African Violets and Gesneriads of WA

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African Violets and Gesneriads of WA

Join our club at Manning Senior Centre. Meetings run 3rd Sat of each month except January. If buying then come at 12:30pm. Plants, pots and potting mix for sale.

Meetings start at 1:00pm followed by afternoon tea. Come along and join in the fun. We are a local, Perth based not-for profit club who are affiliated with Horticultural Club of WA and the national African Violets and Gesneriad Club of Australia and New Zealand.

11/04/2026

Here are three African Violets growing on my window sill. The very white variegated one in the foreground might not survive because it lacks green pigment, and green pigment is essential for photosynthesis. I love it, though, and will be doing my best to nurture it through the coming winter!
Our next African Violet Society meeting will be from 12 noon next Saturday, 18 April, at Manning Senior Citizens Centre, 3 Downey Drive, Manning (Perth, Western Australia). Members and visitors are most welcome.

20/03/2026

This is the remarkable "Rebel's Splatter Kake" (not a spelling mistake!) and I grew this one myself! Our African Violet Society of Western Australia will be meeting tomorrow, Saturday 21 March, from 12 noon at Manning Senior Citizens Centre, 3 Downey Drive, Manning. Members and guests are most welcome!

07/03/2026

This was our stall at the garden fair in South Perth the other day, taken just before opening time. We sold virtually all these plants and had to replenish the table a couple of times. We sold around 200 African Violets and other gesneriads - a great result! Our next meeting will be at Manning Senior Citizens Centre (Perth, Western Australia) on Saturday, 21 March, with members arriving from noon onwards. Guests are most welcome.

19/02/2026

Here is a small collection of the plants we'll be selling at this weekend's garden fair in South Perth, Western Australia. (Details in our earlier post.) Come and check it out!

18/02/2026

GARDEN CLUBS AND SOCIETIES PLANT FAIR
Saturday 21st Feb 8.30am to 4pm and Sunday 22nd Feb 9am to 1pm
South Perth Community Centre, cnr South Terrace and Sandgate Street, South Perth

Adults $5, children under 16 years free entry. Coffee, tea and treats available for sale.

10/02/2026

This is a Kohleria, a relative of the African Violet. It was grown by Linda Goodyear, our president, who hopes to register it soon. It's a gorgeous specimen! The African Violet Society of Western Australia resumes our meetings after the summer break, on Saturday, 21 February, from 12 noon at Manning Senior Citizens Centre here in Perth. Members and guests are most welcome.

10/01/2026

Welcome, 2026! Our Society is taking a break for January but we will commence meetings from Saturday, 21 February. Further details of that first meeting of the year will be shared closer to the time. But in the meantime, please enjoy some of the plants at our last sale of 2025...

22/12/2025

Wishing all our members and friends a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2026! Our first meeting of the new year will be on Saturday, 21 February, but I will send further reminders before then. In the meantime, enjoy these lovely African violets, from our fabulous grower, Des.

08/12/2025

This beautiful streptocarpus was grown by Linda Goodyear, our President. It's a NO ID but a gorgeous specimen! (Streps are members of the Gesneriad family and therefore related to African violets.) Our Society is taking a break over Christmas and our next meeting will be on Saturday, 21 February 2026. We wish you a warm, happy and safe festive season.

28/11/2025

These are some of the African Violets and gesneriads at our meeting last Saturday. We are in Perth, Western Australia. A couple of our growers still have some plants for sale so, as Christmas approaches, if you're interested in purchasing an African violet, email us at: [email protected]
I will put you onto a grower if there are still plants available but it will be a case of "first in, first served". Our next meeting will be on 21 February, 2026.

10/11/2025

I've been away for several weeks owing to a funeral, but I'm back on deck now. While I was away, I entrusted my husband with the care of my African violets. I was nervous about how he'd go (he doesn't love them like I do!) but my plants flourished while I was gone! Have a look at this "Stockholm", pictured here! Our November meeting will be on Saturday, 22nd, at Manning Senior Citizens Centre, from 12 noon. Members and visitors are welcome!

20/09/2025

The Garden Clubs & Societies Plant Fair continues tomorrow (Sunday, 21 Sept) and pictured are some of our plants from today. There are still several dozen African Violets to sell so if you're interested, consider coming along tomorrow, from 9am to 1pm. We're at the South Perth Community Centre, corner of Sandgate St and South Terrace in South Perth (Western Australia).

Address

Manning Senior Citizens Centre, 3 Downey Drive
Manning, WA
6152

Telephone

+61400085714

Website

http://www.waavsinc.com/

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