History of the Peninsula Camellia Society

• Founded in San Mateo, CA in 1961
• Incorporated as a non-profit in 1965
• Affiliated with the American Camellia Society and the Northern California Camellia Council
• Service area reaches from San Francisco to Los Altos with members living as far away as Salinas and Sacramento
• Camellia Flower Shows which are free to the public have been held annually since 1961
• Camellia Plant Auctions have been added as a fund raiser to support community projects
• Monthly meetings with outside speakers have focused on topics such as camellia care and culture, propagation techniques, exhibiting blooms, and the use of camellias in garden design
• Since 1985 the Society has donated camellia plants to public gardens throughout the Peninsula
• Among the first societies in the country to have a web site