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: 3rd October 2026

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The meeting was held as usual in St Thomas Church Hall at 2pm.

There were 25 members present.

Before the start of the meeting there were plants for sale, that the members were purchasing enthusiastically.

Belinda welcomed everyone.

Apologies were received from: Myra, Annette, Gideon and David.

At the start of the meeting, Show Secretary Kotie handed out the new Show Schedule.  It is hoped that everyone enters the Show this year, there are classes in the schedule to suit everyone, from the beginner’s class to the most experienced growers.

Belinda distributed a questionnaire about our Society and asked everyone to fill it out.

We then had a fun quiz, where members where formed teams of two or three.   There were 25 questions and the “Blooming” team won, with full marks. Congratulations to Felicity, Noeline and Nell.

Thank you to the tea team for the lovely refreshments, Noeline, Greta, and Nerina.

The raffle table was very well supported, thanks to the doners and those who buy the tickets.  It raised an amazing amount of R830.

The November meeting will be the last meeting of the year, so it will be all about preparation for our Fuchsia Show.  See you then.