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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 and Queen of the Potheads (pictured above) will be offered at the Rare Plant Auction at 11:00 on Saturday 20 September during the Festival. Don’t miss your chance to acquire one or both of these beauties.
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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 all the details, click here. “The Calitzdorp Succulent Festival is again happening in September ( 19-21 Sept.) and the emphasis this year is on the genus Gasteria. Just completed an acrylic on canvass rendering of Gasteria acinacifolia for exhibition at the festival and currently working on a second painting.” Gerhard Marx
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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 | Book Now Living Décor, led by Charl Pretorius | More Info | Book Now Download The Workshop Flyer Space is limited in each workshop. All places in the workshops will be reserved for those who have booked.
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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 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
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
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
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
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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Plant of the Month – Apr 2018
Faucaria tigrina Faucaria tigrina (Haworth 1789) (Tiger Jaws, Shark Jaws, Tierbekvygie) The first documented discovery of Faucaria tigrina was during an…
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