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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 and pots for sale. For society members there is an extensive lending library with a wide selection of books and journals. We produce a magazine three (or four) 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 |
| April 7th | Evening Mini Show | |
| April 22nd | Zone 6 Convention hosted by Berkhamsted at Wilstone | |
| April 30th/May 1st | Sales stand with the Hardy Plant Society at Kelmarsh Hall | |
| May 5th | Argentina (part 3) | Martin Lowery |
| May 21st | Branch Open Day at Barry & Pam Tibbetts' | |
| May 28 & 29th | Sales stand at the Plant Fair at Holdenby House | |
| June 2nd | Looking back over 40 years | John Hughes |
| June 3rd | Zone 6 Show + 50th lecture hosted by Luton Branch | |
| June 10 & 11th |
Sales stand with the NCCPG Spring Fair at Cedar Farm, Holcot |
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| June 15th (Thurs) | Society stand at the Milton Keynes Shopping Centre | |
| June 24th | Sales stand at the Kislingbury Plant Fair | |
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July 7th |
Mammillarias | Gerry Blacoe |
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July 22nd |
Branch BBQ at Trev & Sue Wray's | |
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Aug 4th |
Echinocereus | Robin Alabaster |
| Aug 12 & 13th | Branch Show at Billing Garden Store, Northampton | |
| Aug 17 - 20th | BCSS National Convention at Loughborough, England | |
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Sept 1st |
More South American Travels | Brian Bates |
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Oct 6th |
Interesting Haworthias | Stirling Baker |
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Nov 3rd |
Guadalupe Mountain, Texas | Richard Hodgekiss |
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Dec 1st |
Rebutia | Graham Hole |
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2007 |
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| Jan 5th | AGM, /At home and more... | |
| Feb 2nd | Arizona Byways | Trevor Wray |
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_BCSSNMK@aol.com.
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 Spring 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 16.3, Vol 16.2, Vol 16.1, Vol 15.3, Vol 15.2 (features a report on the BCSS National Show) Vol 15.1, Vol 14.3, Vol 14.2, Vol14.1, Vol 13.3, and the archives.