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🌺 2026 Educational Programs & Social Gatherings
Fellowship • Education • Gardens • Camellias • Friends
Join the Fayetteville Camellia Club this fall for a wonderful series of educational programs, garden visits, hands-on activities, and opportunities to enjoy fellowship with fellow gardening enthusiasts.
Whether you are a longtime camellia grower or simply enjoy beautiful gardens and good company,
come for the camellias and stay for the fellowship!
SEPTEMBER 2026
Season Opening & Air-Layer Harvest
Saturday, September 19, 2026
11:00 AM until
📍 Hosted by Barry & June Buchele
225 Beulah Hill Road
N. Pinehurst, NC 28374
We will return to the beautiful Buchele garden to harvest and pot the many air layers created during our spring project.
What to Expect
🌱 Season Welcome & Annual Planning — Kick off another wonderful year together and look ahead at the season.
🌿 Garden Evaluation — Share ideas and inspiration as we explore the garden.
🌱 Air-Layer Harvest — Harvest and pot our air layers and see the results of our spring efforts.
🛒 Fall Plant Orders — Place your fall orders for new camellias and other plants.
🍽️ Covered Dish Lunch — Bring a favorite dish to share and enjoy an afternoon of fellowship.
Come for the gardens, stay for the fellowship!
🌸 OCTOBER 2026
Fall Planting & Camellia Pickup
Large-Pot Demonstration
Sunday, October 4, 2026
1:00 PM until
📍 Hosted by Ross & Catherine Kubeny
344 Cattle Lane
Lillington, NC 27546
Join us for an afternoon of learning, planting, and fellowship as we explore ways to extend our camellia gardens into patios, decks, and other spaces.
Program Highlights
🌺 Selecting Camellias for the Carolina Landscape
🪴 Large-Pot Camellia Demonstration — Learn how to successfully grow camellias in containers.
🌱 Fall Planting Tips
🌺 Camellia Plant Order Pickup
🍽️ Covered Dish Luncheon
Special Guest: John Fields
John Fields will share information about Gibberellic Acid (GA₃) for Camellia Growers, including information for those interested in gibbing their camellias.
🐝 NOVEMBER 2026
Honey Bees & Winter Camellias
The Value of Camellias to Bees When Other Plants Are Dormant
Saturday, November 14, 2026
11:00 AM
📍 Camellia Forest
620 NC-54
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Hosted by David Parks, Owner of Camellia Forest
November brings us to one of the area's beautiful camellia destinations for a special educational program exploring the important relationship between honey bees and winter-blooming camellias.
Educational Program
Guest Speaker: Whitaker Grannis
Learn about honey bees and the important value camellias provide to bees during the winter months, when many other plants are dormant.
Enjoy the Day!
Following the presentation, we'll have an opportunity to:
🍽️ Enjoy lunch together
☕ Participate in a special tea tasting with Christine Parks
🌺 Tour the beautiful Camellia Forest
🪴 Shop for favorite camellias from Camellia Forest
🤝 Enjoy an afternoon of fellowship with fellow club members
Please RSVP by November 10.
🎄 DECEMBER 2026
Christmas Garden Social & Gift Exchange
Saturday, December 5, 2026
3:00–6:00 PM
📍 Hosted by John & Sonya
699 Chelsea Drive
Sanford, NC 27332
We'll close out our fall program series with a special Christmas Garden Social celebrating the holidays, our gardens, and—most importantly—the friendships that make the Fayetteville Camellia Club special.
🎁 What to Expect
🍽️ Covered Dish Early Dinner — Bring your favorite dish to share.
🌺 Gibbed Camellia Blooms — Bring a bloom or two from your garden to share.
🎲 Games & Fellowship
🎁 White Elephant Gift Exchange
🌱 Program Focus
Disbudding & Winter Protection
We'll also share information and tips for disbudding camellias and protecting our plants during the winter months.
🎁 White Elephant Gift Exchange
Please bring a gift for the exchange—something nice, not a gag gift!
🌺 Come for the Camellias. Stay for the Fellowship.
From harvesting air layers in September to celebrating together at our Christmas Garden Social in December, this fall is filled with opportunities to learn, grow, share, and enjoy.
We look forward to seeing you in the garden!
Fayetteville Camellia Club
Fellowship • Education • Camellias • Gardens • Friends
Our Mission
The Fayetteville Camellia Club is a self-sufficient membership society. Through the years, the club has followed its original purpose: "To stimulate and extend appreciation of camellias and to encourage and support the science and art of camellia culture."
Monthly meetings feature guest speakers who focus on different aspects of camellia culture, as well as other gardening topics of interest, enabling club members to increase their overall knowledge.
Through the annual spring Fayetteville Camellia Show, many new people are introduced to the beauty and variety of camellias. Club members are available to answer questions and give recommendations for camellias that grow well in this area. Members' enthusiasm, friendliness, and willingness to find answers for all questions make it easy for newcomers to feel at home at the show, and in the club. Come and join us in our mission!
Camellia Tidbit
Camellia wood is among the densest on Earth producing wood that is far denser than the Live Oak tree, whose life span is about one third that of the camellia. The wood from the Camellia is known for it's luxurious color and it's fine grains which gives it a very smooth feel.
OFFICERS
2026-27
President
John Fields
Vice President
Jeannie Roppoli
Communications Chair
Diane Libecki-Long
Show Chair
Judy Dewar
Recording Secretary
Ursula Monroe
Corresponding Secretary
Ilona Whelpley
Treasurer
Catherine Kubeny
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