Our March meeting is this Saturday (27th) from 10-noon at the Edgewood Center in the conference room. Address is 2054A East Edgewood Dr, Lakeland FL 33803. We will have our extra plants for raffle this month. Our program is a round robin meeting to answer any questions you have about growing. Guests are always welcome.
Hey, don't forget to submit comments and photos and tell us what you are growing! 
Identify your AV's with 'Optimara variety identification' information on their website, https://www.optimara.com
Want to be a member? Join us at one of our monthly meetings.
​Even if you’ve never grown a plant, come visit us one Saturday morning for our once a month (last Saturday of the month) meetings. We have great growers who pass on tips to newbies. You might find a new hobby or a new friend, and violets are fascinating! Kathy C.
Monthly meetings are on the fourth Saturday, 10am to 12 noon
2052 E Edgewood Dr, Lakeland FL 33803. This is in the Edgewood Center.
Visitors are more than welcome to come to a meeting! ​Just call our president, Mary Jane DiLorenzo at 863-529-5420                       
or   submit a comment ,  Thank You!
First Lakeland African Violet Society
(organized July 9, 1979)
President: Mary Jane DiLorenzo, mjdilo92@gmail.com
​Vice President: Kathie Edens, wesedens@live.com
Secretary: Carol Ann Burrell, caburrell2@gmail.com
Treasurer: Barbara Carnicelli, trebleclefbarb@aol.com
​African violets are perhaps the most popular flowering houseplants grown in the world today. There are many reasons for this. 
  • The plants generally flower the year round, giving an almost continuous display of blooms.
  • They require the same temperatures humans find comfortable, making them easy to raise in our homes
​In short, few plants have so many positive characteristics for a successful partnership with humans; fewer still have enjoyed the African violet’s immense popularity and success.