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About our meetings
Doors open at 10.00, with our invited speaker normally taking the stage at 11.00. The meeting will close at about 14:30.
There is a charge for attending the meeting of £3.00 (GBP) for each person, payable at the door, which covers the cost of hiring the hall. You do not have to be a member to attend the meeting, but if you join, you can receive our newsletters and take part in our on-line forum (coming soon).
The date of the Autumn 2024 meeting is shown on the SABG home page, and also on our list of Past, present and future meetings.
The display table at our Spring meeting in March 2014, showing a number of Lachenalia species and other plants [Click on the image for a larger version, which might let you read the labels, especially if you click again to enlarge the resulting image further]
Richard White, 23 March 2014
There will be a display table for any plants that you wish to bring along to show to other members. There will also be a sales table where you can offer material for sale on an 80:20 Member to Group basis (in other words the Group takes a 20% commission in return for providing this facility). Please include a second label in the pots, showing your initials and the price so that we can settle up easily at the end of the day.
We usually have an informal discussion period during the afternoon, so that Members can show their plants and answer any questions other might have. If any of you have slides or digital photos of plants that you would like to show, please bring them along (with a slide projector if you bring 35mm slides; we normally have a lap-top computer, digital projector and screen).
There will be a lunch break from approximately 12:00 until 13:00. Many members bring their own food so that they can have the opportunity to chat to others over lunch. Alternatively, the Sainsbury’s supermarket is based on the same site (you can even fill up with petrol before driving home!)
NOTE: As our meetings are usually quite close to the Spring and Autumn equinoxes, they occasionally occur on the day the clocks go forward or back an hour, which could possibly cause people to arrive an hour late or early. In many European countries including the UK, and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, and back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October. See the official information.
Autumn 2024 meeting
Our next meeting will be on Sunday 20th October 2024.
The speaker for this meeting is Alex Summers. who will give a talk on “The Richtersveld – collecting in an arid biodiversity hotspot”. Alex was until recently the curator of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, now working in a National Trust garden. The NBGW has a large section devoted to plants from regions with a Mediterranean climate, including a collection of South African bulbs.
After the lunch-break we expect to have some short talks on either Massonia by Paul Cumbleton or Eucomis by Tom Radford, or both if there is time.
Directions to the meeting hall. The doors will open at 10.00, and the meeting will close at about 14.30. SABG members, their guests and visitors are welcome. Admission is £3.00 and parking is free.
As in previous meetings, there will be a display table for any plants that you bring along for others to see. We will have time for some informal discussion during the afternoon, so that members can point out their plants and answer any questions. If you have any slides or computer images that you would like to show, please bring them along.
All who are interested in growing these plants will be welcome. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and the meeting will finish at approximately 2:30 p.m. There is an entry fee of £3.00, but parking is free. There will as usual be a plant display table, plant sales (a good reason to arrive soon after 10:00!), and tea and coffee with biscuits. There will also be some books for sale. You are encouraged to bring along any plants you wish to display or sell, or digital photos to share with the audience. Bring your own lunch, or pop into Sainsbury’s next door for a sandwich.
The timetable we plan is as follows:
| 10am | Doors open for Plant Sales. Tea/coffee available |
| 11am – 12.00 | Main talk |
| 12.00 - 1 pm | Lunch |
| 1pm - 2pm | Short talks by members |
| 2pm – 2.30pm | Winding up |
More details of our meetings are given on the meetings page.
Directions to the meeting hall
Our next meeting is at our usual place, Badger Farm, Winchester.
In the version of Newsletter 51 attached to the emails to some members, the reference to our “previous” meeting hall is an error perpetrated by the Newsletter Editor (who has refused to resign). Rest assured that there is no change to the meeting place.
Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester
Directions for meetings at Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4QB (U.K.)
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available. Bring your own lunch, or buy something at Sainsbury’s next door.
Future meetings
In addition to the next SABG meeting described above, the following events are planned:
(to be updated)
- Sunday 20th October 2024: The Autumn 2024 SABG meeting, details to follow.
Past meetings
See Past, present and future meetings for brief details of all past meetings.
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