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Archives: Top News
  • 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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  • Discover Mesembs – Veld Walk & Seed Workshop

    on 15 November, 2017

    Join the Calitzdorp Succulent Society and Priscilla Burgoyne the Herbarium Curator at the…

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  • New Book Hits a High Note with Festivalgoers

    on 25 September, 2017

    What a privileged it was to have Robin Fransden attending the Vetplantfees and launching his book “Succulents of Southern…

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  • Vetplantfees in full swing.

    on 23 September, 2017

    After months of planning, the Calitzdorp Vetplantfees is now in full swing and are surpassing all our expectations. Eager…

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    Festivals, Veld Walks
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Meaning of Vetplant

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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