Northumbria Branch BCSS

Northumbria Branch meet most 2nd Thursdays of the month (7.15 for a 7.30pm start) at Moorbank Botanic Gardens, Claremont Road. (Venue at Gosforth burnt down). For details phone 01670 817901 or email ray@:sedumray.ndo.co.uk
0191 2734791 (evenings)

Looks like we may be back at Brunton Park venue in September. Phoen 01670 817901 to be certain.

Branch Schedule 2009 Date Subject Speaker January 8th 11th Zone Quiz held at our Branch February 12th A.G.M. + David Slade "South Africa" March 11th Bolivia on horseback John Carr April 9th Members' Night: Alan Appleby "Tenerife", Avril Talbot "Plants I Like" May 14th 'D' is for ... Ian Robinson June 10th Plants in My Collection Hamish McKelvie July 9th The Society - Early Years John Cox July 12th Open Day at the Stephenson's National Sedum Collection at 8 Percy Gardens NE62 5YH 18-19th July Ouseburn Festival August No meeting September 10th The other California - in search of basin endemics Ray Stephenson October 8th Big Bend Graham Walker November 12th Tektites & Meteorites George Wake December 10th Mexico Dorothy Minors January 13th 2010 Zone Quiz held v. Teesside Branch (away) February 11th 2010 Mojave Way + AGM Peter Beresford March 11th 2010 Plants that Kill or Cure Louise Bustard More details from ray@sedumray.ndo.co.uk Table Shows February 1 photograph taken in 2007 or 2008 March: 1) 1 Sulcorebutia, 2) 1 Rebutia or Weingartia April: 1) 1 Canary Island succulent, 2) 1 Ferocactus May: 1) Any succulent with its generic or specific name beginning with 'd'. 2) Any cactus with its generic or specific name beginning with 'd' June: 1) Coryphantha, Thelocactus or Cochemiea; 2). 1 Euphorbia max 5" pot July: 1) 1 piece of old society ephemera (prize card, badge etc. 2) 3 plants (cacti or succulents or mix in max 3" pots September: 1) 1 Sedum, 2) 1 Sempervivum October: 1) 1 US cactus (max 5" pot), 2) 1 US succulent November: "An unearthly looking plant" December: 1) 1 Mammillaria max 5" pot; 2) 1 Mexican succulent.1) February (2009) 1) 1 Cereus group (any ceroid cactus); 2) 1 Dudleya March (2009) 1) 1 medicinal or poisonous cactus; 2) 1 medicinal or poisonous succulent. British Cactus and Succulent Society Calendar of Events.

Please bring along any month: Plants you wish to be identified, Plants in flower, Plants with which you are havng particular problems, and Plants for the table show as indicated in the schedule Above all, please try and attend whenever possible as small groups quickly become unviable and dissappear. This is now the only working branch between Teesside and Fife. Our nearest branches are York, Glasgow and the Fylde Coast. As we rely on people travelling hundreds of miles, the schedule may be changed without notice. Most meetings we have a speaker, a visual presentation, table shows and time for discussion with like-minded folk. Dates that are underlined indicate that we are sharing a speaker with our sister branch at Teesside the previous evening (Wednesday). This enables members to hear 2 consecutive but entirely different talks. Branch Newsletter