camellia calendar

Camellia enthusiasts can find events -- conferences, shows and competitions, exhibitions, and so on -- throughout the year, somewhere in the world. In the Southern Hemisphere, for example, sasanquas and other autumn-blooming camellias start flowering in April and May, and by August and September, the season is well underway for japonicas, reticulatas, and hybrids. In the Northern Hemisphere, sasanqua season begins in October and lasts into November and December, by which time the flowering season is beginning for the spring bloomers.

We hope that travelling camellia enthusiasts find this calendar a service: check it before you travel, to see if there are any camellia events that coincide with your trip. If so, you may be able to include it in your travel plans.

Societies and clubs, whether ICS or not, are welcome to add events to this calendar. Please send details to the web editor [pat.short "at" camellia-ics.org] and they will be promptly posted.

2008
November 15	U.S.A.	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETY meeting, Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California; 7.15 p.m.
December 13-14	SPAIN	IV EXPOSICIÓN da Camelia Sasanqua e outras, Boiro (A Coruña)
2009
January 24	U.S.A.	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETY meeting, Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California; 7.15 p.m.
February 14-15	SPAIN	VI Exposición Ciudad de la Coruña, Palexco (A Coruña)
February 17-18	U.K.	RHS SPRING FLOWER SHOW with ICS STAND, RHS Lawrence Hall, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE
February 21-22	SPAIN	XV Xornadas Arredor da Camelia, Vedra (A Coruña)
February 21-22	SPAIN	III Exposición de camelia Bella Otero, Valga 09 (Pontevedra)
February 28	U.S.A.	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETY meeting, Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California; 7.15 p.m.
February 28 - March 1	SPAIN	XLV Concurso-Exposición Internacional da Camelia - Vilagarcia, Vilagarcia (Pontevedra)
February 28 - March 1	SPAIN	II A camelia na festa do lacón con grelos (Cuntis, Pontevedra)
March 7-8	SPAIN	XI Memorial Antonio Odriozolo (Monasterio de Lerez), Lérez (Pontevedra)
March 7-8	SPAIN	III Xornada da Camelia de ria de Noia, Lousame (A Coruña)
March 14-15	SPAIN	IX Certame e Exposición no Castelo de Soutomaior, Castelo de Soutomaior (Pontevedra)
March 14-15	SPAIN	III Mostra da Camelia do Baixo Miño, A Guarda (Pontevedra)
March 14 - 15	France	ICS CAMELLIA EXPOSITION, Domaine de Courson 91680 Courson-Monteloup (Essonne), 35km southwest of Paris. For information, contact Max Hill, e-mail max.hill "at" aliceadsl.fr
March 17-19	SPAIN	VII Exposición Escolar: "A Camelia, un Recurso Didáctico en Campolongo", CEIP Campolongo (Pontevedra)
March 21-22	U.K.	RHS EARLY CAMELLIA SHOW with ICS STAND, RHS Lawrence Hall, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE. For information and competition schedule, contact Georgina Clarke, at georginac "at" rhs.org.uk
March 21-22	SPAIN	V Mostra da Camelia, Centro Comercial ODEON, Narón (A Coruña)
March 27	U.S.A.	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETY meeting, Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California; 7.15 p.m.
March 28-29	SPAIN	V Exposición de la camelia del Valle de Turón, Turón (Asturias)
March 31	U.K.	U.K. REGION ANNUAL MEETING, RHS Lawrence Hall, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE. Room 32, 11.30 - 1.00 p.m. Speaker, Jane Kilpatrick, author "Gifts from the Gardens of China". For information, contact Pat Short, e-mail: patricia_short "at" btconnect.com
March 31 - April 1	U.K.	RHS MAIN CAMELLIA COMPETITION, RHS Lawrence Hall, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE. For information, contact Georgina Clarke, e-mail: georginac "at" rhs.org.uk
April 18-19	U.K.	ICS CAMELLIA COMPETITION at Borde Hill Garden, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1XP. For information, contact Pat Short, e-mail: patricia_short "at" btconnect.com
April 24	U.S.A.	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMELLIA SOCIETY meeting, Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California; 7.15 p.m.
April 27-30	U.K.	ICS U.K. REGION SPRING GET-TOGETHER, Isle of Man. For details (after October 31) contact David Molloy, e-mail: molloy01uk "at" yahoo.co.uk
Mid-October (dates to be finalized)	U.K.	ICS U.K. REGION AUTUMN GET-TOGETHER in France, with the RHS Rhododendron, Camellia, and Magnolia Group. For details (after January 31) contact Pat Short, e-mail: patricia_short "at" btconnect.com


2010
March 15 - 20	JAPAN	PRE-CONGRESS TOUR for ICS CONGRESS
March 20-24 i	JAPAN	26th INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA CONGRESS, Kurume. For more information, please see the pages on the congress elsewhere on the ICS website.
March 25-30	JAPAN	POST-CONGRESS TOUR for ICS CONGRESS
2011

2012
March	CHINA	27th INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA CONGRESS, Chuxiong, Yunnan