Northumbria Branch BCSS

Northumbria Branch meet most 2nd Thursdays of the month (7.15 for a 7.30pm start) at St Aidan's Community Center, Brunton Park, Gosforth. For details phone 01670 817901 or email ray@:sedumray.ndo.co.uk
0191 2734791 (evenings)

Directions: Just off the Western By-Pass, signposted to Gosforth Park is the Old Great North Rd. Turn right at the 1st roundabout on to Polworth Drive (1) and go to the 'T' junction with Princes Rd. (2). To the left are shops with parking (3). Opposite the shops and between St.Aidan's Church (4) and the Royal George (5) is St.Aidan's Community Centre (6).

Branch Schedule 2008 Date Subject Speaker January 9th 11th Zone Quiz held at Teesside Branch January 10th Back to Basics February 14th A.G.M. + Box of three March 13th Succulent Geraniaceae Bill Morris March 29th Teesside Symposium April 10th Galapagos Dr Ralph Tomlinson May 4th Open Day at the Stephenson's, 8 Percy Gardens, NE62 5YH. 10.30 - 4.00 May 8th Our Collections John Birtle & John Barnett June 12th The I.S.I. Harry Mays July 10th The Little Karoo Rodney Sims August No meeting September 11th More Mammillaria Mike Stansbie October 9th Small aloes Brian McDonough October 11th Teesside Branch's 50th Birthday November 13th Fireplace of Endemism Ray Stephenson December 11th Melocacti George Thomson January 8th 2009 Zone Quiz held v. Teesside Branch February 12th 2009 South Africa David Slade March 12th 2009 Something Old and Something New in Bolivia John Carr More details from ray@sedumray.ndo.co.uk Table Shows March: 1 Pelargonium or Sarcocaulon; 1 Strombocactus group (incl. Aztekium, Epithelantha, Turbinicarpus etc.) April: 1 2 cacti max 4" pots; 1 Aeonium May: 1 Thelocactus, Coryphantha or Escobaria; 1 Euphorbia max 4" pot June: 1 I.S.I. cactus; 1 I.S.I. succulent July: 1 Mesembryanthemum; 1 Cotyledon or Adromischus September: 1 Mammillaria max 4" pot; 1 Mammillaria max 8" pot October: 1 Aloe max 5" pot; 1 Eriosyce (Neoporteria) etc. November: 1 Sempervivum; 1 Sedum December: 1 Melocactus; 1 epiphytic cactus February (2009) 1 Photograph taken in 2007 March (2009) 1 Sulcorebutia; 1 Rebutia or Weingartia 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