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Associate Plant Societies

     4125 Members - 54 CGCI Associate Plant Societies

An associate plant society is

  • a member of a permanent statewide or national plant society,
  • entitled to representation at annual meeting by their president or alternate,
  • pays annual dues according to Article IV, Sec. 3(a) of the CGCI Bylaws
  • need not belong to a district,
  • is eligible for liability insurance.
For more information about the Associate Plant Societies listed below, please contact the CGCI Associated Plant Societies Chair,Dorothy Dempsey at aps@cagardenclubs.org

To specific plant areas: Begonia Bonsai,Cactus & Succulents, Camellias, Geranium, Iris, Orchids, Miscellaneous


BEGONIAS

        • American Begonia Society, Mabel Corwin Branch         (20)     June 2006
          President: Michael Ludwin, San Diego, CA
          email: begoniagrowing@cox.net
        • American Begonia Society  Orange County                     (26)       May 1990
          President: Rick Knott, Fullerton, CA

BONSAI

  • Bonsai Society of San Francisco                                      (63)     September 1993
    President: Robert Smith, San Francisco, CA
  • Diablo Bonsai Club                                                                (28)     June 2007
    President: Steven Huskins, Walnut Creek, CA
    email: shuskins@sonic.net

CACTUS & SUCCULENTS

        • Bakersfield Cactus & Succulent Society                          (36) September 2000
          President: Ed Colley, Bakersfield, CA
          email: cactuswoodsed00@aol.com
          website: www.bakersfieldcactus.org/Lithops44/
        • Cactus & Succulent Society of San Jose                         (160) January 1996
          President: Linda Delgado, San Jose, CA
          email: ldelgado@calwater.com

        • Epiphyllum Society of America                                            (35) March 2002
          President: Galen Pittman, Glendora, CA
          email: galenpittman@msn.com
        • Fresno Cactus & Succulent Society                                   (95) January 1990
          President: Sue Haffner, Clovis, CA
          email: sueh@scufresno.edu
          website: www.fresnocss.org/
        • Monterey Bay Area Catus & Succulent Society              (80) September 2006
          President: Naomi Bloss, Watsonville, CA
          email: naomi@succulents.com
        • Northern California Cactus & Succulent Society            (60) May 1999
          President: Naomi Bloss, Watsonville, CA
          email: naomi@succulents.com
        • San Francisco Epiphyllum Society                                     (15) September 2001
          President: Mike Davis, San Bruno, CA
          email: rkhunter3@sanbrunocable.com
        • San Francisco Succulent & Cactus Society                     (152)    May 2000
          President: Kaye Rosso, Moraga, CA
          email: rvrosso@comcast.net
          website: www.sfsucculent.org/
        • Stockton Cactus & Succulent Society                                (34) September 1996
          President: J. D. Wilkert, Lodi, CA
          email: bpoot@access4less.net
          website: affiliates.cssainc.org/stockton-cactus-and-succulent-society.html

CAMELLIAS

  • Camellia Society of Kern County                                         (62)    May 1992
    President: Ben McMahan, Bakersfield, CA
  • Orange County Camellia Society                                        (15)   January 1999
    President: Steve Mefford, Bakersfield, CA
    email: sh4ever@aol.com
    website: www.occamellias.org/
  • Pacific Camellia Society, Inc                                                 (17)  January 1995
    President: George Harrison, Lake View Terrace, CA
  • Pomona Valley Camellia Society                                         (30)     May 1992
    President: Marilee Gray, Claremont, CA
    website: homepage.mac.com/pvcamelliasoc
  • Southern California Camellia Council                                (20)      January 1992
    President: George Harrison, Lake View Terrace, CA
    email: gjndkh@msn.com
  • Southern California Camellia Society                                 (25)     January 1995
    President: James Fitzatrick, Toluca Woods, CA
    email: jfitzpatrick@fil.ca.gov
    website: www.socalcamellias.org


GERANIUM

        • Orange County Geranium Society                                           41)    May 1996
          President: Gloria Keene, Fullerton, CA
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          mail: garkene@roadrunner.com

IRIS

        • Redwood Iris Society                                                                 (40)    March 2008
          President: Lois Cook, Ukiah, CA
          email: lois_cook@sbcglobal.net

ORCHIDS

        • Conejo Orchid Society                                                                (35)        May 1995
          President: Janna Calkins, Camarillo, CA
          email: jannacalkins@roadrunner.com
        • Diablo View Orchid Society                                               (100)    September 1998
          President: Eileen Jackson, Vallejo, CA
          email: eileenjackson@att.net
          website: www.diabloviewos.org/
        • Long Beach Amateur Orchid Society                                    (55)     January 2006
          President: Gary Putnam, Seal Beach, CA
        • Malibu Orchid Society                                                               (121)      May 1995
          President: Grafton Tanquary, West Hollywood, CA
          email: gpt1286@sbcglobal.net
          website: www.malibuorchid.org/
        • Malihini Orchid Society                                                             (117)     January 1995
          President: Mike Bautista, Portola Valley, CA
          email: 5MB@batnet.com
        • Marin Orchid Society                                                                 (80)    May 1989
          President: Lynne Murrell, Ross, CA
          email: lmurrell@matson.com
        • Orange County Orchid Society                                              (85)     January 1998
          President: Ann-Line Anderson, Fullerton, CA
          email: ocospresident@yahoo.com
        • Orchid Society of California, Inc                                            (125)    January 1990
          President: Tanya Phillips, Albany, CA
        • Orchid Society of Southern California                                  (100)     May 2000
          President: Lucille Banks, Los Angeles, CA
          email: pres@orchidssc.org
        • Palomar Orchid Society                                                          (96)  September 2001
          President: Dr. Glen Ho, Carlsbad, CA
          website: palomarorchid.org/default.aspx
        • Peninsula Orchid Society                                                       (184)  September 1996
          President: Ken Jacobsen, San Mateo, CA
          website: penorchidsoc.org/
        • San Fernando Valley Orchid Society                                   (51)    September 1997
          President: Ruth Stern, Shadow Hills, CA
          email: ruthstern@ca.rr.com
        • San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists                                  (75)     January 2003
          President: Sherley Lindino, Glendora, CA
          email: richley@roadrunner.com
          website: www.sgvoh.org/
        • San Joaquin Orchid Society, Inc                                           (61)     May 1996
          President: Patty Reece, Stockton, CA
          email: patty@nydiamondsonline.com
        • Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society                                         (82)    January 1989
          President: Kristina Bell, San Jose, CA
          email: kbellwolf@aol.com
        • Santa Cruz Orchid Society                                                       (67)   September 1991
          President: Frank Drake, Santa Cruz, CA
          email: drake@seti.org
        • Southern California Orchid Species Society, Inc               (83)  September 1999
          President: Doug Adams, Fullerton, CA
          email: phyllisadams2006@yahoo.com
        • Southland Orchid Show Committee                                     (12)   September 1997
          President: Robert Louri, San Diego, CA
          email: bklauri@yahoo.com
        • Ventura County Orchid Society                                             (65)    February 2004
          President: Sherrie Basham, Ventura, CA
          email: rkd17@sbcglobal.net

MISCELLANEOUS

        • Bromeliad Society of San Francisco                                      (42)   January 1990 
          President: Carl Carter, Fremont, CA
          email:president@sfbromellad.org
        • California Garden & Landscape History Society                 (146)  May 2003
          President: Tom Brown, Petaluma, CA
          email: hortulsu@sonic.net
        • Conejo Valley Garden & Herb Society                                    (32)   January 2000
          President: Darcey Lober, Thousand Oaks, CA
          email: darceylober@hotmail.com
        • Fullerton Beautiful, Inc                                                                 (106)   March 2002
          President: Nancy Spencer, Fullerton, CA
          email: njspencer@aol.com
        • Heather Enthusiasts of Redwood Empire                               (66)   May 1995
          President: Don Jewett, Fortuna, CA
          email: donjewett@att.net
        • Mediterranean Garden Society-Southern CA Branch            (125)  1998
          Branch Chairman & Treasurer: George Brumder, Pasadena, CA
          email: brumder@earthlink.net
        • Mendocino County Releaf                                                             (12)    July 2003
          President: Miles Gordon, Ukiah, CA
        • North American Rock Garden Society Western Chapter    (58) November 2002
          President: Ted Kipping, San Francisco, CA
          email: tkippingsprint@earthlink.net
        • Northern California Chapter of American Bamboo Society  (80) November 2002
          President: Darrel De Boer, Alameda,CA
          email: darrel@deboerarchitects.com
        • Northern California Daffodil Society                                            (80)      May 1990
          President: Robert L. Spotts, Oakley, CA
          email: rspotts@netvista.net
        • Ohara Ikebana School of Northern California Chapter           (50) July 2009
          President: Mitsuko Maruyama, Fremont, CA
          email: mitsmaruyama@aol.com
        • Orange County Independent Master Gardners Inc.                  (90)     May 1998
          President: Janet Meade, Yorba Linda, CA
          email: jrileymeade@aol.com
        • Palm Society of Southern CA                                                        (531)    September 1996
          President: Ed Arends, Long Beach, CA
          email: ejarends@earthlink.net
          website: www.palmssc.org/
        • Sogetsu School- Bay Area Branch                                              (68)    March 2008
          President: Joan T. Suzuki, Richmond, CA
          email: c.va@verizon.net
        • Southern California Hemerocallis & Amaryllis Society           (52)  May 1994
          President: Bobbie Hogancamp, Pasadena, CA
          email: bhogancamp@socal.rr.com

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