2026 Pensacola Camellia Club Calendar
March 2026
Friday Mar. 6th – Set up for Community Show at the downtown Public Library located at 239 Spring Street starting at 3:00 pm – 4:00pm.
Saturday Mar. 7th – Pensacola Camellia Club to host Community Show and Plant Sale at the downtown Public Library on 239 Spring St, Pensacola, FL. Everyone is invited to bring their camellia blooms to compete for prizes in various categories starting at 9:00am. For more information about the Community Novice Show, go to Activities, Community Camellia Show on our website.
Tuesday Mar. 17th – Award Banquet at V. Paul’s Italian Ristorante. The 2026-2027 Officers and Board Members will be sworn in, T. Morris Scholarship Award, and ‘Person of The Year’ to be announced, along with Special Camellias for Auction. Cash bar will open at 5:30pm with Happy Hour prices all night on alcohol, wine, and beer, followed by dinner at 6:30pm. More information will be in the February newsletter.
Thursday Mar. 19th – Air layering begins at Leland Leonard’s property located at 537 Brent Lane, Pensacola starting at 9am. The club will provide the supplies and materials needed for air layering. Assisting members is the best way to learn this propagation method, please join us for one or all of the air layering dates.
Saturday Mar. 28th – Come join us at UWF Camellia Garden to air layer camellias. We start at 9am, bring you wrench/ knife for removing the cambium; the club will supply the rest of the materials to air layer; rooting hormone powder, brush, sphagnum moss, ‘press n seal, aluminum foil and metal plant tags and pen. If you never done this now is the time to assist side by side with members that have air layer before.
April 2026
Thursday Apr. 9th– We will be air layering at Paul Bruno’s located at 619 N. Baylen St. Pensacola starting at 9am. We will move on to Alan McMillan’s at 11am. The club will provide the supplies and materials needed for air-layering. Assisting members is the best way to learn this propagation method, please join us for this and other air layering dates.
Saturday Apr. 11th – We will be air layering at Skip Vogelsang located at 4760 Shannon Place Pensacola starting at 9am. The club will provide the supplies and materials needed for air-layering. Assisting members is the best way to learn this propagation method, please join us.
Friday Apr. 10-12th – Pensacola Camellia Club will be selling camellias at UF/IFAS and Pensacola State College Milton Campus, ‘Spring Festival of Flowers‘ sales event for the weekend. If you can help a few hours 9am -4pm, let Trumin know 850-375-4541, bring chair and dress for the weather to greet the shoppers.
Thursday Apr. 16th – Come help Greg Taylor air layer at Skip’s, 4760 Shannon Place at 4pm . We are working hard to reach our goal.
Friday Apr. 17th – Pot Party 2pm at the Shade House. We have 150 grafts in 1 gallon containers that need to be repotted into 3 gallon containers for them to grow.
Tuesday Apr. 21st – Club Meeting Program: Guest Speaker Forrest Latta will cover, ‘International Camellia Society Role and Camellia Shows Differ By Various Countries.’ Location: Garden Center 6:30pm for social, 7:00 pm program.
Saturday Apr. 25th– UWF Camellia Garden Work Day starting at 9:00am to 12:00pm. If you have wondered how to reduce large camellia plants, John Davy will lead a plant reduction demonstration. We will have members on hand to explain air layers and inside pruning of plants before we all get to work at the garden. Come watch and learn so you can improve your own yard with these methods.
June 2026
Saturday Jun. 6th– Officers and Board Member meeting to plan the following season of events. Please share with them your ideas for meeting’s program and events.