20 September 2024 – 09:00 to 17:00
21 September 2024 – 09:00 to 17:00
22 September 2024 – 09:00 to 15:00

For 2024 the Vetplantfees will take place at the Calitzdorp Station in Calitzdorp. Just follow the signs. Food vendors on site. Plan to spend the whole weekend with us.

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The festival will include:
* Veld Walks led by local guides
* A potted plant market hosted by growers
* Educational talks by succulent experts
* “How To” workshops
* Original plant pots for sale
* Succulent plant exhibition
* Plant Competition, see the “Best Euphorbia in Show”
* Botanical art exhibition
* Botanical art sold by artists
* A rare plant auction
* Activities for children
* Saturday night dinner, and talk by one of the world’s experts on succulent plants.

Admission to the festival is FREE.

Selected activities, including Veld Walks, Workshops and Special Events will be charged for.

More information on the specific activities, the costs for each and how to book visit the individual links for each.

Thousands of rare and indigenous potted succulents will be on sale during the festival. Many of the finest growers of succulent plants in South Africa are in attendance with huge varieties of plants for sale. Several new vendors will be added in 2024, selling many more varied plants. Vendors are asked to only sell plants that have been artificially propagated. In other words no plants from the veld.

Festivalgoers must take note that plants will be available on a first-come first-buy basis.

The plant sale will start at 09:00 on Friday, 20 September 2024 and will be open for business until 15:00 on Sunday, 22 September 2024.

Join a hands-on workshops to learn how to successfully learn about succulents, how to propagate them and how to best display them in your garden. Expert growers will help you make sense of some of the difficult names and where these wonderful succulent plants fit on the plant map, how you can grow your own from seed or cuttings and how to use your succulents in your garden. A fee of R100 per person attending will apply for all workshops.

From the list below, choose the workshop you would like to attend during Vetplantfees 2024.

Succulent Plant Propagation
Friday, 20 September 2024 - 12:30 - More Info | Book Now
Saturday, 21 September 2024 - 11:00 - More Info | Book Now

Succulent Plant Container Gardening
Friday, 20 September 2024 - 15:30 - More Info | Book Now
Saturday, 21 September 2024 - 14:00 - More Info | Book Now

Trained Cape Nature guides will escort small groups of enthusiasts 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
Veld Walk - Friday, 20 Sept 2024 - 09:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Friday, 20 Sept 2024 - 11:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Friday, 20 Sept 2024 - 13:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Friday, 20 Sept 2024 - 15:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Friday, 20 Sept 2024 - 17:00 - To book, click here.

Veld Walk - Saturday, 21 Sept 2024 - 09:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Saturday, 21 Sept 2024 - 11:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Saturday, 21 Sept 2024 - 13:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Saturday, 21 Sept 2024 - 15:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Saturday, 21 Sept 2024 - 17:00 - To book, click here.

Veld Walk - Sunday, 22 Sept 2024 - 09:00 - To book, click here.
Veld Walk - Sunday, 22 Sept 2024 - 11:00 - To book, click here.

BOOKING & PAYMENT
Booking and payment are essential as only 8 persons will be accommodated on each of the scheduled walks. The fee to join each walk is R200, payable in advance and non-refundable on cancellation.

WHERE TO MEET
Each walk will depart daily at the appointed time from the main festival paypoint at the Calitzdorp Station.

IMPORTANT
Participants should wear shoes suitable for walking in the veld and bring water, a hat and sun protection.

Not to be missed is the range of free talks by plant experts on each day of the festival. Attendees will gain insights into the key issues pre-occupying scientist and experts working in the field.

Expert Talks are free events and no booking is required.

Available seats are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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FRIDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER

11:00 - Expert Talk
Making a Rock Garden at Babylonstoren Cornell Beukes
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14:00 – Expert Talk
What is a Euphorbia? Buck Hemenway
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SATURDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER

12:30 – Expert Talk
Safeguarding South Africa's Succulent Heritage: National Response to Emerging Threats Emily Kudze
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Be sure to participate in this event which is unique to Calitzdorp. Plants, artwork and other special items will be auctioned to the highest bidder.

Attendees will find the most beautiful and rare of succulent plants and art work. This is a special opportunity for succulent plant collectors to acquire mature and sometimes very rare plants. Items will be sold to the highest bidder with reserve on some.

The vendors and artists at the Succulent Fees will contribute to the Rare Plant Auction. This event will be memorable in all respects.

The auction will be held at 15:30 on Saturday, 21 September 2024. Attendance is free.

This is a “must attend” event during the Calitzdorp Succulent Festival. You will have the chance to meet and mix with succulent experts from all over South Africa, enjoy a wonderful dinner prepared and served by the ladies of the Calitzdorp NG Church.

The featured speaker at this year's dinner will be Peter Bruyns who is one of South Africa's foremost authorities on Succulent Plants. He will be speaking on Succulent Euphorbias. His new book Euphorbia in Southern Africa is currently regarded as the definition of the genus.

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To book, click here.

Some of the most talented and respected South African botanical artists will be represented at the 2024 Vetplantfees.

More details will be made available soon.