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[dennisB]

Hi folks

here is a list of 21 CP events in 2010 for your diaries.  Details of each event have been sent to CPS members and will be posted shortly on the CPS website (www.thecps.org.uk).

OPEN DAYS

These events are hosted by CPS members and commercial nurseries.  Some may also be NCCPG events.  Open days are great ways to meet other CP enthusiasts, to gain advice on growing CPs and to buy/sell/swap plants.  All are welcome to attend whether you are a CPS member or not.  

PAUL GARDNER, 29/30 May, 10 - 4pm, Madley, Hereford
MIKE KING, 5 June, Noon onwards, Telford, Shropshire
DEREK CLAVELL-BATE, 12-Jun, Noon onwards, Splatt, near Launceston, Cornwall
DENNIS BALSDON, 13-Jun, 10am-5pm, Paignton, Devon
AIDEN SELWYN, 26 June, Noon to 5pm, Alton, Hants
IAN SALTER, 3 & 4 Jul, Noon to 5pm, Newport, Wales
EUROFLORA, 10-Jul, Noon to 5pm, Waltham Cross, Herts
VIV TOPHAM, 24-Jul, 1 to 5.30, Stowmarket, Suffolk
PAUL McEOWN, 07-Aug, 2 to 5pm, Watford, Herts
PAUL GARDNER, 7/8 Aug, 10 to 4pm, Madley, Hereford
THE FLY TRAP PLANTS, 14-Aug, 10.30 TO 5pm, Norwich, Norfolk
VIC BROWN, 21-Aug, Noon - 5pm, Sandy, Bedfordshire
SOUTH WEST CARNIVOROUS PLANTS, 04-Sep, 9 - 4pm, Culmstock, Devon
AIDEN SELWYN, 25-Sep, Noon to 5pm, Alton, Hants
MIKE KING, 9-Oct, Noon onwards, Telford, Shropshire

It is not too late to hold an open day this year so please contact me at cpsmembers@thecps.org.uk if you would like to give it a go.  We have been short of Open Days in Scotland and the North of England for some years and would particularly welcome volunteers from those areas.  It is not necessary to have a large collection to host an Open Day.

OTHER EVENTS

CPS AGM, 24 April, 1 to 5pm, Reading University
RHS CHELSEA, CPS Stand, 24-29 May, London
GARDENER'S WORLD LIVE SHOW, CPS Stand, 16 - 20 June, Birmingham
CPS KEW GARDENS VISIT, 17-Jul, 10:00 am, London*
ICPS CONFERENCE 2010, 6 - 10 Aug, Leiden, The Netherlands
CPS END OF SEASON MEETING, 2-Oct, 1 to 5pm, RHS Wisley*

* Entrance to the Kew Gardens and RHS Wisley events is free to CPS Members

Dennis Balsdon
CPS Meetings Organiser

Edited by dennisB, 19 April 2010 - 17:48 PM.

[ada]

Dennis,  just to let you and any members that might be interested.
The e-mail address in the cps newsletter you gave for me is an old one.
Anyone wishing to visit me can contact me through here a lot faster.
Adrian(ada)

[Marcel van den Broek]

dennisB, on 13th April 2010 - 16:01 PM, said:

Hi folks

here is a list of 21 CP events in 2010 for your diaries.  Details of each event have been sent to CPS members and will be posted shortly on the CPS website (www.thecps.org.uk).

OTHER EVENTS

CPS AGM, 24 April, 1 to 5pm, Reading University
RHS CHELSEA, CPS Stand, 24-29 May, London
GARDENER'S WORLD LIVE SHOW, CPS Stand, 16 - 20 June, Birmingham
CPS KEW GARDENS VISIT, 17-Jul, 10:00 am, London*
ICCP CONFERENCE 2010, 6 – 10 Aug, Leiden, The Netherlands
CPS END OF SEASON MEETING, 2-Oct, 1 to 5pm, RHS Wisley*

* Entrance to the Kew Gardens and RHS Wisley events is free to CPS Members

Dennis Balsdon
CPS Meetings Organiser

That would be the ICPS conference 2010 in Leiden Dennis.

The ICPS is the highly respected and omni-beloved International Carnivorous Plant Society, the ICCP is the International Climate Change Partnership, a mostly US oriented group of companies that advocate that Climatechange like writen in the ICPP paper everybody is shooting holes in at the moment is upon us.

Marcel van den Broek
Vice President ICPS

[James O'Neill]

I wish there was an event in Ireland I would love to see others' open days, but it's not very possible.

[Vic2]

Marcel van den Broek, on 14th April 2010 - 18:01 PM, said:

That would be the ICPS conference 2010 in Leiden Dennis.

The ICPS is the highly respected and omni-beloved International Carnivorous Plant Society, the ICCP is the International Climate Change Partnership, a mostly US oriented group of companies that advocate that Climatechange like writen in the ICPP paper everybody is shooting holes in at the moment is upon us.

Marcel van den Broek
Vice President ICPS

IMHO, Dennis Balsdon is one of the hardest-working members of the CPS Committee, who generally gets the thankless but necessary jobs for the Society that certain others should but don't want to do.
He's quick to respond to members' enquiries and gets stuck in with humdrum, day-to-day Committee business. He's a little diamond in the rough.  

Dennis has taken on organisation of meetings on top of his duties as Membership Secretary (after the third resignation from the Committee in 2009).

With that workload and commitment - and no pay for doing it - I'm inclined to forgive him the occasional typographical error...    I'm sure he didn't mean it, Marcel!  

Vic Inzani  (yes, it's me)  

[Pete Bog]

Vic2, on 20th April 2010 - 11:17 AM, said:

IMHO, Dennis Balsdon is one of the hardest-working members of the CPS Committee, ..... He's a little diamond in the rough.

Dennis was the person who helped me out with my recent plea for a couple of Pings which he supplied at a very generous price - Top Bloke indeed.

keeping on topic, I would be interested in attending the Vic Brown open day which is not too far from me, is there somewhere can I find more details?

tnx

Bob

[David Ahrens]

Pete,
If you are a member of the CPS, details are in the newsletters. If you aren't a member, join it you tight sod !