We meet on the second Friday of the month (unless indicated otherwise) and our programme is as follows.
Please see our contact us page for more information about the venue and directions.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: We’re only changing rooms across the car park at our current site and are now meeting in Shirley House.
Venue: Shirley House, 31 Psalter Lane, Nether Edge, Sheffield, S11 8YL.
| 12-Jan-24 | 1) Random Shots in the Greenhouse & 2) Stemless Mesembs | Horace Kennewell, BCSS Library | Some Sheffield Branch history, as well as many well grown plants to see |
| 09-Feb-24 | 1) Growing from seed & 2) Succulent Question Time | 1) Mike Thewles 2) Sheffield expert panel | 1) Advice on growing C & S from seed, with free seed to start you off. 2) Bring any plant for which you don’t know the name, or want cultivation advice – can our expert panel give you an answer? |
| 08-Mar-24 | Hardy Succulents | Ray Stephenson | Ray organises the Sedum Society, and holds the Sedum National Collection, but his knowledge extends well beyond Sedums. |
| 12-Apr-24 | Cleistocactus | Martin Lowry | We welcome back Martin from Macclesfield, always a popular speaker, to learn about these South American columnar cacti |
| 10-May-24 | Texas and Big Bend | Les Pearcy | From nearby Matlock, Les organises the Sedum Society Seed Distribution, but tonight will be concentrating not on Sedums but on cacti |
| 01-Jun-24 | Sheffield Annual Show, incorporating Mammillaria Society Show | At the Dorothy Fox Centre, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, 12md to 5pm; free entry; plant sales. See below for schedule and entry form. Closing date 26th May | |
| 02-Jun-24 | Sheffield Annual Show, incorporating Mammillaria Society Show | At the Dorothy Fox Centre, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, 10am to 4pm; free entry; plant sales | |
| 14-Jun-24 | Where do we start? Cactus & Succulent basics | Mike Thewles | Cactus or succulent – what’s the difference? All you need to know to get started growing these amazing plants, together with advice for the experienced grower |
| 12-Jul-24 | Bring & Buy Auction | Any plants that you no longer have room for? Spares? Bring them along and get something new instead. Proceeds to Sheffield Branch | |
| 09-Aug-24 | Lithops:home, diversity and beauty of living stones | Harald Jainta | A great chance to hear an internationally renowned expert. Harald, from Quickborn, Germany, is the author of the recently published ‘Wild Lithops’ |
| 13-Sep-24 | My affection for Agaves | Bryan Doherty | We welcome Bryan from Stockport to find out more about those striking plants, Agaves |
| 11-Oct-24 | Namibia – Etosha National Park & Lithops Hunting | Alan Brown | We welcome Alan to find out about one of Namibia’s National Parks. Hunting, not with guns for animals, but for living stones |
| 08-Nov-24 | Canary Islands | Elizabeth Maddock | As a change from winning Gold Medal at RHS Tatton Park, Elizabeth will take us on a succulent trip to the Canaries |
| 13-Dec-24 | AGM followed by Branch Social & Quiz | AGM, social, with a quiz on cacti, succulents – and allsorts: win your 2025 BCSS membership fee |
2024 Sheffield Show Schedule
2024 Sheffield Show Entry Form
