Welcome ...
Nelson is the newest branch of the CSSNZ.
Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month, 7.30pm
Jaycee Meeting Room, Founders' Heritage Park, Atawhai Drive, Nelson.
Monthly Meetings
- Plant sales
- Pot sales
- Special potting mix available
- Monthly plant competitions, raffles, plant auctions
- An interest table each month for anything special to be displayed.
- Club library available to members
Other events and benefits
- Cactus Crawls to member’s collections
- Bi monthly informative newsletters
- Annual show - Saturday 18th October, 2008 Age Concern Hall, Trafalgar Street, Nelson, 9am - 4pm.
- Visits to private collections may be arranged for fellow members outside our region
All this for a reasonable annual subscriptions, which includes the CSSNZ National Quarterly Journal, with very informative editions which includes a huge seed list of special cactus and succulent seeds, and an annual CSSNZ Conventions arranged by a different Branch each year for all members to attend.
Programme and Competitions for the year
Annual Show ... Saturday 18th October, 2008 Age Concern Hall, Trafalgar Street, Nelson, 9am - 4pm. Cactus and Succulent display and a huge selection of plants for sale.
| Dates | Open Section Succulent | Open Section Cactus | Main feature |
| January 22 | ----------------- No competitions ------------ | Cactus crawl | |
| February 26 | Pachypodium/Caudiciform | Astrophytum | Rebecca Bowater, Presentation |
| March 25 | Agave (large pot under 30cm) | Mammillaria | Talk or Demonstration |
| April 22 | Echeveria/Dudleya | Copiapoa or Eriosyce | Ballot sale of special plants |
| May 27 | Haworthia | Opuntia/Tephrocactus | Talk or Demonstration |
| June 24 | Euphorbia (large pot under 30cm) | Cereoid | Problem Plant Evening |
| July 22 | Mesemb | Echinocactus or Ferocactus | Talk or Demonstration |
| August 26 | Variegated succulent | White spined Cactus | Talk or Demonstration |
| September 23 | Sedum or Crassula | Gymnocalycium | My Favourite Plant |
| October 18th | Annual Show, Age Concern Hall, Trafalgar Street, 9am - 4pm | ||
| October 28 | Crested or monstrose | Rebutia/Sulcorebutia | Talk or demonstration |
| November 25 | ----------------- No competitions ---------------- | Xmas supper & Trophy Presentation | |
| December | ------------------- NO MEETING ------------------- | ||
Also a mini talk each month except January and November
Competition rules
Two entries per person in each category. 2 pot sizes for each category, Succulents and Cacti, up to 15cms and over 15cms.
Accumulated points for the year will see the winners awarded with a $100 voucher in the cacti and succulents categories.
Contact us
For more information contact the Secretary -
Anne M. - Phone: (03) 545 0849 or by filling out the form below ...
Succulents in Anne M's wheelbarrow.
A few of Anne M's Haworthias.
A photo of Graeme B's Collection.