See also SABG Bulletins Newsletters SABG newsletters Edited by Richard White, copyright © SABG 2004 - 2024 The sterling work of the previous Newsletter Editors, Robin Attrill (2004 - 2006), Mick Reed (2006 - 2010) and David Victor (2010 - 2015) is gratefully acknowledged.

SABG main page To change from a dark background to a light background or vice versa, click on “Toggle theme” (above). Noticeboard * The timetable for the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 has been announced. * The old sabg.tk domain will expire on 6 January 2025, after which it will not give access to our web-site. We have been using

Ephemeral seed exchanges In addition to the main Bulb & Seed Exchanges in summer, Jon Evans also arranges exchanges for “ephemeral” seeds, which ripen in autumn and must be sown as soon as possible after they ripen, and are therefore not suitable to be saved until the main exchange the following year.

Autumn 2024 meeting Our next meeting will be on Sunday 20th October 2024. The speaker for this meeting is Alex Summers. who will give a talk on “The Richtersveld -- collecting in an arid biodiversity hotspot”. Alex was until recently the curator of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, now working in a National Trust garden. The NBGW has a large section devoted to plants from regions with a Mediterranean climate, including a collection of South African bulbs.

Older news items Following the latest news items, older items below are listed in order of increasing age. 2024 * Joint order for South African bulbs grown in Israel: SABG member John Davies has contact with a nursery growing bulbs in Israel, and is preparing an order by this weekend which SABG members are welcome to join in.

News items * The timetable for the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 has been announced. Details have been emailed to members in Bulletin 51/2, and can also be found on our Bulb & Seed Exchanges page. [Jon Evans, 10 September 2024] * Correction to the [list of bulbs and seeds] for the main 2024 Exchange: Bert Zaalberg reports that the bulbs listed as

2024 Bulb & Seed Exchange The current Exchange is the November Seed and Bulb Exchange 2024 and the list of available material has not yet been released. * [List of bulbs and seeds available] until 30th August 2024 Corrections * :!: Bert Zaalberg reports that the bulbs listed as Gethyllis gerardii are almost certainly