Western Cape Fuchsia Society

Meetings

The Western Cape Fuchsia Society meets at 2pm on the first Saturday of each month between February and November at the St Thomas Church Hall, Campground Road in Rondebosch. Every month there is a practical workshop during which an experienced grower demonstrates a particular aspect of cultivating fuchsias relevant to that time of the year. Afterwards members have some practical experience, for example, in June and July they can bring any of their own plants that need potting-up and they will be guided through this process on these plant/s.

 The Society also invites a guest speaker to some meetings to talk about an interesting aspect of gardening, not necessarily connected to growing fuchsias.

Visitors are always welcome to participate and at the end of the meeting, they have the opportunity to discuss any aspect of fuchsia growing with the members over tea and cake.

Should you wish to join the Society, please contact the secretary (details provided below) for all relevant information.

A membership form may be downloaded here.

WESTERN CAPE FUCHSIA SOCIETY 2026 PROGRAMME 

NOT YET AVAILABLE

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Meeting minutes

Date: 4th July 2026

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There were 20 members present and one visitor.  Rosemary, Noeline’s mother.

Apologies were received from: Jill, Estelle and Mia, David, Ninon, Shirley, John, Emma, Nerina, Dot and Umi.

Belinda welcomed everyone on a cold winters’ afternoon.  She thanked the members for the generous donations to the raffle table, and to the members who provided the tea and refreshments, Merle, Rita and Belinda.

As we waited for the TV to arrive and the talk by Morne Faulhammer to begin, Belinda reminded all the members about the Show in December, the various portfolios and asked everyone to please get involved.

The portfolios are as follows:

Show Staging:           Francois, Kotie and Annette

Advertising:                  Belinda and Jill

Catering:                       Noeline, Merle and Barbara

Finance:                        Deidre, Betty and Nikki.

She would like to have everyone involved and asked if members could assist in sourcing prizes for the Show’s raffle.   We are also looking for suggestions of other things to sell at the Show as well.  

Then it was our privilege to have Morne Faulhammer share with us a talk and slides of his recent trip to the East.  His first stop was a huge Plant Fair in China.  He then moved on to Singapore and visited the amazing Gardens on the Bay.  He was told that Singapore was not a city with gardens but rather a beautiful garden with a City within.

His final stop was the island of Borneo, which is intensely hot and has huge tall indigenous forests and jungles, containing many fascinating plants and flowers that we don’t normally see in South Africa.  One interesting plant was that of the Durian, the fruit of which grows directly on the trunk \ stem of the tree. The durian is a large size fruit with a spiky shell, a strong odour and a creamy custard-like flesh.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the slide presentation of interesting flowers, plants, trees, rivers and many other interesting things that Morne observed and photographed during his visit to the island.

After the presentation Belinda thanked Morne and handed him a thank you gift.

The raffle yielded R560, a huge thank you to everyone who donated items as well as those who bought tickets.

The next meeting will be on Saturday the 1st August.  

There were 20 members present and one visitor.  Rosemary, Noeline’s mother.

Apologies were received from: Jill, Estelle and Mia, David, Ninon, Shirley, John, Emma, Nerina, Dot and Umi.

Belinda welcomed everyone on a cold winters’ afternoon.  She thanked the members for the generous donations to the raffle table, and to the members who provided the tea and refreshments, Merle, Rita and Belinda.

As we waited for the TV to arrive and the talk by Morne Faulhammer to begin, Belinda reminded all the members about the Show in December, the various portfolios and asked everyone to please get involved.

The portfolios are as follows:

Show Staging:           Francois, Kotie and Annette

Advertising:                  Belinda and Jill

Catering:                       Noeline, Merle and Barbara

Finance:                        Deidre, Betty and Nikki.

She would like to have everyone involved and asked if members could assist in sourcing prizes for the Show’s raffle.   We are also looking for suggestions of other things to sell at the Show as well.  

Then it was our privilege to have Morne Faulhammer share with us a talk and slides of his recent trip to the East.  His first stop was a huge Plant Fair in China.  He then moved on to Singapore and visited the amazing Gardens on the Bay.  He was told that Singapore was not a city with gardens but rather a beautiful garden with a City within.

His final stop was the island of Borneo, which is intensely hot and has huge tall indigenous forests and jungles, containing many fascinating plants and flowers that we don’t normally see in South Africa.  One interesting plant was that of the Durian, the fruit of which grows directly on the trunk \ stem of the tree. The durian is a large size fruit with a spiky shell, a strong odour and a creamy custard-like flesh.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the slide presentation of interesting flowers, plants, trees, rivers and many other interesting things that Morne observed and photographed during his visit to the island.

After the presentation Belinda thanked Morne and handed him a thank you gift.

The raffle yielded R560, a huge thank you to everyone who donated items as well as those who bought tickets.

The next meeting will be on Saturday the 1st August.