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Show Winners - Fantasy African Violet Club in Spring Hill-Florida

By Toni Weidman

Real Estate Agent with Sailwinds Realty

March 22, 2011 10:05 AM

The Fantasy African Violet Club in Spring Hill, Florida held it’s Annual Show and Sale last weekend. The show was wonderful and the African Violets were just gorgeous. The theme for this year was Fairy Tale Violets.

This first show is of the show winners:

Fantasy African Violet Show-Spring Hill-Florida-www.tweidman.com

Pretty Blues

Fantasy African Violet Show-Spring Hill-Florida-www.tweidman.com

Borders

Fantasy African Violet Show-Spring Hill-Florida-www.tweidman.com

Variegated leaves.

Fantasy African Violet Show-Spring Hill-Florida-www.tweidman.com

My favorites; the ones with green edges. This one is called Frozen in Time.

Fantasy African Violet Show-Spring Hill-Florida-www.tweidman.com

Actually, they're all my favorites :)

African Violets are so beautiful and come in over 17,000 varieties these days. The Fantasy African Violet Club meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 1pm at the Life Parteners Center behind Oak Hill Hospital in Spring Hill, Florida. Thad Scaggs is the president.

Please feel free to join us if you have a love of African Violets and would like to learn more about how to grow them. You can call me for more info on the club. Also, if you would like to see all of the varieties, check out the African Violet Society of America’s website at www.AVSA.org.

Of course, I took home several violets to re-start my collection.

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John Novak

Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV

Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

I didn't know there were so many color varieties. Thanks for sharing the show, Toni!

Mar 22, 2011 03:11 PM

Lynn B. Friedman CRS Atlanta, GA 404-617-6375

Atlanta Homes ODAT Realty - Love our Great City - Love our Clients! Buckhead - Midtown - Westside - Atlanta, GA

Concierge Service for Our Atlanta Sellers & Buyers

Dear Toni -

Great pictures! Do you have a large collection of African Violets?

Have a happy day -
Lynn

Mar 22, 2011 04:57 PM

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

Toni, Great photos! Very beautiful photos!

Mar 22, 2011 05:36 PM

Rob Thomas

Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954 - Bristol, TN

Bristol TN-VA & Tri Cities Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Toni.....Looks like it was a great time.....really nice photos!
Hope you have a great day!---Rob

Mar 22, 2011 11:59 PM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Silvia - Thanks - I didn't have any entries this year.

Mar 23, 2011 12:27 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

John - thank you. This is a tiny sample-there are tons more.

Mar 23, 2011 12:28 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Lynn - Thank you. I used to have about 500 violets but we moved (twice) and moving isn't kind to violets so I lost most of them. Now I only have 10-12 but I've just gotten interested again and who knows.....

Mar 23, 2011 12:31 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Tony - thank you! The flowers are so beautiful that it's easy to get good ones.

Mar 23, 2011 12:32 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Rob - thanks for stopping in. Yes, it was a fun event.

Mar 23, 2011 12:33 AM

Ron Marshall

Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN

Birdhouse Builder Extraordinaire

Toni, you are right, they would all be my favorites, too. And, it's nice to have flower photos on a day when we are supposed to get 5 to 8 inches of SNOW.

Mar 23, 2011 01:03 AM

Karen Kruschka

RE/MAX Executives - Woodbridge, VA

- "My Experience Isn't Expensive - It's PRICELESS"

Toni Wow - 17,000 varieties of African violets. Your photos are stunning and your presentation should be appreciated by the club. I can see why they are of interest to you

Mar 23, 2011 01:59 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Ron - glad I could help brighten the day a little. Thank you.

Karen - Thank you. I'm a member of the club so if I can help promote it, that's great! They are a great group of people.

Mar 23, 2011 02:16 AM

Ron and Alexandra Seigel

Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA

Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Toni,

Thanks for the delightful array of violet species. As I started to look at your photos, I was thinking, I like this one, and then this one, and then I like them all. They are all special in their own inimitable ways. Thanks for sharing these photos with us. Have a great Wednesday. A

Mar 23, 2011 02:40 AM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Toni--Amazing photos!!!!!! Love 'Frozen in Time' the white ones in last shot. I can't imagine have 500 plants in my house. Were you in real estate at that time? Thanks for sharing.

I love flowers, but we have too many trees which do not allow enough sun for most flowers. Over the years I have had fun with silk and dried arrangements. In fact I may post some later.

Mar 23, 2011 03:11 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Alexandra - That's the problem - you can't resist them and there are so many gorgeous ones. It's like being in a candy shop. I'll post pics of the 5 I bought later in the week.

Mar 23, 2011 06:33 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Mary - yes, I was in real estate but a lot of them were baby plants (about 200) so they didn't take up much room. I had them on plant stands with lights. I'll have to do a post about my light bill and other interesting happenings.

Mar 23, 2011 06:35 AM

Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Baby plants or big plants 200 is a lot of plants and grow lights, too. When I first moved here almost 12 years ago, I tried grow lights on my front porch because the trees block out most of the natural light. One summer of that and I gave up and decided silk flowers were going to be a better option, but I still LOVE real flowers. Thanks for sharing yours with me and the rest of ActiveRain. My niece lives in Philly and shared pictures of Philadelphia's flower show on Facebook. I may have to visit her next year & attend the show with her.

Post about your light bill will be interesting, but include lots of pictures of the flowers, too.

Mar 23, 2011 09:34 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Never fear, Mary, there will be pictures.

Mar 23, 2011 12:31 PM

Jim Frimmer

HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA

Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

I’ve always loved African violets because they are always blooming and take up so little space to bring so much beauty inside. Unfortunately, I have a brown thumb, and African violets are one of maybe three or four plants that my other half just doesn’t seem to be able to grow.

Apr 04, 2011 09:49 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Jim - your other half needs to learn that AV's don't like to sit in water (maybe). You have to water them and then empty the saucer of the excess water). They don't like their feet to stay wet.

Apr 05, 2011 07:39 AM