Our first meeting of the year will be our President, Derek Castle, giving a talk entitled “My Life in Cacti”. Derek has been a BCSS member for over 60 years and has travelled widely so his talk should prove fascinating. All visitors are very welcome. The rest of the 2019 programme can be accessed here.
Don’t forget our December meeting will be next Tuesday 12 December when we will have our AGM to discuss the year’s business (this doesn’t usually take too long) and then get down to the main event of eating and socialising. Please remember to bring some nibbles to share. The Treasurer will also be able to take any membership […]
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This month we welcome back globetrotter Paul Klaassen. He spent last winter in Madagascar and mainland Mexico, and we’ll hear all about it on Tuesday, 20 June, 7.30pm at the Horticultural Training Centre at Winterbourne House and Gardens (our usual meeting place). Do come along…
This month we are looking at cactus plants from the genus Mammillaria – firm favourites amongst cactus growers, and it is their flowering season now – have a look at the fantastic specimen in the Winterbourne Arid House. Our speaker is Tony Roberts, a good friend to the branch and expert grower not only of […]
We are looking forward to Dorothy Minors’ talk with this title on Tuesday, 18 April, usual time and place. Do come along if you can!
This month we are very lucky to have Andy Young introducing us to Steven Hammer’s collection, also known as the Sphaeroid Institute. Both Andy and Steven Hammer are Mesemb specialists, and both have published widely on these plants. Both even have plants from the Aizoaceae family named after them: if you know Hammeria gracilis – […]
Just a quick reminder that the frst of this year’s talks will be this coming Tuesday, 7.30pm at our regular meeting venue at Winterbourne. Do come along if you can!
The new branch programme for 2017 is now online – we hope to see you to some of our meetings this year!
We shall start off the new year with a talk from the slide library – a set compiled by Sonia Barker-Fricker on plants of the genus Dudleya. These are new world succulents, and many species have leaves covered in a white powdery substance. Only a few are grown more widely – but this talk will […]
