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CSSA Calendar for 2008

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All meetings are on a Tuesday evening, at Kew Library's Phyllis Hore Meeting Room
Corner of Cotham Road and Civic Drive, Kew (Melways 45 D6)

*Plant of the Month - some are yet to be advised.

  • Jan  22nd
       Chris Larson - "What do Bromeliads and Succulents have in common?".
       Plant of the Month: Bromeliads.
  • Feb 26th
       Attila Kapitany - ‘Cacti & Succulents as weeds’
       Plant of the Month: *to be advised.


    March 15th - The City of Stonnington’s “Pets in the Park”.
    A free family fun day in the park with your pet, together with Rotary's “Sounds of Stonnington”.


  • March  25th
       Trevor Sellman - ‘Trip to South America’
       Plant of the Month: *Copiapoas or other Chilean cacti.

  • March  30th
       Autumn bus trip
  • March 29th or 30th
       Open Garden both days at Paul and Maureen Lucas
       (to be confirmed)



    April 2nd to April 6th - International Flower and Garden Show

    April 12th to April 13th (Sat. & Sun.) - RBG Growing Friends Autumn Plant Sale
    Saturday 9.00-4.00pm, Sunday 9.00am-3.00pm

  • April  15th
       Don Allison    - ‘Potting Mix’ (short talk)
       Jill Abbott    -    ‘Galapagos Islands’
       Plant of the Month: *to be advised.

  • April 24th to 27th - Adelaide Convention

  • May 20th
       Heinz Staude - ‘Indoor Succulents’ or shade tolerant succulents.
       Plant of the Month: *Haworthias, Sansevierias, Gasterias.

  • June 17th
       James Lucas - ‘Sempervivums’
       Plant of the Month: Sempervivums

  • July  15th
       Simon Wadham - ‘Seed Raising – Cacti and Succulents’ How to collect seed.
       Plant of the Month: *Anything you have grown from seed.

  • Sept 2nd
       Martin Ganter - ‘South African Habitats’
       Plant of the Month: *South African succulents

  • Sept 30th
       AGM
       Kosta Nikolaidis - ‘Buying & selling rare Cacti’
       What makes some so desirable and costly?
       Plant of the Month:
    *Rare cacti.


    Oct. “Spring into Gardening” at Prahran
    Oct. 18th to Oct. 19th - Stringybark Festival

  • Oct 25th to Oct 26th
       
    CSSA Show

  • Oct. 28th
        Topic to be confirmed
        Plant of the Month: *to be advised.

  • Nov 25th
      Wayne Robinson - Cacti cultivation aspects
      How to differentiate between species of some of the clustering cacti, etc.    
      Plant of the Month: *Gymnocalyciums

  • Dec 13th
       Christmas breakup and social visit to the RBG.
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