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Upcoming VCS Events

  • Camellia Pruning Workshop
    Saturday, February 3, 2024, 12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM
    Redwing Park, 1398 General Booth Blvd.,
    Virginia Beach, VA

  • Camellia Pruning Workshop
    Saturday, February 17, 2024, 12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM
    Chesapeake Arboretum, 624 Oak Grove Rd., Chesapeake, VA

  • Spring Camellia Show & Plant Sale
    Saturday, March 9, 2024
    Norfolk Botanical Garden
    6700 Azalea Garden Rd., Norfolk, VA
    Baker Hall

    Plant Sale
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

    Camellia Show open to public 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM.
    • Exhibitors may bring in blooms between 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM. Novice and experienced growers
    are encouraged to enter blooms for the show.

    Camellia Judging begins at 10:30 AM


    IN MEMORIAM




    SALLY G. SIMON

    Sally Graham Simon, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 6, 2020.She was one of a kind. When Sally and Capt. Doug Simon moved to Norfolk, Virginia in 1980, she took the blooms found in her yard to the Norfolk Botanical Garden for identification, they won their first show and were hooked ever since. She was The Virginia Camellia Society; wearing many hats for many years. She will be greatly missed. But we have our memories and the MISS SALLY, a reticulata, with its very large red flowers, registered by Capt. Doug Simon in 2004.The Sally Simon Dedication will be held at the 2021 Fall Show.
    more here

    ELEANOR GOULDIN

    Eleanor Jane Leach Gouldin, wife of Dr. Winston Gouldin. El passed away on March 19, 2021 at age 91. Her kindness was an inspiration. She will be missed.


    CAROL LEE SUTHERLAND

    Past-President ~ Virginia Camellia Society
    State Director ~ American Camellia Society
    Board of Directors ~ Virginia Camellia Society


       February 2011 - We can always use more members on the TELEPHONE COMMITTEE
    to make each member's calling list shorter! This is a good way to meet other members.

      October 2007 - New Plantings at Norfolk Botanical Garden

      Blue Bird Gap Farm Arboretum in Hampton - 9/28/07

      THE DAILY PRESS - Time To Give Camellias Some Love - 2/22/07

      ACS Annual Meeting - January 2007 - Ocala, Florida

      2006 Virginia Camellia Society Fall Show - Norfolk Botanical Garden

      2006 Virginia Camellia Society Spring Show - Norfolk Botanical Garden

      York County Gardening Extravaganza 2006

      Indoor Camellia Workshop - Spring 2006

      Fall Workshop 2005

      Mustang Meadows Learning Center Project

      Award of Appreciation - Sally G. Simon

      VCS Exhibit - York County Gardening Extravaganza

      VCS Table Volunteers at Virginia Flower & Garden Show 2005

      August 2004 Workshop

      Spring 2004 Workshop

      Showy Showcase
    Camellia Blooms Add Color to the Dormant Season

      Camellia Rescue

      Members Busy at Workshop

      Clean-up of Hofeheimer Garden After Hurricane Isabel

      No Fading Beauty
    Hardier Camellias Can Maintain Their Elegance


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