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
AIR LAYER HARVEST WORKSHOP
Saturday, August 21st, 2021
9AM until 12NOON
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Hofheimer Camellia Garden
VCS CAMELLIA AIR LAYER HARVEST WORKSHOP
August 17th, 2019, Saturday
9:00 AM - NOON
Hofheimer Camellia Garden ~ Norfolk Botanical Garden
VCS CAMELLIA AIR LAYER & PLANT WORKSHOP
October 12th, 2019, Saturday
time & location to be announced
VCS SPRING WORKSHOP REPORT 2014
By Winston Gouldin
The morning of April 5, 2014, began with temperatures in the sixties, but as the morning progressed and we prepared for our spring workshop in the Hofheimer Camellia Garden, the temperature rapidly plummeted to the low fifties. However, there was some sunshine and no rain. As the time to begin the workshop approached, it began to warm up a little and we ended up with a fairly comfortable day to work.Thirty-eight people were in attendance. Following introductions, Mike Andruczyk gave an erudite discussion of diseases that affect camellias. This generated many questions from the audience validating the need for such a presentation. Next, Doug Simon gave a demonstration of proper pruning of normal sized camellias to improve their health and control their size and shape, while Mike Andruczyk demonstrated the pruning of overgrown camellias. We then divided into two groups, those experienced in air-layering and those inexperienced. They then went out in pairs and put on 211 air-layers that will be removed and pott ed up at our August 23, 2014 workshop and subsequently sold to raise funds for the support of the Hofheimer Garden. We sold 2 VCS memberships and 1 ACS membership.
Our horticulturist Matthew Gobla brought a nice collection of air-layers from last year’s workshop and 11 of these were sold for $15.00 each, providing funds for the Hofheimer Garden.
This was once again a highly successful workshop that provided education to the public and support to the Norfolk Botanical Garden, the VCS and the ACS. Many thanks to all who attended and helped to make this possible. We were especially glad to see Jim and Sally Van Gorder who came all the way from Jacksonville, NC and brought their grandson Seth Van Gorder and his wife Ashleigh who live in the area.
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