December 2, 2018

December 2018 Holiday Party

The National Capital Area Chapter's December meeting will be the annual holiday party on Saturday December 8, 2018.  The location and details have been sent to members by email.

The December Petal Tones has also been sent to members.


November 13, 2018

November 2018 meeting

The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society will hold its next meeting on Saturday November 17, 2018.

Location: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 10755 Scaggsville Road, Laurel, MD 20723
Doors open at 10. Meeting begins at 10:30.  (Note: the doors are locked so please arrive on time.)
Topic: panel discussion on Sinningia and growing from seed. Plant of the month: Nautilocalyx.

The November issue of Petal Tones has been emailed to members.




October 10, 2018

October 2018 meeting

The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society will hold its next meeting on Saturday October 13, 2018.

Location: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 10755 Scaggsville Road, Laurel, MD 20723
Doors open at 10. Meeting begins at 10:30.  (Note: the doors are locked so please arrive on time.)
Topic: webinar on Smithiantha and Eucodonia

(Unfortunately, our guest speaker Pat Bowling had to cancel her visit for unexpected circumstances.  We will have the webinar instead.)

The October issue of Petal Tones has been emailed to members.


September 4, 2018

September 2018 meeting

The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society will hold its next meeting on Saturday September 8, 2018:

Location: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 10755 Scaggsville Road, Laurel, MD 20723
Doors open at 10. Meeting begins at 10:30.
Topic: Streptocarpus with Brian Connor

The September issue of Petal Tones has been emailed to members.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz6Up_2JR8G6UFMtaGVkUVI0Ml8wSS1tRXRNc05qVTRDU1hn/view

July 12, 2018

July Petal Tones and meeting

The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society will be meeting this Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Fairfax, Virginia.  Details were sent to members by email.

There will be no meeting in August.

If you're a member of the National Capital Area Chapter, you should have received the July issue of Petal Tones by email.

See you Saturday!


https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MforUekue9SV2Nxy-WflT3a_MaXybgEm


June 5, 2018

June 9, 2018 meeting

The June issue of Petal Tones has been emailed to current members. Here's just the first page:


April 16, 2018

April 21, 2018 meeting

The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society will be meeting on April 21, 2018 at 10:30 at:

Emmanuel United Methodist Church
10755 Scaggsville Road, Laurel, MD 20723

Topic: Joy of Growing Summer Sinningias-- tubiflora, ‘Towering Inferno’, ‘Butter and Cream’, ‘Bananas Foster’, ‘Apricot Bouquet’ and ‘Carolyn’
The Plant of the Month: Episcia

March 7, 2018

March 2018 meeting

The March meeting of The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society will be
held on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at The Behnke Nurseries. Set up at 10am, meeting starts at 10:30 am.  The topic is Dog Show and Culture (bring plants in to show how terrible they are and we shall learn how to fix them).  

February 7, 2018

February 2018 location change

The meeting on February 10 will be held at a member's home. Details have been sent to members via email.

January 10, 2018

January 2018 and upcoming meetings

January's meeting will be held on the 13th, at a member's home.  Details were distributed to members by email.

Upcoming meetings, starting at 10:30 a.m. at The Behnke Nurseries unless otherwise announced:

Saturday February 10, 2018: Dog Show and Culture. Bring gesneriads in dire need of help and we shall learn how to fix them.  (If there is any possibility of pests, please bring in a sealed container.)

Saturday March 10, 2018: Sinningia seminar