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  • Meet The Authors

    on 11 March, 2024

    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 Dr. Ernst van Jaarsveld: latest book is on waterwise gardening and will soon prove to be a top seller in garden related books. He will be at the Authors table on and off during the weekend. Detlef Schnabel His first book on succulent plants is a masterpiece. Information and beautiful photos of plants in the veld are in the book. The title, “Succulent Plants of the Southeastern Karoo” shows the specific area that Detlef studied and recorded for the publication. He has included some very insightful articles on various subjects surrounding the definitions and descriptions of plants that we call “Succulent”.

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

    on 15 September, 2021

    SA new book are being released at the 2021 Vetplantfees. Title: Lithops in Habitat and Cultivation. Authored by Roy…

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  • Workshop – Succulent Plant Propagation

    on 14 September, 2021

    A dedicated workshop to teach you how propagate succulents from seed or cuttings. Offered by Yvonne Hemenway, one of…

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  • Workshop – Container Gardening with Succulents

    on 27 August, 2018

    A dedicated workshop to teach you how to best approach gardening with succulents in containers. Offered by Alison James,…

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  • Bookings Open – Veld Walks – Vetplantfees 2021

    on 8 August, 2018

    Trained Cape Nature guides will escort small groups of enthusiast on a 90-minute walk to Calitzdorp’s famous Jakkalskop where…

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  • Flowering Right Now – March 2018

    on 8 March, 2018

    Check out these beauties we found flowering in the Klein Karoo in the last couple of days. Remember to…

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  • Surviving in times of drought. How plants do it?

    on 13 February, 2018

      Text: Luise Granig This article appeared in the February 2018 Newsletter of the Johannesburg Succulent Society and are reprinted with…

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  • Flowering Right Now – February 2018

    on 11 February, 2018

    Buck Hemenway, Chairman of the Calitzdorp Succulent Society, shared some pictures of the succulents currently flowering in the Hemenways’…

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  • Name the Plant – Now Live!

    on 8 September, 2017

    A rare opportunity presents itself for those who have everything. Ideal for a loved one on an anniversary or…

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  • Bookings Open – Expert Talks – Vetplantfees

    on 16 August, 2017

    Not to be missed is our range of FREE talks by plant experts on each day of…

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Read Our News

  • Meet The Authors
  • Book Launch: Lithops in Habitat and Cultivation. Available at Vetplantfees
  • Workshop – Succulent Plant Propagation
  • Workshop – Container Gardening with Succulents
  • Bookings Open – Veld Walks – Vetplantfees 2021
  • Plant of the Month – May 2018
  • Plant of the Month – Apr 2018
  • Flowering Right Now – March 2018
  • Plant of the Month – Mar 2018
  • Surviving in times of drought. How plants do it?

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Succulent plant lovers everywhere refer to their passion as "fat plants". "Vetplant" is the Afrikaans word for succulent and a literal translation of the English "Fat Plant".

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