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Autumn 2026 meeting
The Autumn 2026 meeting will be on Sunday 25th October 2026 at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst (near Tadley, between Basingstoke and Reading) RG26 5LU https://www.heathendvillagehall.co.uk/
Further details will be posted here in due course, including Directions to the meeting hall.
The provisional timetable is: The doors will open at 10.00, and the meeting will close at about 15.00. SABG and NAAS members, their guests and visitors are welcome. There will be a small admission charge. Parking is free.
Newsletters
- The most recent published newsletter is number 52 (November 2024)
- You can read or download all the SABG newsletters from our list of newsletters
News items
- New additions to our Digital library include: Pauline Perry (1990) Bulbinella -- a neglected garden plant?, Veld and Flora, December 1990 [7 November 2025]
- Graham Duncan visited the UK again in October 2025, during which his main purpose was to photograph Nerines in cultivation. Thanks to an invitation by SABG member Peter Kohn, Graham gave a talk entitled “Kirstenbosch, the most beautiful garden in Africa, and its collection of South African bulbs”, in the Dorothy Fox Education Centre in Sheffield Botanical Gardens on October 14th, attended by about 100 people. The meeting was hosted by the Friends of the Botanical Gardens, Sheffield, of which Peter is currently Acting Chair. [15 October 2025]
- The SABG is 21 this year! The original announcement about the formation of the Group appeared on 4th April 2004 in “The African Garden” web site run by David Fenwick. Unfortunately the original site may no longer exist, but thanks to the excellent work by the people at the Internet Archive (archive.org) a preserved copy of the web site can be seen at The African Garden. [20 August 2025]
- The list of bulbs and seeds in the 2025 Bulb & Seed Exchange is available: requests from SABG members to reach Jon Evans by 30th August. [16 August 2025]
- A video of Graham Duncan’s talk “Agapanthus, Lachenalia and a lifetime spent at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden: 1979 – 2024” is available to SABG and NAAS members for viewing after the meeting. SABG members can email Richard for the link. [27 March 2025]
- The new Haemanthus book from Dee Snijman is available online at https://www.sanbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_Strelitzia48.pdf [Jon Evans, 13 March 2025]
Recently changed web pages and documents
- November Bulb and Seed Exchange 2026 - created (23:33 10/07/2026)November Bulb and Seed Exchange 2026 The 2026 Ephemeral Exchange has not yet been announced. The following description was taken from the [original announcement]. Once again, members have expressed interest in running an exchange for summer-growing bulbs and ephemeral (short-lived) seed. We are planning to run the exchange on the same timing as last year, as some of the seeds spoiled by being kept too long. Material should be sent out mid-November, so it can be planted and started into grow…
- Bulbs and seeds distributed in SABG Bulb & Seed Exchanges - [Table] (23:30 10/07/2026)Bulbs and seeds distributed in SABG Bulb & Seed Exchanges Main Summer Exchange November Ephemeral Exchange
- Bulb & Seed Exchange - [Bulb & Seed Exchange] (23:29 10/07/2026)Bulb & Seed Exchange The Southern African Bulb Group runs a Bulb and Seed Exchange, for SABG members only, in July -- August and “Ephemeral seed exchanges” (primarily for seeds which need to be sown immediately on receipt) in Autumn (November) each year. See the section
- 2026 Bulb & Seed Exchange - created (23:28 10/07/2026)2026 Bulb & Seed Exchange Jon Evans is running the popular Bulb and Seed Exchange again this year. This is a service for SABG members only. If you are not already a member and would like to take part, please read About the SABG and How to join the SABG. Please note that although we call it an exchange, if you don
- SABG home page (22:37 10/07/2026)Noticeboard To change from a dark background to a light background or vice versa, click on “Toggle theme” (above). Newsletters and Bulletins * The latest newsletter is [number 55] (July 2026). You can read or download all the SABG newsletters from our list of
- sabgnews55.pdf - created (22:16 10/07/2026)<img src="https://sabg.uk/lib/images/fileicons/svg/pdf.svg" alt="sabgnews55.pdf" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" />
- Newsletters (22:15 10/07/2026)See also SABG Bulletins Newsletters SABG newsletters Edited by Richard White, copyright © SABG 2004 - 2026 The sterling work of the previous Newsletter Editors, Robin Attrill (2004 - 2006), Mick Reed (2006 - 2010) and David Victor (2010 - 2015) is gratefully acknowledged.
Bulb and Seed Exchanges
- The 2022 autumn ephemeral seed exchange list is available, thanks to its coordinator, Jon Evans. Details have been emailed to members, and can also be read on our 2022 Bulb & Seed Exchange page. The deadline for requests from members for seeds and bulbs from the Exchange is 18th November 2022.
- The main seed and bulb exchange for 2022 has now finished.
News from other sources
Pacific Bulb Society RSS news feed
The PBS List is an email discussion of bulbs, sponsored by the Pacific Bulb Society, for people around the world. Although bulbs (defined more broadly to include all geophytes) are the focus, we recognize that people who grow them probably grow other things too and will be talking about them from time to time. Everyone is welcome to take part, simply click on Subscribe [in the link on the right just below]. PBS List https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
These are the most recent posts in the PBS List. If you click on one, you will be able to see all the others.
- pbs Digest, Vol 113, Issue 9 by Julia Hutton via pbs (20:46 20/07/2026)
- US BX 512 OPEN FOR REQUESTS by James Henrich via pbs (20:51 19/07/2026)
- US BX 512 OPEN FOR REQUESTS by Bridget Wosczyna via pbs (20:05 19/07/2026)
- US BX will be posted this weekend by Bridget Wosczyna via pbs (03:10 17/07/2026)
- Flowering Eucharis by Mark Akimoff via pbs (05:24 16/07/2026)
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