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: 7th March 2026

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The Society met at our usual venue in the St Thomas Hall at 2pm

There were 21 members present.

Apologies were received from : Dot, Francois and Annette, Estelle, and Nerina.

After the welcome by Belinda, we all enjoyed a talk by Ric Reilly of the British Fuchsia Society via Zoom which the members could view on a large TV.   Ric’s interest in this subject started 40 years ago.  The talk was called A Walk on the Wild Side, and Ric talked about his love for Fuchsia Species and this was accompanied by slides of the Fuchsia Species, originally found in South and Central America, as well as New Zealand.

Prof Jan was able to join the Zoom presentation from his home.

He then showed us how he grows many of these plants in his garden in Cornwall as well as in large green houses.

Tea and refreshments were supplied by John, Ninon and Umi which was most welcome, thank you. Then we had a well supported raffle which brought in R500 for our Society.

Belinda presented our outgoing Chairperson Jill with a Thankyou Card and a fuchsia plant that Jill much admired. Jill was thanked for the huge contribution to our Society over many years and also as Chairperson for the last three years.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to an informative and fun meeting.

Next month Belinda will be away.   At our April meeting on the 11th April at 2pm.

 We will be making and planting cuttings next month (making babies), then review the Fuchsia Year, and Felicity will be doing a follow-up talk about Fuchsia Species in the South African context.