Our meetings are held on the last Saturday of the month and our programme is as follows.
Please see our contact us page for more details about the venue and directions:
Venue: The Lydden Village Hall, Canterbury Road, Dover, CT15 7EX.
| 27-Jan-24 | AGM and Bring and Buy Auction | Dover Branch Committee | The Annual General Meeting of the Dover BCSS Branch in line with our branch constition. Our annual Bring and Buy Auction for branch funds. |
| 24-Feb-24 | The Elham Valley | Martin Newcombe | Something different from a branch member talking about our lovely local scenery, folklore, history, wildlife and more. Cutting through the chalk between Canterbury and Folkestone, the Elham Valley is a typical bit of old chalk countryside within the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
| 30-Mar-24 | Cacti and Succulents of NE Mexico Part 1 | Hazel Taylor | This is a trip through North Eastern Mexico, starting from Mexico City and travelling via Pachuca through the Sierra Madre Oriental as far north as Tula taking in the famous and scary Barranca de Toliman on the way. We see many wonderful cacti of the area , succulents as well in equal measure as well other flora we encountered along the way. |
| 27-Apr-24 | Echeveria (Species) | Dr John Hughes | Echeverias are a very large and popular genus which have many lovely new hybrids that we heard about from a speaker last year. So this time we are going to take a step back to look at the species Echeverias. |
| 25-May-24 | Namibia 2007 | Derek Tribble | A travelogue on his adventures in Namibia in 2007 whilst on expedition with Ernst van Jaarsveld. |
| 29-Jun-24 | Dover Branch Show | Show Committee | Our annual closed Mini Branch Show. Show Programme to follow nearer the time. |
| 27-Jul-24 | Utah | David Minnion | A slide show on the cacti of Utah. |
| 31-Aug-24 | Texas Plant Hunting | Martin Edwards | A new presention on Plant Hunting in Texas. |
| 28-Sep-24 | Argentina Part 1 – People, Places and Plants | Dr Richard Rolfe | Aimed to give some idea of the spectular scenery, varied climates, the people and other places of interest all linked with seeking plants in habitat in NW Argentina. The added idea is to give people some idea of the soil types in which many succulent plants grow without humus. |
| 26-Oct-24 | Opuntias | Mike Partridge | A talk by the Bromley branch secretary to be confirmed nearer the time. |
| 30-Nov-24 | Christmas Meeting | Dover Branch Committee | Our annual branch Christmas bring along buffet meeting. Including a general knowledge Quiz in teams hosted by Mark James. |
| 25-Jan-25 | AGM and Bring and Buy Auction | Dover Branch Committee | The Annual General Meeting of the Dover BCSS Branch in line with our branch constition. Our annual Bring and Buy Auction for branch funds. |