The BCSS holds regular online Zoom talks, with a range of expert speakers from Britain and abroad.
Our talks started once a week during lockdown, and reduced to twice a month in 2021 as life started to get back to normal. With a total of 117 in the series having taken place, we continue to attract a great many excellent speakers and a large UK and international audience. However, we have taken the decision to reduce the frequency to one talk a month, which is a step which other societies have also taken. We feel that this may help encourage members and friends of BCSS to attend branch meeting in person. We appreciate how popular these talks and that it may not be possible for many to travel to their local branch. The BCSS Talks Team remain committed to delivering an excellent series of talks in 2024. Indeed, we have a wonderful panel of speakers and talks already booked in.
Our talks will now take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30 p.m. GMT / UCT (BST in summer). We hope that you will be able to join us. BCSS Members and friends are all welcome.
Please contact the talks team if you have any suggestions or ideas for talks or a speaker.
- Rebutia Then and Now with Ralph MartinTime: Tuesday 9 April at 7.30pm (BST)Join Zoom Meeting We are delighted to be able to bring you a talk by Ralph Martin on one of the most popular groups of plants. Many of us consider the developing flower buds… View Article
- Ecuador Adventure with Edwina PfendbachTime: Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting We are so honoured and pleased to welcome Edwina Pfendbach to our BCSS Talks series. She is a very experienced and highly knowledgeable speaker. For fifty years, Edwina has… View Article
- Succulent Masterclass with Dr Gillian EvisonTime: Tuesday 13 February 2024 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom Talk We are excited to welcome Dr Gillian Evison who is unquestionably one of the best succulent growers we have in the UK. She has won every major BCSS award…. View Article
- Jakub Jilemicky – The Best from Haworthias in the Eastern Cape – part IITime: Tuesday 9 January 2024 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join zoom meeting We are so proud to welcome back Jakub Jilemicky, our friends, and very popular speakers to start the New Year and to allow us to continue the journey that… View Article
- Bob Webb – Euphorbias II: Some spiny and spineless shrubsTime: Tuesday 19 December 2023 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting We are excited to welcome Bob Webb on his return to give us the second talk in his series on Euphorbia following his great talk in 2020. Euphorbia are… View Article
- Detlev Metzing – Gymnocalycium – why I like themTime: Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting We are excited to announce that we have arranged for Dr Detlev Metzing, one of the world’s best-known authorities on Gymnocalycium to give us a talk on this spectacularly… View Article