! Free admission. Free parking. For more information go to www.sacviolets.org

September 25-26— Boylston, MA

ANNUAL COMBINED PLANT SOCIETIES' JUDGED SHOW AND SALE
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston
Saturday, September 25: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and
Sunday, September 26: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.                                                                                         
Participating: Buxton Branch, American Begonia Society and New England Chapter, The Gesneriad Society
Admission: $10.00 adults, $7.00 seniors and $5.00 youths (6-18)
Contact: Stuart Hammer

September 25-26— St Louis, MO

Gateway West Gesneriad Society will hold its annual show and dale, "Gesneriads Across the U.S.A."
location: Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO
Saturday  Sept  25, 2010   9 am  to  5  pm
Sunday    Sept  26, 2010   9 am  to  5 pm
contact: Carol Brown

October 1-2— Kansas City, MO

The Heart of America Gesneriad Society will hold its annual judged Flower Show and Plant Sale
Friday Oct 1, 2010  Plant Sales Only open 12:00 pm  - 4:00 pm
Saturday Oct 2, 2010  Show and Plant Sales Open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Loose Park Garden Center Building (816-784-5300)
5200 Pennsylvania Ave.  (entrance at 52nd and Wornall Road)
Kansas City, Missouri

Entries will be on Friday Oct 1st from 8:30-11:00 am
Judging will begin at 1:00 pm Friday Oct 1st.
Contact: Susan Grose   

October 3— Morristown,NJ

The Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad Society exhibit and plant sale, ‘Gesneriads on the Menu’
Sunday,  October 3, 2010
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 53 E. Hanover Ave., Morristown, NJ 07962
Contact: Karyn Cichocki

October 9-10— Nashville, TN

The Tennessee Gesneriad Society's annual show & sale
Cheekwood Botanic Hall, 1200 Forrest Park Drive Nashville Tennessee 37205 (615-356-8000)
Saturday 9:30am - 4:30p
Sunday 11:00am - 4:30pm
Members and non members are welcome to enter (entries Friday Oct. 8). Gesneriad judges are also welcome.
Contact Julie Mavity-Hudson
There will also be a Chihuly glass exhibit at Cheekwood as well as several art exhibits in the Cheek Mansion.

October 15-16— Sarasota, FL

Tampa Bay & Suncoast Gesneriad Societies
Judged Flower Show & Sale "Gesneriads Around the World"
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236
Saturday, October 16, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 17, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Admittance to Selby Gardens required. Special half-price discount coupon available (to visit the gardens and see the show)
contact: Jo Anne Martinez, Show Chair
Note: Selby Gardens hours daily 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.