PROGRAMME 2025 New visitors are very welcome! Click on pictures to see more Dec 1st, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End Christmas Social, spouses welcome! An extra long mid-break is planned for sharing a seasonal finger buffet of savoury and sweet snacks, and our special Christmas raffle prizes - don’t forget to bring your donations please! Afterwards, David Minnion has volunteered to present another batch of outstanding c&s videos selected from YouTube and elsewhere - a chance to see places where our usual speakers do not reach! We no longer hold meetings in January, so our next will be Monday 2nd February 2026. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along your plants that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Astrophytum Group; Haworthia group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Nov 3th, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End A year in Flowers Part 2 Talk by David Ilett from Croydon Branch about succulent plants he grows, and which provide flowers throughout the year. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along your plants that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Echinocereus Group; Othonna or Pelargonium Groups; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Oct 6th, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End Monsters, Freaks, Chimeras, etc. A talk about the many bizarre forms of cacti and succulents that have occurred in cultivation, assembled by Chris Coombes from Havering Branch. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along your plants that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Astrophytum Group; Mesemb Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Sep 1st, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End Member's Any Questions? Our members said they would like to learn more about cultivation and so a 'Gardeners Question Time' style evening was agreed, with a panel of experienced members to offer advice. The session will be chaired by our chairman Derek Tribble. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will also be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Lophophora, Strombocactus or Turbinicarpus Groups; Stapelia Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Aug 4th, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End Annual General Meeting Our Harrow Branch has a long history going back to 1967. We have a large box forming an interesting archive of programmes, show schedules, photos and much more. Some of these items will be displayed to illustrate our past activities and larger BCSS events. For the second half of the evening, Derek will present one of the late Dr Terry Smale's digital presentations: his 'Favourite Mexicans'. Entrance is free this month, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will also be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Copiapoa Group; Adenia, Kedrostis or Pachypodium Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). July 7th, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End Stuart Riley returns to Harrow Branch to present plants seen during his recent 'American Travels'. As a nurseryman himself, Stuart regularly visits nurseries on the West Coast of the USA and should bring a nice selection of plants for sale as usual from his Plant Life businesss. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will also be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Gymnocalycium Group; Crassulaceae Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Jun 2nd, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End We will welcome Ian Woolnough from Kings Lynn with a talk titled “Baja, Mexico 2023”. Ian has travelled widely searching for cacti in habitat across the Americas. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will also be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Rebutia Group; Echeveria Subgroup; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). May 5th, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End We will welcome Mike Partridge (secretary from Bromley branch) presenting “A few more days in Patagonia, Part 3”. We can look forward to spectacular scenery and to learn more about the natural history of Argentina as well as its cacti. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will also be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Eriosyce (incl. Neoportia) Group; Euphorbia Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Apr 7th, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End We will welcome Alan and Marion Brown from Market Harborough / Leicester Branch. Alan will present a travelogue through Mexico with a group searching for cacti in their natural habitat: "Cacti of the Sierra Madre Oriental". Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Any plants for sale will also be welcome (allow 10% comission to branch). Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Coryphantha/Thelocactus Group; Gasteria Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Mar 3rd, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End Derek Tribble will present the final part of the late 'Chris Moore's Stapeliads Updated'. The first part of his spectacular flower photos were well received last autumn. There will be more information added by Derek on cultivation, pollination and the available literature for these fascinating succulents. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Please bring along plants for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Echinocactus (incl. Ferocactus) Group; Haworthia Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots). Feb 3rd, 2025 7:45 pm Hatch End David Minnion will present a talk about the second part of his tour of Argentina looking for cacti with Ian Woolnough in Nov 2023. The second week of this trip includes other aspects of the natural history as well as splendid scenery. Entrance fee is £3, a raffle ticket is £1. Please bring along any propagations for sale and your c&s that are doing well for us to admire in the four table show classes: Mammillaria Group; Aloe Group; any cactus; any succulent (all restricted to less than 6 1/4" pots).
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