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President: Chairman: Alisdair Glenn Hon Secretary: Eddie Harris |
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Northampton & Milton Keynes Branch | ||
British Cactus and Succulent Society
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President: Chairman: Alisdair Glenn Hon Secretary: Eddie Harris |
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Northampton & Milton Keynes Branch | ||
We are a local branch of the National Society which holds monthly meetings in Northampton with members from west Northamptonshire, Bedford and the Milton Keynes area. We have guest speakers, presentations, quizzes, demonstrations, shows, 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 7.15 pm on the first Friday of most months |
Please contact the
Branch Co-ordinator:
Mrs. Tina Wardhaugh Tel: 01908 642378
The webmaster is Trev bcssnmk@aol.com |
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2012 |
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| Feb 3rd | Cultivation and 'Cactotherapy' - the film by Gorden Rowley | |
| March 2nd | A Visit to Steven Hammer | Prof. Andy Young |
| March 30th | Rescuing the Coruh Valley | Ray Stephenson |
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| May 4th | Turbinicarpus | John Miller |
| June 1st | Ecuador and North Peru | Graham Charles |
| June 16th | Zone 6 Show hosted by N&MK at Gifford Park, Milton Keynes | |
| July 6th | Succulent Senecios | John Foster |
| July 21/22 |
Branch Display at Billing Garden Village, Northampton (see last year's show here) |
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| Aug 3rd |
Succulent Plants and People in South Africa and Sorting out the Sansevierias |
Prof. Len Newton |
| Aug 18th | BCSS National Show at Huntingdon (more details here) | |
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Aug 27th |
Kempston Show with cactus classes |
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| Sept 7th | Bolivia - Land of the Llamas | Tim Marshall |
| Oct 5th | Evening Show | |
| Oct 20th | Zone 6 Convention hosted by Harrow | |
| Nov 2nd | Greenhouse Automation | Julian Cooke |
| Dec 7th | South African Adventures | Alice Vanden Bon |
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2013 |
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| Jan 4th | AGM, at home and Quiz | |
| Feb 1st | Favourites of the High Desert | Trevor Wray |
Other favourite links
The BCSS Forum This is a forum where you can read interesting topics about cacti and succulents, often with pictures. The members are friendly and helpful. To post a topic or add to a 'thread' you must log in. You need an email address. You do not need to be a member of the BCSS and overseas contributors are welcome.
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.
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.)
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: Vol 22.3 Vol 22.2 Vol 22.1 Vol 21.3 Vol 21.2 Vol 21.1 Vol 20.3
