Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Club

Facility Address	313 Pine Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Website	https://www.facebook.com/Mississippi-Gulf-Coast-Camellia-Society-289917705521/?fref=nf

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST
CAMELLIA SOCIETY
2024 - 2025

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About the Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Society

The charming city of Greenville, Alabama is the quintessential southern town with a rich history, beautiful Victorian homes and an abundance of camellias. Greenville is known as The Camellia City and played a major role in the camellia being named Alabama's state flower.
The first camellia plants were brought and planted in Greenville by the pioneer migration in the 1840s. Very large and very old camellia trees are sprinkled throughout the city. Aurelia Herbert Calhoun is said to have brought the first Camellia Japonica to Greenville from South Carolina in 1848.

The Greenville Camellia Society is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote interest in and knowledge of our state flower, the Camellia Japonica, and other varieties of camellias. Our purpose is to identify, care for, and promote our historical camellias in and around our city, including Beeland Park, Pioneer and Magnolia cemeteries, and downtown. We encourage our citizens to continue to plant camellias to preserve our namesake as The Camellia City. We hold many fun activities and fundraisers throughout the year to support our mission. GCS is an all inclusive organization that welcomes men and women as members.

The Greenville Camellia Society is proud to honor the heritage of The Camellia City and reclaim Greenville’s legacy of holding an annual camellia show. Our first annual show in January 2024 was a smashing success! We hope to recapture the magic of the historical camellia shows held here in the 1950s. Our goal is to promote our community and increase tourism in Greenville.

In the Spring of 2023, our historic Beeland Park Gardens became the 65th garden named to the national American Camellia Trail. Holding an annual American Camellia Society-sponsored camellia show comes with this prestigious designation. It is our mission to continue to raise the interest of Greenville’s camellia history and heritage.

Society Contact: Ann Miller

Email Contact: mississippigulfcoastcamellias@gmail.com

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	Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Society Membership Form
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	Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Society Newsletter
	Second Annual Show

MGCCS Camellia Society Show Results - 2024

	Lyman Community Center - Gulfport, Mississippi
	Results from February 3, 2024

American Camellia Society National Convention - 2025

	Hilton at University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville
	January 2 - 5, 2025

Executive Committee - 2024 - 2025

Position	Name
President	Jason L. Dean
Vice-President	Ann Miller
Treasurer	William Lange
Secretary	Andrea Kannegieser
Corresponding Secretary	Pan Cox

Schedule of Events - 2024-2025

Date	Event	Time	Location
Sunday, September 14, 2024	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS
Sunday, October 12, 2024	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS
October 12-13, 2024	MGCS Camellia Show	8:00 A. M. - Noon	Perry, GA
October 18-19, 2024	GCCS Convention	N/A	Pensacola, FL
Sunday, November 9, 2024	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS
Sunday, December 8, 2024	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS
Saturday, December 14, 2024	Pensacola Camellia Club Show	8:00 A. M. - Noon	Pensacola, FL

January 2 - 5, 2025	ACS NATIONAL CONVENTION	N/A	Hilton at University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville
Saturday, January 4, 2025	ACS NATIONAL SHOW	7:00 A. M. - NOON	Kanapaha Botanical Garden
Saturday, February 1, 2025	Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Society Annual Show	1:00 P. M. - 4:00 P. M.	Lyman Community Center, 13472 Highway 49, Gulfport, MS
Sunday, February 9, 2025	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS
Saturday & Sunday, February 15-16, 2025	Greenville Camellia Show	1:00 P. M. - 4:00 P. M.	LBW Community College, 750 Geeenville By-Pass, Greenville, AL
Sunday, March 9, 2025	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS
Sunday, April 13, 2025	Monthly Meeting	2:00 P. M	Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach, MS or Beauvoir Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS

ACS Camellia - Society Archives

	Archive Show Results
	Results back to 2007

Camellia Points of Interest
Gulfport, Mississippi Area

	Eudora Welty House and Gardens - Jackson, Mississippi
	The garden at the Eudora Welty house, “my mother’s garden,” was a labor of love designed and created in 1925 by Chestina Welty. Today it remains a labor of love for garden restoration consultant Susan Haltom and a committed core of volunteers. These women, who have named themselves “The Cereus Weeders” in honor of Welty’s beloved night blooming cereus, have carefully restored the garden to the 1925-1945 period when Eudora Welty worked at her mother’s side planting, watering, and weeding.

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