South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

Post by apple »

Less than 4 days to go .The count down has begun.
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

Post by tonyironscacti »

I wish all the Traders/organisers and buyers a GREAT day.

Unfortunately, due to family illness both 'MARIES POTS DIRECT' & 'TONY IRONS CACTI' will be unable to attend, but rest assured orders can still be made by Mail Order.

Hope you all still enjoy the day out by the seaside !!

Tony. :smile:
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

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Great event with around 400 people through the door. Hugely enjoyable with large quantities of plants sold, many to newcomers to cacti and succulents, some of whom will hopefully be the collectors of the future. Nice one, Dave.
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

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Over 450 paying visitors, adding in those who didn't pay - nurserymen & children - around 500 attending this event. Well done Dave, probably a record figure for a BCSS event other than a National Show. Glad all the hard work put into this event paid off.
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

Post by topsy »

Congrats to all who contributed to the great success of the day. People came from all over the place, many from the London area. Here's hoping that the local branch sees an increase in membership.

Just shows what can be achieved with plenty of enthusiasm, a belief in what you are doing, advertising and masses of plants for sale.

Well done Dave and team.

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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

Post by Cactusgirl »

I increased my collection by around 200% from our visit to this show! went home with 30 lovely plants of all shapes and sizes!! Great - roll on the next Mart!!
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

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Truly a great day - thank you all who attended to sell or to buy. It was great to see whole families and people of all ages shopping around. Special thank you to all ladies helping out in the kitchen!
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

Post by apple »

WOW!!!!!! What a great day . Many thanks to everybody for your support with this event .
NEXT YEAR #### Saturday April 7th #####
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Re: South East Cactus Mart Saturday April 29th 2017

Post by FaeLLe »

Great event folks... Lesson learnt, come early or miss out on the goodies!

Stuart - Good plants as usual but you were not smiling at all, very serious sales face :)
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