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  Potheads Ceramic Planters At Vetplantfees 2025

  New from Glen James in 2025. Ceramic planters. Each is a completely original design and comes planted with a succulent of Glen’s choosing, feel free to replace it with your own newly purchased plant from Vetplantfees. There will be more than 50 new Potheads available for purchase at Glen’s stall at the festival. The King […]

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  Botanical Art Returns to Vetplantfees 2025

  Calitzdorp Succulent Society welcomes all to Vetplantfees 2025. Our fabulous display of botanical art returns this year. New art by South Africa’s most talented artists will be on display and for sale. This painting by Gerhard Marx was created for the 2025 festival and is just one of many that will be on display. See […]

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  Workshops at Vetplantfees 2025

  Vetplantfees announces the line-up of Workshops for the 2025 festival which runs from Friday, 19 September through Sunday 2 September. Three different Workshops will be offered in 2025. They are: Succulent Plant Propagation, led by Yvonne Hemenway | More Info | Book Now Container Gardening with Succulents, led by Alison James | More Info | […]

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  Meet The Authors

  The 2024 Vetplantfees is proud to have 2 book authors in attendance whose work has added knowledge to the hobby of appreciating succulent plants and their neighbors in the veld. Please go to the shed at the Station to visit these two wonderful creators of educational material on our favorite subject. Dr. Ernst van Jaarsveld: […]

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  Book Launch: Lithops in Habitat and Cultivation. Available at Vetplantfees

  SA new book are being released at the 2021 Vetplantfees. Title: Lithops in Habitat and Cultivation. Authored by Roy A Earle and Janice E Round. Illustrations by Janet Snyman. Both Roy Earle and Janet Snyman will be at the Vetplant Fees where Roy will be giving an expert talk on Lithops and their cultivation, and […]

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  Workshop – Succulent Plant Propagation

  A dedicated workshop to teach you how propagate succulents from seed or cuttings. Offered by Yvonne Hemenway, one of the founders of the Vetplantfees, the workshop is a hands-on experience for the novice or more experience gardener with lots of tips and tricks. Details of all workshops can be found under the Events Tab

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  Workshop – Container Gardening with Succulents

  A dedicated workshop to teach you how to best approach gardening with succulents in containers. Offered by Alison James, the workshop is a hands-on experience for the novice or more experience gardener with lots of tips and tricks.

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  Bookings Open – Veld Walks – Vetplantfees 2021

  Trained Cape Nature guides will escort small groups of enthusiast on a 90-minute walk to Calitzdorp’s famous Jakkalskop where dozens of succulent plant varieties will be in flower. It is an experience not to be missed and have proven to be very popular with festivalgoers. DATES & TIMES Vetplantfees – Veld Walk – 18 Sept […]

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  Flowering Right Now – March 2018

  Check out these beauties we found flowering in the Klein Karoo in the last couple of days. Remember to keep your eyes open and your cameras handy and send us pictures of the succulents you find in bloom in your area.

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  Surviving in times of drought. How plants do it?

    Text: Luise Granig This article appeared in the February 2018 Newsletter of the Johannesburg Succulent Society and are reprinted with their permission. I can imagine that most of us have asked that question when we’ve visited a region that is as dry as anything. Somehow, miraculously, the plants survive. Ok, they don’t grow fast. […]

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