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Northern Virginia Azaleas

Convention Schedule

Friday, May 1, 2009

1:00 - 7:00 pm Registration
2:00 – 4:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting
2:00 – 6:30 pm Flower Show Entries Accepted
4:00 - 6:30 pm Plant Sale Open
5:00 – 6:45 pm Dinner on your own:   Nearby Restaurants
7:00 – 9:30 pm Welcoming Announcements and Friday Evening Presentations
  • Tony Dove     "Celebrating 200 Seasons: One Man, One Garden"
  • Pete Vines     "The Holly Springs Azalea Hybrids"
9:30 – 11:00 pm Plant Sale Reopens (Following speaker presentations)

Saturday, May 2, 2009

7:00 – 8:15 am Breakfast on Your Own:  Nearby Restaurants
7:30 - 8:00 Registration Open
8:15 am Buses Load for 8:30 am Departure
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Saturday Garden Tours     Tour 1
4:30 – 6:30 pm Plant Sale Open
5:00 – 6:45 pm Dinner on your own:   Nearby Restaurants
7:00 – 9:30 pm Announcements and Saturday Evening Presentations  
  • John Brown and Bob Stelloh    "Rhododendron vaseyi and the Southern Appalachians" *
  • George McLellan    "Celebrating our Native Flora, Coast to Coast"
      * Amended on February 23, 2009
9:30 – 11:00 pm Plant Sale Reopens (Following speaker presentations)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

7:00 – 8:15 am Breakfast on Your Own:  Nearby Restaurants
8:15 am Buses Load for 8:30 am Departure
8:30 am – 4:00 pm Sunday Garden Tours     Tour 2
4:00 – 6:00 pm Plant Sale Open
6:00 – 7:00 pm Social Hour (Cash Bar)
6:30 – 7:00 pm Auction of Special Plants in Banquet Room
7:00 – 10:00 pm Banquet and Sunday Evening Presentations
  • Rosalie Nachmann     "Advice to the Lovelorn Azalea Nut"
  • Don Hyatt     "Celebrating the Evergreen Azalea"
Annual Meeting and Flower Show Awards

Monday, May 4, 2004

6:00 – 8:15 am Breakfast on Your Own:  Nearby Restaurants
7:00 – 8:30 am ASA Board of Directors Meeting
8:30 – 10:00 am Last Chance Plant Sale
8:30 – 10:00 am Hybridizer’s Roundtable
12:00 noon Hotel Check Out Time. See You in 2010!
  Post Convention   -   Optional Tours on Your Own
  • Pentagon Tour with Dave Nanney   (Must make arrangements in advance)
  • U. S. National Arboretum
  • Other Open Local Gardens: Public and Private (List provided at the registration desk)
Azalea Society of America   -   Northern Virginia Chapter