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American Begonia Society Branch Meetings Announcements

Many branches of the American Begonia Society hold regular meetings. Listed below you will find announcements of some of these meetings. 

Schedules are subject to change, so please contact the branch representative for further details. 

For a complete listing of the American Begonia Society branches, visit our Branch Directory. 

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California 

AD Robinson Branch

Doris Smith,  619-222-1294

Doug Frost Branch

Bobbie West,  714-778-3546

Fernwood Mobile Home Park Rec. Hall

10550 Western Ave

Stanton, CA

Meets 1st Wed., 6:30-9 p.m.

More info, directions: Bobbie West (714)816-0717

E-mail: bboopfans@aol.com

Leslie Hatfield Monterey Bay Branch

Karen Crummey,  831-624-4154 

Long Beach Parent  Branch

Weingart Senior Center
5220 Olivia Ave.
Lakewood, CA
Meets 3rd Monday, 11:30 a.m.
Margaret Fisher,  714-847-1889 

Mabel Corwin Branch

The Mabel Corwin Branch meets on the 2nd Sunday of the month at the Encinitas Community Center. Meetings begin at 1:30PM and feature a speaker, member show and tell, "everybody wins" plant raffle, and refreshments. Time and location of meetings is changed occasionally to avoid conflict with holidays, conventions, or other special events. Contact Harry Clyde for current information.
Eleanor Calkins 760- 746-4743
Mabel Corwin Branch website

Margaret Lee Branch

Meetings are held on the 4th Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. in members homes. We also meet at nurseries or other locations to help us with our study. Meetings include study of member's annual SOS (Species Of Study), Sections of Begoniaceae, show and tell of our prize and problem plants, and other "Bits 'n' Pieces". We also enjoy lunch together and a plant/cutting exchange. Members self their species and plants to create seed for the club's project, the ABS's Clayton M. Kelly Seed Fund, also helping with other activities connected with the fund. We participate in the annual Begonia Show and Sale put on by the three San Diego Branches on the first weekend of October.

Contact Michael Ludwig at begoniagrowing@cox.net .
Ingeborg Foo,   760-724-4871
KOLZ Begonia Research Center
Margaret Lee Branch website

Orange County Branch

Anaheim Methodist Church

1000 State College Blvd

Anaheim CA

Meets 2nd Thurs. 7-9 p.m.

More info, directions: Bobbie West (714)816-0717

E-mail: bboopfans@aol.com

Mary Sakamoto,  714-637-8787

Palo Verdes Branch

Palo Verdes Branch
South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw Blvd.
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
Meets 1st Monday, 7 p.m.

Carol Knight - 310-833-3466

Riverside Branch

Ruth Wilson,  951-681-1115

Rudolf Ziesenhenne Branch
Santa Barbara, California

The Rudolf Ziesenhenne branch meets bi-monthly. Next meeting Sunday, xxxxx, 2011 at noon. xxxxxx will speak about growing up in the nursery with Rudy Ziesenhenne. Contact  Mike Flaherty for details. Visitors and guests welcome.  

Read the July-August 2007 Newsletter

Julie Vanderwilt,  805-687-8033

Joan Coulat-Sacramento  Branch

Shelly Berlant,  916-486-9505
Read the February-March 2007 Newsletter

Next Meeting: March 16, 2010, Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Shepard Garden and Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA.

Program: “Windowsill Begonias”
presented by Paul Tsamtsis.

San Francisco Branch

San Francisco Branch meets on the first Wednesday of the month except January. The meetings start at 8:00 P. M. and adjourn around 10:00 P. M. after dessert and coffee. We meet in the Strybing Building that is on the corner of Lincoln and 9th Ave. in Golden Gate Park. There is parking in the rear of the building, and you enter that from Lincoln Street. 

Carol Notaras,  415-931-4912 

San Gabriel Branch

Stephanie Rose, 626-289-2250
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA
Meets 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Santa Clara Valley Branch

Mary Ann Leer, 831-477-1239
Usually meets the 3rd Thursday each month
Camden Community Center San Jose.
Contact Mary Ann Leer to confirm.

South Bay Branch

Dana School
5504 W. 135th St.
Hawthorne, CA
Meets 2nd Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Al Palacio

Southwest Region Branch

Wanda Macnair,  617-876-1356

Westchester Branch

Janet Brown, 310-670-4471
Congregational Church of the Messiah
7300 W. Manchester Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
Meets 2nd Wed., 7:30 p.m.
Read the September 2007 Newsletter

Whittier Branch

Whittier Branch, ABS
L.A. County Adventure Park
10130 Gunn Ave.
Whittier CA, (562) 464-3430
Meets 2nd Sat. 10:00 a.m

Meetings include a program, opportunity table, snacks, and a free plant for guests.
Next meeting will be on April 13, 2013 10:00 a.m.

Program: April's program will consist of each member bringing in a plant to exchange.
Call Phyllis for further information.

Note: New Time and Location:
It is located about 3 miles southeast of our old location. Take Whittier Blvd. to Gunn Ave., go south past Lambert, then past Mulberry, and the park will be on your left.
Please bring a plant to exchange to celebrate our good fortune.
Members are asked to supply food; coffee and soft drinks will be provided.

More info, directions:
Phyllis Adams, President:
714) 870-1644
E-mail: phyllisadams2006@yahoo.com

E-mail: Phyllis Adams, President

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