BCSS Zone 6 Programme 2008

January

 

 

 

  2

LEI

Mike Stansbie

Mammillaria

4

NOR

A.G.M./ Buffet Meal/ Members’ slides

5

LUT

A.G.M. and New Year Party

9

KET

Members’ slides evening

11

HAR

David Minnion

Cactus Kitsch

12

BER

A.G.M. and Members’ Slides

18

COV

Bill Keen

History of Char-acters from the Past

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

1

NOR

Colin Walker

Aloe

2

LUT

Roger Ferryman

Argentina Revisited

6

LEI

Graham Charles

Cactus Forests of Oaxaca, Mexico

8

HAR

Jonathan Clark

Lithops & Other Mesembs

9

BER

Derek Tribble

Haworthias Revisited

13

KET

Seed raising and propagation

15

COV

Mike Gilbert slides

Succulents of Ethiopia

23

ZONE 6 CONVENTION, Giffard Park School, Milton Keynes

 

 

 

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

1

LUT

Graham Hole

Gymnos.

5

LEI

Derek Tribble

Cotyledon, Adromischus and Tylecodon

7

NOR

Bill Morris

Succulents in detail

8

BER

Trevor Wray

Pediocactus

12

CAM

Society Slides

Stemless Mesembs.

12

KET

John Watmough

Succulents on a shoestring

14

COV

Plant Auction

14

HAR

Malcom Pym

Argentina, Chile & the Andes

 

 

 

April

 

 

 

2

LEI

Ian Thwaites

Madagascar Part 2

4

NOR

Graham Walker

Big Bend

5

LUT

Graham Walker

Digital “Big Bend”

9

CAM

David Minnion

Texas 3

9

KET

Rodney Sims

Richtersveldt Round-up 2

11

HAR

Mal Weobley

Turbinicarpus and Allied Genera

18

COV

Martin Doorbar

Thelocactus: the forgotten genus

26

NOR

Plant Auction – Nether Heyford Village Hall

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

2

NOR

Derek Tribble

Growable Gasterias

 

3

LUT

Stirling Baker

New Acquisitions

 

7

LEI

Alistair Glen

Round the Rebutia Group

 

9

HAR

John Watmough

Why my Wife is Even More Jealous

 

10

BER

Bill Morris

Cinderella Succulents

 

14

CAM

Peter Berresford

Hunting the hedgehog – the Mojave Way

 

14

KET

Evening visit to Alan Brown

 

16

COV

John Hughes

Back in Bahia

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

?

LUT

Contact Branch

 

4

LEI

Martin Lowry

Bolivia Part 2

 

6

NOR

Evening Mini-Show

 

7

ZONE 6 SHOW – Ruislip Young People’s Centre, NW. London >> for pictures click here

 

11

CAM

Paul Hoxey

Along the coast of Southern Peru

 

11

KET

Open Evening at R. Talbot’s

 

13

HAR

Terry Smale

Mexico: Huizache to Pachuca

 

14

BER

John Watmough

Lophophoras

 

20

COV

Mini Show

 

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

2

LEI

John Foster

Succulent Senecios

 

4

NOR

Geoff Bailey

Ariocarpus

 

5

LUT

Members’ evening – possible BBQ

 

9

CAM

Paul Klaassen

Chile

 

9

KET

Open evening at Roger Tame’s

 

11

HAR

A. G. M. & Andrew Ross

Down Under Succulents

 

12

BER

Mal Weobley

Introduction to Stapeliads

 

18

COV

Graham Hole

TBA

 

2627

NOR

Branch Show – Billing Garden Store

 

27

ZONE 6 OPEN DAY – Berkhamsted and District Branch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

 

?

LEI

Greenhouse visit to be arranged

 

1

NOR

Robin Alabaster

Travels among Australasian Alpines

 

2

LUT

Graham Charles

Digital “Eriosyce”

 

8

HAR

Bob Potter

Madagascar Revisited

 

9

BER

Frank Wolpert

1. Unusual Aloes.

2. Top 5 favourites.

 

13

CAM

Graham Charles

South American habitats in peril

 

13

KET

Open evening at Bob Sawfoot’s

 

15

COV

Continental Experience

 

16

National Show – Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester, nr Huntingdon

 

 

 

 

 

September

 

 

 

 

 

3

LEI

Graham Walker

Bonsai

 

 

5

NOR

Suzanne Mace

Mesembryanthe-mum Workshop

 

 

6

LUT

Suzanne Mace

Mesembryanthe-mum Workshop

 

 

10

CAM

Neil Oakman

Stapeliads

 

 

10

KET

Trevor Wray

Baja California – a Tourist’s View

 

 

12

HAR

R Hefford & D Tribble

Haworthia Workshop

 

 

13

BER

David Porter

British Wild Orchids

 

 

19

COV

Chris Davies

Mexico 2005 – Puebla to Oaxaca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

 

 

1

LEI

AGM and Eddie Cheetham: Cerei

 

 

3

NOR

John Betteley

Small Opuntias

 

 

8

CAM

Bill Morris

Propagation II

 

 

8

KET

Table Show

 

 

10

HAR

Autumn Mini-Show

 

 

11

BER

Colin Walker

Aloes Through the Ages

 

 

11

LUT

Autumn Show

 

 

17

COV

John Watmough

Succulent Humour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

 

1

LUT

Derek Bowdrey

Mexican Miscellany

 

 

5

LEI

Trevor Wray

11 hectic days in the South West

 

 

7

NOR

David Minnion

Nevada

 

 

8

BER

Alan Phipps

Navajo Country

 

 

12

KET

A.G.M.

 

 

12

CAM

Eddy Harris

3 Men and a Condor (Part 1)

 

 

14

HAR

Eddy Harris

Round and About

 

 

21

COV

The Country Diary of a Cactus Anorak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December

 

 

 

 

 

3

LEI

Neil Oakman

Soqotra, Island of Dragons

 

 

5

NOR

Gillian Evison

Euphorbias for You

 

 

6

LUT

Derek Tribble

Cotyledon, Adromischus and Tylecodon

 

 

10

CAM

David Porter

Haworthias in habitat

 

 

10

KET

Christmas Meal

 

 

12

COV

A.G.M. and Buffet Supper

 

 

12

HAR

Christmas Social

Jim Burtles - Namibia

 

 

13

BER

Xmas Get-Together

 

                             

 

Branch Contacts:

 

BER

Berkhamsted

David Wilson

01494 581020

CAM

Cambridge

Paul Hoxey 

01223 503382

COV

Coventry

Warren Withers

01788 571900

HAR

Harrow

Mark Barton 

020 8864 9503

KET

Kettering

Mike Thurland

01536 523876

LEI

Leicester

Tony Morris

01455 614410

LUT

Luton

Jean Pierce

01462 627811

NOR

Northampton & Milton Keynes

Barry Tibbetts

01908 616243