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Written by Tony Alston   
(Bushfire Survivor’s Garden Assistance)

On Saturday 7th February 2009, horrific bushfires devastated areas of Victoria, destroying over 1800 homes, gardens, and many lives.  (This was covered in an earlier article here)

Marysville. 2009 bushfires
Marysville, 2009. Every house destroyed



The original idea was for my wife and myself to personally pot up 100 succulent cuttings for spring distribution.

Following discussions with a few Cactus and Succulent Society of Australia members, we decided that a Society project was appropriate instead. Within hours we had a wholesale succulent nursery offering a 20m polythene covered igloo with a watering system and other companies offering free potting mix (6 cubic metres), fertiliser and 2,000 plastic pots. 
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Buy cacti, succulents and books online
Written by Attila   
Buy cacti, succulents, and books online
All of the sellers on this page are well known and are recommended. Many of them do not have a website but can be emailed requesting their latest list or catalogue.
Our Society sellers
      Australian Succulents
Australian succulent plants, books, and seeds
      Cactusland
Mail order plants (wide range of cacti and succulents)
      Cactus Country
nursery and huge outdoor display garden
      Collectors Corner
very large wholesale & retail nursery
      Roraima Plant Nursery
Specialising in unusual, exotic, drought-tolerant and architectural plants
      Succulents Australia
mail order succulents only
Interstate Societies - sellers
      Andoran Succulent Nursery
mail order succulents only
      Hamilton's World of Cactus
large retail and wholesale nursery
      Orana-Mexicana
Mail order seedlings (wide range of cacti and succulents). Lester Meyers, 44 Wamboin St, Gilgandra, NSW 2827 Ph (AH only): 02 6847 0566
      Paul Forster
Mail order succulents (wide range of succulents)
      Terry Tierney
mail order, specialises in Astrophytum & caudiciforms
      Thornwood Gardens
mail order only
Other sellers
      Tarrington Exotics
This website has closed due to Rudolf's retirement. For information about his books or Schulz Publishing, visit Australian Succulents
Australian Societies
      Cactus & Succulent Society of Western Australia Inc.
348 Hardy St, Cloverdale WA. 6105. Phone: 08 92773924
      Open Gardens Scheme
Australia's Open Garden Scheme is a non-profit organisation that began in Victoria in 1987.
Our aim is to promote the knowledge and pleasure of gardens and gardening across Australia.
We do this by opening Australia's most inspiring private gardens.
      Gold Coast Succulent & Bromeliad Society Inc.
      Cactus & Succulent Society of South Australia Inc.
      Cactus & Succulent Society ACT
      Western Suburbs Cactus Club (Sydney)
      Cactus & Succulent Society of Ballarat
      Cactus & Succulent Society of QLD
      Cactus & Succulent Society of NSW
      Bromeliad Society of QLD
      Bromeliad Society of NSW
      Bromeliad Society Of Australia Inc
International Societies
      Cactus & Succulent Society of New Zealand
      Cactus Mall
Highly recommended international website which has links to most English and non English speaking societies, cactus websites, books and related plant topics.
      Central Arizona Cactus & Succulent Society
      British Cactus & Succulent Society
      The Cactus & Succulent Society of America
Bus Trip Cancellation
Written by Webmaster   
BUS TRIP CANCELLATION – URGENT UPDATE

Unfortunately we have to cancel the bus trip this Sunday to Strathmerton.

The bus company has been contacted and have been paid a cancellation fee.

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Do you want to write an article?
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Do you have an article or interesting that you would like to write about, and maybe have put on the site?
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Mexican Magic
Written by BBI Bioenergy Australasia   
Australian company raises its glass to ethanol from agave

It helped put the smiles on Mexican faces as far back as the Aztec empire. Now the agave plant – the central ingredient of the potent drink Tequila – could be the source of wide grins in the biofuels industry as well.

South Australian company Ausagave has for the past four years been working towards growing the robust plant for ethanol production in this country.
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