The Cactus and Succulent Society of the ACT Inc. is a friendly club which encourages the cultivation and propagation of cacti and other succulent plants in the Canberra region. We share our experiences and knowledge through our meetings, newsletters and other activities.
 Contact us
Address: PO Box 484 MAWSON ACT 2607
Email: Please address all email to secretary@ plus
our domain name, ie, cactusact.org
Meetings
We usually meet at 10.30 am on the second Sunday of each month,
except when a public holiday occurs
that weekend. In 2008 our
meetings will be on 10
February; 16 March;13 April; 11 May; 15 June; 13 July;
10 August; 14 September; 12 October; 9 November.
Meetings are held in Room 3, Hughes Community Centre,
Wisdom St, Hughes.
Meetings include talks and demonstrations. Members share their knowledge,
ideas and experience of growing cacti and succulents in the Canberra climate. Refreshments are provided and
members may borrow books and journals from the library. Books, plants and pots are
often available for sale at meetings.
Visitors are always welcome at meetings. If you wish, email us beforehand for
details.
Activities
Activities members enjoy include visits to collections of local members, interstate
societies and public cactus and succulent gardens and nurseries. We participate
in community days at Civic and Floriade and other venues around Canberra, offering
cactus and succulent plants for sale and giving cultural advice. In 2001, the
ACT society hosted the biennial convention of Cactus and Succulent Societies
of Australasia.
Members of the society continually look for plants which grow well in this
region. Here are links to short lists of cactus and succulents which
are recommended for Canberra, but there are many others. We hope eventually
to be able to illustrate these lists with photos of plants grown by members.
Members include a whole range of people interested in growing cactus and succulent
plants from school students to people who have been growing these plants for
many decades.
The annual subscription is $ 25.00 p.a. although two adults living at the
same address may apply for a Household membership at $35.00 p.a. Aged pensioners
and students may apply for concessional membership. This is $20 for an individual
and $30 for household.
The Society's financial year begins each 1 May. New members who join from
1 November may pay half the annual subscription for the year.
If you would like to join the society, you can send us a membership
application form. Simply type in your details, print and sign it and
mail it to the above address or, better still, bring it along to a meeting.
The Newsletter
The monthly newsletter includes articles on a variety of cactus and succulent
topics and events. All members or other interested people are invited to
contribute
articles to the newsletter. A selection of articles and
other useful information from past editions may be found on the Newsletter page.
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