African Violet Society of America


The African Violet Society of America is an international society of plant enthusiasts who promote the cultivation of African violets as house plants. The Society hosts an annual convention and publishes a bi-monthly full-color 64-page magazine, the African Violet Magazine.

History

The African Violet Society of America Inc. was organized on November 8, 1946, and incorporated on June 30, 1947. Since then it has grown to be the largest society devoted to a single indoor plant in the world. It is a 501 charitable organization.

Objectives

The purposes of AVSA are:
AVSA membership, which includes both amateur and commercial growers, spans the globe. There are national groups in many countries of the world. The purposes of AVSA are carried out, in part, by a strong network of affiliate clubs, state and regional societies, councils of societies, and judges councils. The AVSA sponsors African violet shows staged at the AVSA conventions and by AVSA affiliates. In these shows, plants are merit-judged according to the appropriate AVSA scales of points by AVSA judges.
AVSA is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genus Saintpaulia and its cultivars. This registry is available to the public with the purchase of updatable software.