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: 2nd May 2026

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

Belinda chaired the meeting.   There were 25 members present.

Apologies were received from the following members: Greta, Nerina, Deslene, Myra, Estelle, Mia and David.

Belinda chatted briefly about her interesting recent holiday in Australia and New Zealand.

Our speaker for the meeting was Peter Hanes, who lives in Simonstown, enjoys growing vegetables and has a passion for sharing the secrets of the soil.

Belinda set up a TV so that we could enjoy Peter’s talk and presentation.

Peter’s interest in soil and compost began when Cape Town was facing Day Zero, and he has since qualified as a Soil Food Laboratory Technician.   He explained that the Soil Food Web starts with photosynthesis and that all plants should just need water and sunlight.

The presentation and talk was very informative and interesting.

After tea, Belinda gave us a talk about Procumbens, and there were a few plants that were brought for the members to see examples.  Cuttings of the one plant were available for members to propagate.

The raffle was well supported and R520 was collected.  

A big thank you to the Tea Team for the delicious refreshments: Felicity and Jenny, and all the others who lent a hand.