Welcome to the British Cactus & Succulent Society

Zone 8

Welcome to the Southern region of the British Cactus & Succulent Society. The society is organised into zones and this is Zone 8. It consists of Birmingham; High Wycombe; Kingston-on-Thames; Oxford; Reading & Basingstoke; and Woking branches.

All the branches hold meetings most months and a range of other events such as shows and mini conventions. All members are entitled to attend any branch and members of the public are very welcome.

Please check the individual branch websites from the menu above and we recommend you contact the branch secretary before attending for the first time.

High Wycombe Show 2012

High Wycombe branch show is on Saturday 19th May 2012. The doors open to the public at 11am. The show schedule is available to download from here.

High Wycombe Branch Programme 2012

Date	Subject	Speaker
8th Feb	Knersvlakte	Rodney Sims
14th Mar	3 men and a Condor - Part 2	Eddy Harris
11th Apr	California - a Land of Contrasts	Richard Horswood
9th May	American Dream	Alan Phipps
13th Jun	Gems of Mexico	Brian Thomson
11th Jul	11 Hectic Days in the Southwest	Trevor Wray
8th Aug	Utah	David Minnion
12th Sep	Epiphytic Cacti	Mark Preston
10th Oct	Thelocactus	Martin Doorbar
14th Nov	Aloes through the Ages	Colin Walker
12th Dec	A:G:M: + Christmas Fayre
9th Jan 2013	NW Mexico - Guanajuato to Chihuahua	Chris Davies

Reading & Basingstoke Branch Programme 2012

Date	Subject	Speaker
January 21	AGM & presentation '3D Pictures'	Jonathan Clark
February 18	Crassulas everywhere	Derek Tribble
March 17	Aloe Aloe	Rodney Sims
April 21	Members Evening
May 19	Travels in southern Mexico	David Neville
June 16	Chihuahua to Morelos	Chris Davies
July 21	What I did last winter	Paul Klaassen
August 18	National Show
August & September	No meetings
October 20	Elton’s collection	Keith & Kathy Flanagan
November 17	Thelocactus - the forgotten genus	Martin Doorbar
December 15	South Africa via Tucson	Eddy Harris

Oxford Branch Programme 2012

Date	Speaker	Subject
Jan 26	Martin Doorbar	"Thelocactus"
Feb 23	Rodney Sims	"Off the beaten track"
Mar 22	Chris Davies	"Mammillaria of North West Mexico "
Apr 26	Brendan Burke	"Chile - but not with an overcoat"
May 24	Stuart Estell	"Tales of a Cactus Murderer"
Jun 28	Ken Scales	"Czech Collections"
Jul 15	OXFORD BRANCH SHOW (see below). Langdale Hall, Witney
Jul 26	Al Laius	"Sansevierias"
Aug 18	NATIONAL SHOW Wood Green Animal Centre, Godmanchester
Aug 23	Dorothy Minors	"Our Man in Mexico (cactus hunting with Martin Smith)"
Sep 27	David Slade	"South Africa 2009 (Stage1)"
Oct 25	Stuart Riley	"New Aloe & Gasteria hybrids"
Nov 22	BRANCH AGM, then Entertainment and Christmas Nibbles
December	No Meeting

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