Cactus and Succulent Society of New Zealand (CSSNZ) Inc.

CSSNZ 2007 Conference and AGM

Friday 16th - Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th February 2007 in Nelson

To be held in the Trailways Motor Inn, with accommodation on site. Accommodation bookings can be made direct to Trailways 0800 872 459 - mention Cactus Convention when booking.

Speakers include

  • Bob Chinnock - Australia
  • Paul Forster - Australia
  • Tim Saunderson - Auckland
  • Frances Verrity - Wellington
  • David Hunt - Blenheim
  • Kyle Boland - Hawkes Bay

Activities

There will be a bus tour on both the Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon to collections, one to the North of the City, the other going to the South.

Plant sales

Plant sales are going to be conducted from the Age Concern Hall, opposite Trailways, with plants coming from Coromandel cacti - Auckland , to Castle Rock Cactus - Christchurch, and everywhere in between, including many local growers.

Programme

Friday 16th February 2007
4.00pm Executive Board Meeting
Plant Sales - viewing only		 Age Concern Hall
Age Concern Hall
6.00pm Meet & Greet - nibbles/pay bar Trailways Motor Inn
7.00pm Registration - Plant Sales Age Concern Hall
8.00pm Official Opening Speeches Trailways Motor Inn
8.30pm Tim Saunderson
Caudiciforms & Lump plants 		Trailways Motor Inn
Saturday 17th February
8.00am Plant Sales Age Concern Hall
9.00am Bob Chinnock (DEH)
Feral cactaceae & other succulents in South Australia		Trailways Motor Inn
9.45am Morning Tea.
10.15amGroup Photograph(George Fargo) Outside Trailways
10.30am Annual General Meeting.
11.30am Frances Verrity
Succulents & Art		.
12.15pm Lunch
Plant Sales 		Trailways Motor Inn
Age Concern Hall
1.00pm Paul Forster
Cacti of Southern Mexico		 Trailways Motor Inn
1.45pm David Hunt
The Art of Bonsai in Succulents 		.
2.30pm Bus from Trailways - Collection Visits
Anne Murray, Graeme Bird, Bruce Wilson 		.
4.30pm Executive Board Meeting
Plant Sales		 Age Concern Hall
Age Concern Hall
6.00pm Pre Dinner Drinks - Pay Bar Trailways Motor Inn
6.30pm Dinner and Auction Trailways Motor Inn
Sunday 18th February
8.00am Plant Sales Age Concern Hall
9.00am Kyle Boland
The Genus Pelargonium		Trailways Motor Inn
9.45am Morning Tea .
10.15am Bob Chinnock (DEH)
Successful cultivation of mesembs from seed 		.
11.00am Paul Forster
The Genus Agave
11.45am Lunch
Final Plant Sales		 Trailways Motor Inn
Age Concern Hall
12.30pm Tim Saunderson
Columnar cactus “The Short and the Tall” 		Trailways Motor Inn
1.15pm Final presentation of thanks and
Forward to 2008 - Bay of Plenty
1.30pm Bus from Trailways - collection visits
Christie Hetariki, Jim Ring,
Steve Russell, Geoff Etherington
6.30pm Pre-barbeque drinks - pay bar Trailways Motor Inn
7.00pm Car pooling or an easy ramble to Grove Station
for a barbeque on board the Nelson Railway Society Party Train. 		Meet outside Trailways

Further inquiries

Anne Murray, email anmur at xtra dot co dot nz





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Last updated 20th June 2006.