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Norfolk, Virginia
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| Historic Downtown & Skyline - Norfolk |
HOTEL LOCATION: Sleep Inn and Quality Suites at Lake Wright - 6280 Northampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA
PLEASE CALL: (800) 228-5157 or (757) 461-6251 to make your individual reservations.
GROUP NAME: American Camellia Society
CUT OFF DATE: Reservations received after Thursday, March 8, 2012 will be provided on a space-available basis at prevailing rates.
SLEEP INN: $79.00 + 13.5 % tax + $2.00 occupancy fee - with complimentary hot breakfast
QUALITY SUITES AT LAKE WRIGHT: $89.00 + 13.5 % tax + $2.00 occupancy fee - with complimentary hot breakfast
AMENITIES:
- Free Full Hot Breakfast Buffet - both Sleep Inn and Quality Suites
- Free shuttle to the Norfolk International Airport
- Free USA Today
- Free local calls
- Free wireless high-speed Internet access
- Free Parking
- Free indoor/outdoor pool
- Free exercise room
- All rooms come equipped with refrigerators, coffee makers, irons, ironing boards
- Free HBO
- Refrigeration space for blooms provided by the hotel (15 ft. x 20 ft.)
For business travelers, this Norfolk, VA hotel provides a business center and access to copy and fax services.
Banquet and meeting facilities are also available.
Non-smoking rooms are available.
Guest laundry facilities and a convenience store are located on the property for added guest convenience.
There is also a Championship Golf Course at this hotel - Friday morning is open.
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| Sleep Inn and Quality Suites at Lake Wright |
 | ACS Convention Sponsorships |
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 | ACS Judging Schools |
| If there is enough interest, an ACS Novice Judging School and/or an ACS Judges' Re-accreditation School will be held on Friday. For each class there needs to be a minimum of six students. Left click once on the blue type above or the "more" below to reserve yourself a spot in either of these classes. The deadline to reserve a spot is March 10, 2012. | |
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| The shirt is available for online ordering through the convention registration page above. The cost for each shirt is $15 (no tax, no shipping) and the available sizes are S, M, L and XL. Shirts can ONLY be picked up at the convention. You can also order the T-Shirts separately from the home page.or by clicking here |
SCHEDULE
| 6:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast at Hotel included with stay |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Convention Registration in Hotel Lobby |
| 8:30 a.m. | Bus departs for Isle of Wight Mike Andruczyk - Tour Director |
| 9:30 a.m. | Pinkham Garden Tour Suffolk |
| 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Bennet’s Creek Nursery Tour Free Camellia Cuttings for those in attendance Lunch catered by Rodman's BBQ Isle of Wight |
| 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Convention Registration at Hotel Lobby |
| 3:30 p.m. | Smithfield Gardens Tour and Talk by Les Parks "Companion Plants" Smithfield |
| 5:30 p.m. | Bus arrives at Hotel |
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Convention Registration in Hotel Lobby |
| 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Hospitality Suite Socal |
| 7:30 p.m. | Dinner on Own |
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
| 6:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast at Hotel included with stay |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Convention Registration in Hotel Lobby |
| 8:30 a.m. | Bus departs for Outer Banks Larry Barlow - Tour Director |
| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Wright Brother’s Memorial Kill Devil Hills, NC |
| 11:00 a.m. - Noon | Lunch at Black Pelican Kitty Hawk, NC |
| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Elizabethan Garden Tour Manteo, NC Educational Session "Coastal Plants for Southeast Landscapes" Debbie Grant - Instructor |
| 3:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Convention Registration in Hotel Lobby |
| 5:00 p.m. | Bus arrives at Hotel |
| 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Hospitality Suite Social |
| 7:30 p.m | Dinner on Own |
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012
| 6:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast at Hotel included with stay |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Convention Registration in Hotel Lobby |
| 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Board of Directors' Meeting |
| 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Re-accreditation for Judges (if needed) and/or Novice Judges' School (if needed) Geary Serpas - Instructor |
| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Trustees' Meeting |
| 11:00 a.m. - Noon | General Membership Meeting |
| Noon | Lunch on Own |
| 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Ride the Tide to Downtown Norfolk for Touring Shopping or dining - You decide how to spend the afternoon Check out the: Nauticus Military Museum & Wisconsin Battleship MacArthur Memorial Shop at the MacArthur Mall Choose a place to dine on Granby Street |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. | Honorary Guest Speaker Gao Jiyin of The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, CAF, Guangzhou, GNG China "Current Situations of Camellia Development and Breeding in China" Educational Session and Book Signing |
| 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. | ACS Building Committee Meeting |
| 5:45 p.m. | Bus Departs from Hotel Lobby for Chrysler Art Museum |
| 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. | President's Reception with cocktails and dinner at the Chrysler Museum Museum is open for all to enjoy Take a "Behind the Scene" Tour with docent |
| 10:00 pm | Bus arrives at Hotel |
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012
| 7:00 - 10:00 a.m | Breakfast at Hotel included with stay |
| 7:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Camellia Blooms to Show at Rose Hall Norfolk Botanical Gardens and Driving Directions - Hotel to Norfolk Botanical Garden and VCS National Show Schedule |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Educational Session "Bees and the Plants they Pollinate" Pam Fisher - Instructor |
| 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Plant Sale |
| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Educational Session "Mushrooms Around Us" Theresa Augustin - Instructor |
| 10:05 a.m. | Judges Assemble |
| 10:15 a.m. | Judging Begins |
| 11:00 a.m. | Tram Ride and Tour of Norfolk Botanical Gardens Stop at Hofheimer Camellia Gardens Dr. T. Winston Gouldin will be available to answers camellia questions Sponsored by Alison J. & Ella W. Parsons Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon Buffet - Rose Hall |
| 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Camellia Show open to Public |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Educational Session "Flower Arranging" Betty Ann Galway - Instructor |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Educational Session "History, Making and Tasting of Teas" Cyndi Wyskiewicz - Instructor |
| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Educational Session "Hydrangeas" Moriah DiFernando - Instructor |
| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Educational Session "How to Run a Show" Richard Mims - Instructor |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Hospitality Suite Social |
| 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. | National Convention Banquet Hotel Ballroom with Music provided by Strolling Strings Keynote Speaker: Bradford King "The Six Most Valuable Camellias in the World" Honorary Guest Speaker Gao Jiyin of The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, CAF, Guangzhou, GNG China |
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012
| 7:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Breakfast at Hotel included with stay |
| 7:30 a.m. | Optional Tour - Williamsburg, Virginia Hotel Lobby Dr. T. Winston Gouldin - Tour Director |
| 9:00 a.m. | Tour begins Colonial Williamsburg |
| Noon | Lunch Shields Tavern |
| 1:15 p.m. | Guided Tour of Governor's Palace Tour Guide Provided by Colonial Williamsburg |
| 2:30 p.m. | Bus Depart Colonial Williamsburg |
| 4:00 p.m. | Bus Arrives Norfolk Guest can return to Hotel or Airport |
| Australian Origin Blooms |
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| Virginia Origin Blooms |
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| Virginia Origin Blooms |
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| Virginia Camellia Society |
| Our host for the 2012 Annual meeting | |
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| Norfolk Botanical Garden |
| The Norfolk Botanical Garden was first called the Norfolk Azalea Garden, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Norfolk Botanical Garden opened in 1938, when the city of Norfolk set aside a 75 acres of high, wooded ground plus 75 acres of reservoir for a city garden. In 1958 the Old Dominion Horticultural Society took over maintenance and changed the garden's name to Norfolk Botanical Garden. The Garden includes the Hofheimer Camellia Garden (1992) - one of the region's largest camellia collection; more than 500 varieties. Predominant types are varieties of Camellia japonica and C. sasanqua. | |
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 | Chrysler Museum of Art |
| The Chrysler Museum of Art is an art museum in the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was originally founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. In 1971, automotive heir, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. (whose wife, Jean Outland Chrysler, was a native of Norfolk), donated most of his extensive collection to the museum. This single gift significantly expanded the museum's collection, making it one of the major art museums in the Southeastern United States. | |
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 | Douglas MacArthur Museum |
| The MacArthur Memorial's extensive collection of military and personal artifacts allows visitors to discover the compelling story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the millions of American men and women who served our nation during the Civil War, Indian Wars, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War | |
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 | Norfolk Naval Base |
| Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. NS Norfolk, also known as the Norfolk Naval Base, occupies about four miles of waterfront space and seven miles of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point. It is the world's largest Naval Station, supporting 75 ships and 134 aircraft alongside 14 piers and 11 aircraft hangars, and houses the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces.[. | |
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| Military Aviation Museum - Virginia Beach |
| The Military Aviation Museum, located at the Virginia Beach Airport is home to one of the largest private collections of World War One and Two era fighters, bombers, trainers, and seaplanes. All aircraft from the first half of the last century have been restored to their prior military condition and are on static display, available for movie productions, and perform occasional demonstration flights. | |
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| Virginia Aquarium & Marine Sciences Center |
| The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, formerly known as the Virginia Marine Science Museum, is an aquarium and marine science museum located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just south of Rudee Inlet. The exhibits at the museum are contained in over 800,000 US gallons of fresh and saltwater displays. | |
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| Greater Norfolk Information |
| Norfolk, Virginia is a friendly, modern port city nestled where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. Vibrantly alive and bursting with opportunities, Norfolk offers its guests fun and adventure all day long and into the night. | |
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