Calendar Of Events

SEE BELOW - SPECIAL COVID ANNOUNCEMENT


Meetings are held on 4th Tuesday of every month. We do not hold a meeting in December.

Doors open at 7:15pm for ‘early bird’ plant exchange and sales. Official meeting starts 8pm.

We are always on the lookout for persons who may be willing or able to give an interesting presentation on a relevant topic at our meetings. If you think you might be able to do so, or know of someone else you would like to hear a presentation from – please let us know enquiries@www.cssaustralia.org.au.

Venue: Mt Waverley Youth Centre, 45 Miller Crescent, Mt Waverley Victoria 3149

Members are requested to wear their membership name tags when attending any of our meetings or events.

We welcome all of our members and visitors to our current calendar. Visitors and guests of members are most welcome to attend up to three(3) monthly meetings before being required to become members of our Society.


2021 Calendar


Monthly Gathering

Speaker and Topic

POTM

26 January

Karina Knight – ‘The connection between Herbaria and Cacti/Succulents: a fleshy partnership’

Agave

23 February

Guillermo Rivera (USA) - [topic TBD]

Copiapoa

23 March

Emma Herd (RBGV) - [topic TBD]

Plant propagated by you in the last 5 years

27 April

James Hiscock - [topic TBD]

Rhipsalis

25 May

[to be confirmed]

Aloe

22 June

Attila Kapitany – ‘All about my life with cacti and succulents. What gets me excited – why and how does it all start!’

Sulcorebutia or Rebutia

Anticipated:

27 July

[to be confirmed]

Any cacti/succulent in a black plastic pot

Anticipated:

24 August

Ron Parsons (USA) – ‘Cactus and succulents of the western United States’

Blue plants

Anticipated:

28 September

Annual General Meeting

[Speaker to be confirmed]

Plants endemic to the Americas

Anticipated:

26 October

Three short talks from Members!

Crested plants

Anticipated:

23 November

Noelene Tomlinson - [topic TBD]

Plants endemic to Africa

(December)

(Like most years, No usual monthly gathering scheduled, but we may look in to an online event or the alike.)

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Special Announcement

Please understand that as the COVID-19 situation continues we may be required to make last minute changes and cancellations to planned events, however after being unable to meet since Feb 2020 it looks like we're good-to-go for our January Monthly Gathering on the Tuesday 26th Jan!

We're booked in to meet next door to our usual meeting space, and look forward to seeing you from 7:15pm at the Mt Waverley Youth Centre Main Hall! If we are forced to make any last minute changes/cancellations they will be announced right here.

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