CRAGS annual AGM meeting will be held starting at 7pm before the November talk.
Please make sure you have renewed your membership in order to vote or be counted as present.
Presentation: Gesneriad Family – Various Care and Culture Requirements
Speaker: Winston Goretsky – Stampede Violet Society
Date/Time: Nov.13, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Location: In person at Lakeview Community Association Hall, 6110-34th Street, SW. Also available on zoom. Parking is free. Everyone is welcome. Newcomers are welcome to come in person to meet our club.
We encourage you to come at 6:30 p.m. to enjoy some refreshments and treats. Please bring your own mug.
Winston will discuss the various care and culture requirements that range between the different members of the Gesneriad Family of plants, which will include Fibrous, Rhizomatous, and Tuberous examples. If people have examples of plants they would like to bring, it always makes for a good interactive discussion.
This will be a discussion and members are welcome to bring in their own example of the plant to use as a discussion point.
Speaker Bio
Winston is a native of Calgary and an AVSA (African Violet Society of America) Past President. He has been active in AVSA since 1982 and a Life Member since 1986. He is a Master judge and has served on numerous committees, plus continuing to serve as the official photographer for the African Violet Magazine. In addition, he is active in the African Violet Society of Canada and the Gesneriad Society.
