We are grateful to John Watmough and Peter Hallett who gave talks in August and September, both well attended and well received. I received a few notes on John’s talk about Stapeliads from our Secretary, Mark O’Connor: John brought along a variety of Stapeliads, plants “noted for lots of stems and occasionally a pungent smell. […]
We are pleased to be able to welcome Peter Hallett to our Branch, who will tell us more about growing cacti in a rather unusual way: in hydroculture. This is on Tuesday 16 September, 7pm for a 7.30pm start, at Winterbourne as usual.
Just received the schedule for the Autumn Show this year, on Sunday, 5 October, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We hold this show in conjunction with the Haworthia Society. Please consider entering a plant at the show – you won’t have to pay an entrance fee to the gardens if you do!