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President: Chairman: John Arnold Hon Secretary: Eddy Harris |
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Northampton & Milton Keynes Branch |
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British Cactus and Succulent Society
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President: Chairman: John Arnold Hon Secretary: Eddy Harris |
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Northampton & Milton Keynes Branch |
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We are a local branch of the National Society which holds monthly meetings in Northampton with members from west Northamptonshire and the Milton Keynes area. We have guest speakers, slide presentations, quizzes, demonstrations, open days at members’ collections and other social events.
Our members also participate in events organised by Zone 6, the thriving South Midlands Zone of the National Society.
At our meetings we offer plants for sale. For society members there is an extensive lending library with a wide selection of books and journals. We produce a magazine three times a year and a monthly bulletin to keep you in touch with branch events and other topical matters of interest.
Members of other branches of the BCSS and visitors are welcome at our meetings.
We hope that you will read this web page and make contact with others in the area who are interested in growing cacti and other succulent plants.
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Meetings are held at: Abington Community Centre, Wheatfield Road South, NORTHAMPTON (see map) NN3 2HH (see Google map) at 7.30 pm on the first Friday of most months |
Please contact the Branch Secretary: Mrs. Diana Capel Tel: 01604 412550
The webmaster is Trev bcssnmk@aol.com |
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2008 |
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| Jan 4th | AGM, /At home and more... | |
| Feb 1st | Aloes through the ages | Colin Walker |
| Feb 23rd | Zone 6 Convention at MK (Marlon Machado and Petr Pavelka) | |
| March 7th | Succulents in detail | Bill Morris |
| April 4th | Big Bend | Graham Walker |
| April 26th | Branch Auction at Nether Heyford Village Hall | |
| May 2nd | Growable Gasterias | Derek Tribble |
| June 6th | Branch Evening Show (Schedule to be announced) | |
| June 7th | Zone 6 Show at the Ruislip Centre hosted by Harrow Branch | |
| July 4th | Ariocarpus | Geoff Bailey |
| July 26/27th | Branch Open Show at Billing Garden Village (Schedule available here ) | |
| Aug 1st | Travels amongst Australasian Alpines | Robin Alabaster |
| Aug 16th |
BCSS National Show at Cambridge (Wood Green Animal Shelter, London Road, Godmanchester, near Huntingdon, PE29 2NH.) To see our report on the last National in 2004 click here |
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| Sept 5th | Mesemb Workshop | Suzanne Mace |
| Oct 3rd | Small Opuntias | John Betteley |
| Nov 7th | Nevada | David Minnion |
| Dec 5th | Euphorbias for you | Gillian Evison |
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2009 |
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| Jan 2nd | AGM/At home and 'Trev does Baja' | |
Other favourite links
Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall Always a great place to start an evenings surfing. When (if!) you read that lot save the Change Log in your favourites to see what's new.
Planning a convention? Is your BCSS branch planning a convention or similar major event? Years ago our branch tackled this problem and we have used our checklist many times since. You can access this as a word document and adapt it as you need. Click convention.doc If this format is unsuitable you can email Trev_bcssmnk@aol.com (leave the 'Trev_' out)
Galleria Carnivora Not, as you will immediately realise, a cactus or succulent site but fun and very well done. The site is naturally 'non-smoking' (this is, after all, California - I think; at least it is always sunny when I go there), so there are no health risks when visiting. Many of the plants will grow very well with real plants, (err.... cacti and succulents that is.) We published a review of CPs (suitable for growing with cacti) in our newsletter in 1992. Would you like to delve the archives?
Indexes to BCSS and Bradleya Journals (Or some say indices) Insomniacs should select soft music on their CD drive, click in, read on and drop off.......zzzzzzzz. However for any member of the BCSS who wants to find information on a plant start here. These indexes have been available to members of the Northampton and Milton Keynes Branch of the B.C.S.S. for some years but we thought they might be of wider interest. Save or browse. Please help yourself!
The latest Winter Edition of Northants News. The on-line edition of the branch newsletter with news, views and articles on the cactus and succulent world.
Some recent back issues of Northants News: Vol18.2 Vol 18.1 Vol 17.3, Vol 17.2, Vol 17.1, Vol 16.3, Vol 16.2, Vol 16.1, Special report on the last BCSS National Show) and the archives.
