December 2018 - February 2019 23

February 14 ThursdayEarly Check In

February 15 FridayRegistration, ACS Business Meetings &Welcome Reception (Host Hotel)

6:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast on your own 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration (Host Hotel) 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ACS Committee Meetings12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ACS Board of Directors Meeting 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ACS General Membership Meeting 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception 6:30 p.m. Mardi Gras Parade (Royal St.) Dinner on your own

February 16 SaturdayRegistration & Tours

7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Registration (Host Hotel) 8:00 a.m. Buses leave Host Hotel 8:30 a.m. Breakfast at Mobile Botanical Gardens

Tour of K. Sawada WinterGarden, Mobile Botanical Gardens and presentation by Amanda Wilkins, Curator

11:00 a.m. Buses leave Mobile Botanical Gardens

Guided Tour of the Private Garden of Rick and Joyce Crow, followed by box lunch

1:45 p.m. Buses leave the Crows’ GardenTour Bellingrath Gardens & Home with Bill Barrick

4:45 p.m. Buses leave Bellingrath Gardens Return to Host Hotel 7:30 p.m. Dine-Arounds

Sign up for dutch treat dinner with reservedtables at select, nearby, downtown restaurants

7:30 p.m. Judges’ Dinner (Invitation Only)

February 17 SundayACS Camellia Show & Awards Banquet

6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast on your own 6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Enter blooms in show Mobile Convention Center (Take skywalk from host hotel) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration (Host Hotel)10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Camellia show judging (Closed to Public)12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch for Judges & Clerks 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Camellia show open to public 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Public demonstrations & lectures 2:00 p.m. Mardi Gras Parade (Royal St.) 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. President’s Reception (Ballroom Foyer)

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. ACS Awards Banquet (Ballroom)Toasting the Sixtieth Anniversary of Alabama’s State Flower

and the 200th Anniversary of Alabama’s Statehood

February 18 MondayTours, Dinner & Auction

6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast on your own 9:00 a.m. Buses depart Host Hotel

Visit and Tour Cornerstone Gardenswith presentation by Vaughan Drinkard

10:15 a.m. Buses depart Cornerstone GardenVisit and Tour Historic Malbis Nursery

with luncheon and presentation12:45 p.m. Buses depart Malbis Nursery

Tour of Green Nurseries’ Production Nurseryand Bobby Green’s Private Garden

4:15 p.m. Buses depart Bobby Green’s HomeWine reception at Nall Art Gallery, Fairhope, AL

5:45 p.m. Buses depart for USS Alabama Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion

Seafood Extravaganza and Camellia Plant Auction9:30 p.m. Buses depart USS Alabama Conference Adjourns

American Camellia Society Convention AgendaFebruary 15-18, 2019

Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel, Mobile, Alabama

ACS 2019 Convention Registration FormName: ______________________________________Address: ____________________________________City, State, Zip: _______________________________Additional Attendee Name (s): ___________________ ___________________________________________Dietary Restrictions: _____________________________

Full convention includes: Friday general membership meet-ing, reception & parade; Saturday breakfast, tours, box lunch & wine reception; Sunday camellia show, lectures & educational demonstrations, president’s reception & banquet; Monday tours, box lunch, wine reception, seafood dinner & plant auction. Number of Tickets TotalACS Members Only Early FullRegular Full (by 1/15/19) $300.00 x ______ = ______Saturday Only $125.00 x ______ = ______

(Tours, transport, breakfast & lunch)Sunday Only $125.00 x ______ = ______

(Camellia show, lectures & demonstrations,president’s reception & award banquet)

Monday Only $125.00 x ______ = ______(Tours, transport, box lunch, wine receptionseafood dinner & plant auction)

Please call Chuck Shirk at (251) 422-0398 with questions or for more information.

Please register online by credit card at www.AlabamaCa-melliaSociety.org or mail completed application form with check payable to Alabama Camellia Society, 4358B Old Shell Road #275, Mobile, AL 36608.

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